John V. Streed
John V. Streed (1859-1905) was born in Andover, Illinois, and died in
Cambridge, Illinois. He married Luna C. Streed (b. Gowdy) in Union Pier, Michigan, in
1887. Streed attended Northwestern University, in Evanston, Illinois, and in 1890
graduated from Union College of Law in Chicago, Illinois. He practiced law with the firm
Turner & Streed in Cambridge and also became active in Illinois politics. He was a
member of the Masons, the Order of the Eastern Star, the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows, the Rebekah Lodge, and the Cambridge public library board. He was also a
competition chess player. In the mid-1880s Streed studied Christian Science with Janet
T. Colman, a student of Mary Baker Eddy's, and in 1886 he wrote to Eddy to order a copy
of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures.
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John V. Streed
John V. Streed (1859-1905) was born in Andover, Illinois, and died in
Cambridge, Illinois. He married Luna C. Streed (b. Gowdy) in Union Pier, Michigan, in
1887. Streed attended Northwestern University, in Evanston, Illinois, and in 1890
graduated from Union College of Law in Chicago, Illinois. He practiced law with the firm
Turner & Streed in Cambridge and also became active in Illinois politics. He was a
member of the Masons, the Order of the Eastern Star, the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows, the Rebekah Lodge, and the Cambridge public library board. He was also a
competition chess player. In the mid-1880s Streed studied Christian Science with Janet
T. Colman, a student of Mary Baker Eddy's, and in 1886 he wrote to Eddy to order a copy
of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures.
See more letters.