Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 January 1901 — Eccentric Miser Is Dead. [ARTICLE]

Eccentric Miser Is Dead.

George W. Reed, an eccentric bachelor and recluse, died near Brazil, Ind., in a modest little dwelling on his’ large river bottom farm, in the southern part of the county, aged 82 years. Mr. Reed spent his long life in seclusion, with dogs as his only companions. He had hot cut his hair for thirty years and it hung in profusion about his waist, while his white beard almost reached his knees. He had but few, 11 any, relatives and he left a fortune amounting to more than 170,000.