Allegany County MD Archives Biographies.....John Thomas REID, August 3, 1829 - January 13, 1902 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/md/mdfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Jack Reid jamarei@bellsouth.ne October 27, 2010, 4:02 pm Source: Charles Edmond Reid Author: Charles Edmond Reid Preface: In 1854, the Kansas-Nebraska act became the fuse which ultimately ignited the American Civil War. The abolitionists of the north and the slavers of the south travelled far and wide to persuade young followers to take advantage of the opportunity to settle in the Kansas Territory. One of these abolistionist speakers came to Cumberland and, as a result of his exhortations, John Thomas Reid, with his wife Maria, their son Charles Thomas and their daughter Bertha packed up their belongings and began the journey to the Kansas Territory. With them went John's sister Martha and her husband, Alfred Beall. Meanwhile, from the slave state of Missouri, groups of young men who favored slavery began to attack new abolitionist settlers across the border in the Kansas Territory. One such band - known as the border ruffians - was led by a man named Quantrill and included the James brothers and the Cole brothers. Among their victims was the son of a man named John Brown, who later led the raid at Harper's Ferry. In 1856, John Thomas Reid and his family were in Iowa City, Iowa, where Maria gave birth to their second son - Oliver Osceola Reid. Sister Martha also gave birth to the Beall's first child, Mollie Florence Beall. The Kansas Territory was now ablaze and was known as Bleeding Kansas. This was no place for a young and growing family so the Reids recrossed the Mississippi and settled in Illinois. The Beall's, on the other hand, moved on to Missouri where they settled. THE FAMILY MOVES WEST By Charles Edmond Reid This is about our family moving west in the year of 1887 from Decatur, Macon Co., Illinois. This is the second major move this family has made, the first being from Cumberland, Allegheny Co., Maryland in the years of 1854 through 1856 ending at Decatur after a short stay at Iowa City, Iowa where their third child, Oliver Osceola was born. Their second child Bertha was born in Oakland, Maryland shortly after they left Cumberland. Their first child Charles Thomas was born in Cumberland before the move started. John Thomas and Maria Reid with their children decided to go west where land was almost free and the choices were excellent. Their only daughter was already married and living in St. Louis, Mo. One son, Oliver had married and left home and was working in Missouri before he eventually moved to Philadelphia, Pa. They had lost several children but there were still four children moving with them. Their eldest, Charles Thomas was married in 1885 to Ella McConomy. She was the daughter of Irish immigrants who had died when she was quite young. Ella had been raised by foster parents who enrolled her in Catholic schools in Illinois. Their first baby was born in Decatur a year before their move. He was named Charles Fisher Reid. Their next child, William Sherman, was 22 years old and had been working in the iron foundries of Decatur. William was a big man and single. The next child was John Howard who worked with his father as a wagon maker. He was 20 years old and was of much smaller frame than William and was also single. Then came Samuel James, 18 years old and ready for adventure. He also worked with his father and was single. The youngest then was Robert Winfield, then 14 years old. He was still in school but was also ready for the adventure and the hard work of the west. This made a total of nine in their party that were embarking to one of the farthest west points in Kansas, Coolidge. This part of Kansas, the southwest corner, was an area where a large number of buffalo ranged in the early 1870`s. A lot of what the land represented at this time was the result of what buffalo hunters had made of it from 1872 to 1886. They had lived in this land summer and winter and had come to know the land and the grass that grew there. They also knew the grass and land were not being used to it`s potential. For this reason many became cattlemen. It was estimated there had been six million buffalo hides shipped from Dodge City, the railroad end point for much of this time. By 1876 the end point had been extended to Granada Colorado. The hides were shipped east to make leather for machinery belts and other uses. By 1886 the last of the buffalo had been killed in southwest Kansas and southeastern Colorado, then a territory. The cattlemen handled large herds on the grasslands and were financed by eastern and English money. The Texas cattle were also being trailed through this area to rail points on the Santa Fe R.R. These Texas cattle were immune to the ticks they carried but the local cattle were not. The ticks transmitted a fever to the Kansas cattle and within a few