Biography of W. W. Reid, White County, Arkansas

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        Date: Jun 1997
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From "A Centennial History of Arkansas", edited by Dallas T. Herndon, the Director of the Dept.
of Archives & History, published by The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago-Little Rock, 1922.

W. W. REID, D. D. S

Dr. W. W. REID, actively & successfully engaged in the practice of dentistry at Beebe, was born in
Des Arc, in Prairie Co., AR, May 18, 1877, & is a son of John R. & Jennie (PERRY) REID, both of whom
were natives of Middle TN. The former came to AR with his grandfather, Roderick MCKEEVER, who was
the first county clerk of Madison Co., TN, residing at Jackson. He cast in his lot with the pioneer
settlers of Des Arc, AR. He brought his slaves with him & engaged in farming quite extensively there
to the time of his death. The maternal grandfather of W. W. REID was a native of TN & was a farmer &
slaveowner, spending his life in his native state.

The marriage of John R. REID & Jennie PERRY was celebrated near Hazen, AR, the former becoming a
resident of the state prior to the Civil War. Here he acquired land & was an extensive farmer &
slaveholder, his place of 640 acres being situated between Des Arc & Hazen. He had to clear a part
of his land & placed the entire tract under cultivation. At one time he established a mercantile
store at Des Arc & conducted it for several years. He freighted his goods up the Mississippi & White
Rivers to Des Arc & was prominently associated not only with the mercantile development of the town,
but also operated a grist mill upon his place. He was successfully engaged in business at the time
of the outbreak of the Civil War, when ... [need next page!]