Reed was the son of Henry Wagman Peck and Melinda VanDerWerker. He married Caroline "Carrie" Dodd from Quaker Springs on Jan. 18, 1868. They had a daughter Fanny Caroline Peck and a son, Victor, who died in infancy.
In approximately 1871 Reed and Carrie Peck purchased the historical Capt. Burke house at the corner of Grange Hall Rd and Rt. 32, Bacon Hill, Saratoga, NY, from Sarah Chapman Thompson. For a time Reed Peck had a store in the area. Their house was subsequently passed down to their only child Fanny Peck Macklin and then to her only child; Mary Caroline Macklin Hoag. The house was sold by Mary's children in 1995. Writer is Caroline's namesake, and Great Granddaughter.
Reed Peck also operated a General Store in Bacon Hill, probably located across the road. Reed sold all sorts of things, and apparently accepted dozens of fresh eggs in trade. From suspenders, castor oil, women's shoes, buckets, kerosene, tobacco, cheese, coffee, cod and mackerel, screening and mosquito netting, muslin, lard,crackers, pants, hats, candy, sugar, paper and envelopes, cigars, clams, yards of crinoline, lamp wicks and chimneys, potatoes, soap, oranges and lemons, salt, flour, potash, boots, lace, shirts, yeast ..... the list goes on.
In approximately 1871 Reed and Carrie Peck purchased the historical Capt. Burke house at the corner of Grange Hall Rd and Rt. 32, Bacon Hill, Saratoga, NY, from Sarah Chapman Thompson. For a time Reed Peck had a store in the area. Their house was subsequently passed down to their only child Fanny Peck Macklin and then to her only child; Mary Caroline Macklin Hoag. The house was sold by Mary's children in 1995. Writer is Caroline's namesake, and Great Granddaughter.
Reed Peck also operated a General Store in Bacon Hill, probably located across the road. Reed sold all sorts of things, and apparently accepted dozens of fresh eggs in trade. From suspenders, castor oil, women's shoes, buckets, kerosene, tobacco, cheese, coffee, cod and mackerel, screening and mosquito netting, muslin, lard,crackers, pants, hats, candy, sugar, paper and envelopes, cigars, clams, yards of crinoline, lamp wicks and chimneys, potatoes, soap, oranges and lemons, salt, flour, potash, boots, lace, shirts, yeast ..... the list goes on.
Reed was the son of Henry Wagman Peck and Melinda VanDerWerker. He married Caroline "Carrie" Dodd from Quaker Springs on Jan. 18, 1868. They had a daughter Fanny Caroline Peck and a son, Victor, who died in infancy.
In approximately 1871 Reed and Carrie Peck purchased the historical Capt. Burke house at the corner of Grange Hall Rd and Rt. 32, Bacon Hill, Saratoga, NY, from Sarah Chapman Thompson. For a time Reed Peck had a store in the area. Their house was subsequently passed down to their only child Fanny Peck Macklin and then to her only child; Mary Caroline Macklin Hoag. The house was sold by Mary's children in 1995. Writer is Caroline's namesake, and Great Granddaughter.
Reed Peck also operated a General Store in Bacon Hill, probably located across the road. Reed sold all sorts of things, and apparently accepted dozens of fresh eggs in trade. From suspenders, castor oil, women's shoes, buckets, kerosene, tobacco, cheese, coffee, cod and mackerel, screening and mosquito netting, muslin, lard,crackers, pants, hats, candy, sugar, paper and envelopes, cigars, clams, yards of crinoline, lamp wicks and chimneys, potatoes, soap, oranges and lemons, salt, flour, potash, boots, lace, shirts, yeast ..... the list goes on.
In approximately 1871 Reed and Carrie Peck purchased the historical Capt. Burke house at the corner of Grange Hall Rd and Rt. 32, Bacon Hill, Saratoga, NY, from Sarah Chapman Thompson. For a time Reed Peck had a store in the area. Their house was subsequently passed down to their only child Fanny Peck Macklin and then to her only child; Mary Caroline Macklin Hoag. The house was sold by Mary's children in 1995. Writer is Caroline's namesake, and Great Granddaughter.
Reed Peck also operated a General Store in Bacon Hill, probably located across the road. Reed sold all sorts of things, and apparently accepted dozens of fresh eggs in trade. From suspenders, castor oil, women's shoes, buckets, kerosene, tobacco, cheese, coffee, cod and mackerel, screening and mosquito netting, muslin, lard,crackers, pants, hats, candy, sugar, paper and envelopes, cigars, clams, yards of crinoline, lamp wicks and chimneys, potatoes, soap, oranges and lemons, salt, flour, potash, boots, lace, shirts, yeast ..... the list goes on.
