Biography

He was born on September 8, 1885 in Boston, Massachusetts to Edward Franklin Albee II

Edward Franklin Albee II

Edward Franklin Albee II was a vaudeville impresario, and the adoptive grandfather of Edward Franklin Albee III, the playwright.-Biography:He was born on October 8, 1857 in Machias, Maine to Nathaniel Smith Albee....

 and Laurette Frances Smith. He had a sister: Ethel Albee (1890-?).

Reed married Louise Holmes Williams, an actress, on June 10, 1914. They divorced on February 26, 1925.

She was his second marriage. On March 7, 1925 Reed married Frances Cotter in Jersey City, New Jersey

Jersey City, New Jersey

Jersey City is the seat of Hudson County, New Jersey, United States.Part of the New York metropolitan area, Jersey City lies between the Hudson River and Upper New York Bay across from Lower Manhattan and the Hackensack River and Newark Bay...

. She worked at Jay Thorpe, Inc. at 24 West Fifty-seventh Street in Manhattan

Manhattan

Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...

. They moved to Larchmont, New York

Larchmont, New York

Larchmont is a village in Westchester County, New York. The population was 5,864 at the 2010 census. It is located within the town of Mamaroneck, on the shore of Long Island Sound, northeast of Midtown Manhattan...

 and adopted Edward Franklin Albee III (1928- ). He died in 1961 in Larchmont.