BERT A. REED, who is serving in his second term as city auditor of Piqua, Ohio, is a member of the Piqua bar and a public spirited and progressive citizen. He was born at Piqua, in 1878, and is a son of E. C. Reed, who is engaged in the carriage manufacturing business.

Mr. Reed was reared in his native place and attended the Piqua schools and after graduating from the High School, entered Phillips Academy, at Exeter, New Hampshire, going from there to the Ohio State University, where he was graduated in law in 1900. After practicing his profession for about eight months at Tippecanoe City, he returned to Piqua, where he has been more or less prominent in public life ever since. In 1901 he was elected a justice of the peace and city clerk, and subsequently, under the new code, city auditor, an office he has acceptably filled ever since. In 1904 Mr. Reed was married to Miss Bessie E. Cathcart, of Piqua, and they have one son, Edward. Mr. and Mrs. Reed attend the Presbyterian Church. He is a member of the Junior Order of American Mechanics, belongs to the Odd Fellows and is a Master Mason.