days they would sicken and usually within 10 days they would die. The local cattlemen got up in arms and refused to let the Texas cattle into the state. The Texans then began moving their cattle through Colorado along the state line to Nebraska rail heads. This trail was named the National Cattle Trail but was never given official status by Congress. Trails were formed along this trail, two of which were Borders Kansas and Trail City Colorado. Trail City was on the north side of the Arkansas River and west of Coolidge about a mile just across the state line. The town's business was mostly saloons and dance halls where cowboys would whoop it up when they would lay over there for a day or two. There were other business places in both Trail City and Coolidge that would support the cattlemen's needs. There was numerous gunplay in Trail City but it rarely spread into Coolidge but the doctor would be called on from time to time to patch up some unfortunate cowboy or resident of the town. Early in 1887 a Dodge City cattleman by the name of Print Olive was shot to death by a young cowboy, trying to make a name for himself, by the name of Joe Sparrow. He was a Texan and one of the cowboys that had come up the trail with Print Olives' herds. This cowboy was taken to Las Animas for trial and promptly found guilty but his lawyer managed to get a retrial and change of venue to Pueblo and a hung jury resulted. The state finally gave up because of the cost and he was set free. Print Olives body was taken to Dodge City to his widow and four children by a business man in Trail City by the name of H. M. Beverly who later became a Dodge City business man. The National Cattle Trail was closed down and the land opened for settlement as of July 1887. In 1886 there were 300,000 head of cattle moved over this trail. In 1887 there were by June 50,000 head with another 100,000 head turned back to Texas because the market had evaporated. By this time, August, 1887, the Santa Fe R. R. had already reached into Colorado and was extending to New Mexico and the family probably used this method of transportation at least part of the way. It may be they went straight to Coolidge where an old friend of Charles T. owned land 3 miles west of Coolidge in Colorado. They may have also left the train at some point and taken buggies to look at land on the way. By fall, working together, they had their houses built east of Coolidge in an area called Mt. Pilot but the land was in Medway Township. C.T.'s homestead was NE of Coolidge about 7 1/2 miles and the land John T. and William S. was nearby in Medway Township. The friend of C. T. was J. C. Jones and the family looked after his land in Colorado. John T. actually lived on his property later on and that is where his wife Maria died some years later. At the time they arrived in Coolidge there was a discussion on going about where the County Seat was to be permanently located. The county seat at this time was at Kendall about 25 miles east of Coolidge. The county line had not been established and Kendall was thought to be about the center of this new county. The people of Hamilton Co. had petitioned the Governor to appoint a town in the county as the temporary county seat. On the 29th day of January 1886 Governor Martin, did so appoint Kendall. Hartland, a town east of Kendall thought they should be the county seat since they had as many people as Kendall. However, Coolidge on the western border was much larger than either of the others and they also wanted the county seat. Coolidge had been established as a division point for the Santa Fe RR and their shops there added to the population. An election was held on April 1st 1887 after the county line had been established just east of Kendall. This put Hartland in Kearny County and a fight was then in order between Lakin and Hartland for the seat in Kearny County. Coolidge being the largest town considered that they would get the county seat because they would have the most votes. By this time another town by the name of Syracuse had been established about the center of the county and they wanted the county seat. The vote was held and Syracuse came out with 1178 votes which was about twice as many as Coolidge garnered. Of course this brought about fraud charges and Kendall took it to the highest tribunal in the state. In the meantime Syracuse set up their own officers and was acting as the county seat which they managed to hold on to for about six months. The Syracuse Company that established Syracuse used this time to their advantage to promote the town. The court ruled that Syracuse could not have had more than 350 legal votes and therefore ordered the records back to Kendall under the officials there. The people of Hamilton County had to go to Kendall to transact county business. The county officials had to go to Kendall to transact business whether they lived in Syracuse or Coolidge. In November there was another