When Edward Orrick Reeder was born on 13 April 1836, in Wood, West Virginia, United States, his father, Simon G Reeder, was 31 and his mother, Sarah "Sallie" Sams, was 28. He married Ervellia B. Tribett on 7 May 1863, in Meigs, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 8 daughters. He lived in Wood, Virginia, United States in 1850 and Olive Township, Meigs, Ohio, United States in 1880. He died on 26 November 1898, in Tuppers Plains, Meigs, Ohio, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Tuppers Plains, Meigs, Ohio, United States.