Background
John, Samuel Will was born on June 29, 1845 in Uniontown, Alabama, United States. Son of late Chancellor Joseph Reed and Rosa Jane (Smith) J.
John, Samuel Will was born on June 29, 1845 in Uniontown, Alabama, United States. Son of late Chancellor Joseph Reed and Rosa Jane (Smith) J.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Alabama, 1865. Read law under his father. Admitted to bar Supreme Court of the Alabama, June 28, 1866.
2d, Estelle Thornton Carson, of Selma, July 15, 1874. 3d, Rosa M. Clisby, of Montgomery, Alabama, June 1, 1887. Company solicitor, Dallas Company, Alabama, 1871-1872.
Member Alabama Legislature, 1882-1886, 1894-1895, 1907.
Colonel 3d Regiment Alabama National Guard, 1885-1888. Democratic presidential elector-at-large, 1896.
President trustees Alabama Insane Hospital. Member History Commissioners of Alabama.
Trustee Department Archives and History Alabama (state appointment).
Member Alabama Legislature, 1882-1886, 1894-1895, 1907. Member History Commissioners of Alabama.
Married Susie East. Woolsey, of Selma, Alabama, April, 1870.