When Wayne E Reed was born in 1907, in Carlton, Orleans, New York, United States, his father, Paul J Reed, was 30 and his mother, Maud Katherine Nicholson, was 31. He married Florence Miller Cole on 5 February 1930, in Ontario, New York, United States. He lived in Galen, Wayne, New York, United States for about 10 years. He died on 13 July 1930, in Elmira, Chemung, New York, United States, at the age of 23, and was buried in Mount Albion Cemetery, Albion, Albion, Orleans, New York, United States.