Carroll County GaArchives Biographies.....REID, HENRY W. 1841 - 
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Author: S. Emmett Lucas, Jr.
HENRY W. REID, farmer, Mandeville, Carroll Co., Ga., son of Robert and Lucinda 
(Chandler) Reid, was born in Carroll county in 1841. His paternal
    grandfather, Henry Reid, was ac native-of South Carolina, and migrated to 
Georgia about 1820. His father was born in South Carolina in 180.6, and came 
with his parents to Georgia. They settled in Gwinnett county, and he remained 
with them until he was eighteen years of age, when he went to Franklin county, 
Ga. Subsequently he removed to Carroll county, settled in the woods and made 
his log cabin home where the subject of this sketch now lives. He was a 
soldier in the Florida Indian war. Mr. Reid's maternal grandparents, Wyatt and 
Mary B. (Liner) Chandler, were natives of North Carolina. Mr. Chandler was a 
soldier in the war of 1812, removed to Georgia and settled in the woods in 
Carroll county early in its history, his nearest neighbors being seven miles 
away. Mr. Reid was reared on the farm where he now lives, and was educated at 
the common schools of the county. In 1862 he enlisted in Company H (Capt. 
Parrish), Fifty-sixth Georgia regiment, but he remained only a short time-as 
his father was taken seriously sick, and he, being the only child, came home 
arid remained with him until his recovery-sending a substitute to take his 
place in the army. In 1863 he, enlisted in a state battalion, in which he 
served six months, and then re-entered the regular service, enlisting in 
Company E, Capt. Shuford, First Georgia cavalry, and served until the 
surrender. He joined the army at Resaca, under Gen. Johnston, and saw much 
verv hard service between there and Atlanta. On one occasion a comrade near 
him was shot through the head and some of the blood and brains flew on him, 
leaving stains which remained until the clothing was worn out. A wife and two 
children and an old cavalry horse were the sum total of his possessions at the 
close of the war. But with a light heart and a strong will he went to work to 
regain lost ground, and now he has a well-improved farm of 500 acres and a 
comfortable home. Mr. Reid was married Dec. 20, 1860, to Miss Nancy C. born in 
Meriwether county, Ga. daughter of James G. and Sisley (Hammock) Davenport. . 
Mr. and Mrs. Reid have had thirteen children born to them, of whom James R., 
Charles J., Henry M., Martha F., Sallie A., John T., Nancy I., George W., 
Amanda, Elijah, and Irene J. are living, and Lucinda and William R. are dead. 
Husband and wife are members of the Primitive Baptist church, and no  citizens 
of the county are more highly esteemed than they.


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