election held and again a fraud was perpetrated. Syracuse tried to get the records but the elected officials refused to let them be moved and therefore the records remained in Kendall. There was an election set for June 20th 1888 and Coolidge received the most votes. Coolidge 462, Syracuse 82, and Kendall 60 and the other towns less than ten. On June 22nd the records were transferred to Coolidge. This was only another event in the struggle for the county seat. Syracuse claimed fraud and took it to the Kansas Supreme Court. Coolidge and Kendall hired lawyers to defend them and a court date was set for Nov. 9, 1888. The court was held but the lawyers for Kendall and Coolidge failed to appear and the County Seat was awarded to Syracuse. Even the editor of the Syracuse Journal conceded that had they presented their case they would have probably won. Thus ended the County seat war in Hamilton County Kansas and Syracuse has remained the county seat. The above information was reported in the Coolidge and Syracuse newspapers of that day and time and also most of what follows. By April of 1889 a girl was born to C. T. and Ella Reid and they named her Maria Louisa. The doctor at that time was Dr. Boggs. In the spring of 1890 there was considerable sickness amongst the settlers and the local newspaper editor called it the "La Grippe". C. T. was quite sick for a spell and mother Reid, Mrs. John T. Reid, was also quite sick. John H. Reid went to Redmond Oklahoma to work as a tinner for awhile in March. Charles T. Reid was quite in demand along with his violin playing for dances at squire Phillips Hall and at the City Community Hall. He also planted a large number of trees around his farm. In June there was a town picnic at Pecks Reservoir. This Reservoir was built by a man Named Peck to supply Coolidge with water. A game of baseball was played between the men and the youth of the area. Bill and Bob Reid played with the youth and Sam Reid was laid up with a broken foot. The youth prevailed in the game however. John T. Reid, when he came to town, spent his time talking politics and agriculture of which the editor of the paper thought he had some good ideas and knew how to express them. The last of June found the family harvesting Charles T.'s exceptional wheat crop. By August Charles T. Reid decided to move his family to town. In September there was a call of the people of several townships of Hamilton County. T. D. Ross was elected chairman and C. T. Reid was elected Secretary. Sam Reid had healed the broken foot and had returned to work by the middle of September. The elections were held in November and it was reported that Billy Reid came to town feeling very good about the elections of Bray and Tapscott. By Dec. 19th John T. Reid had nearly completed his new stone barn. C. T. Reid who had been working west of town returned to town because of the sickness of his little girl with lung fever. He said he would not leave until she was better. The year 1891 found C. T. Reid opening a barber shop the middle of January. He would be kept quite busy with the barber shop, his violin, and the farm on occasion. He was playing for dances not only in Coolidge but Syracuse, Kendall, and other halls around the county. It was reported that Charley had quite a group around the barber shop in the evening to entertain with his violin from classical to hoe down. The editor reported that master Charley made routine trips to the barber shop to see how matters were going. New in the spring J. C. Jones from Decatur, Illinois came to town to check up on his quarter section and to see his old friend C. T. Reid. He would not return until fall. John H. Reid was now working for Paul Rich in his store in town and was reported to be smoking his cigars and wearing his gloves. On April 21st of 1891 another girl was born to Charles T. and Ella Reid. The named her Mary Ethel. About this time the editor of the paper reported that C. T. gives a better return for the money than any barber in the west. You get a first class shave, choice of music on the violin, a game of whist, and a drink of artisan water all for ten cents. Charles T. and Van Ingwagen are playing for dances in the City Hall and John H. Reid is the foreman of Paul Rich's hay camp in Colorado and Kansas. The editor reported that John T. Reid and sons has the finest oat crop in the county and has acres of garden as well as large crops of cane, wheat, and corn. His oat crop is expected to make about 70 bu. per acre. On August the 14th it was reported that Chas. Reid, the musician of Hamilton Co., Earl Ross, W. A. Lester, Joe Fernand, and Doug Shinn went to the Gammage neighborhood and reported a good time. Now in August it is reported that C. T. Reid's barber shop in addition to a music emporium, a whist club, & has installed a library all for a dime. The editor also reported visiting John T. Reid's farm and admiring the amount of things that were growing there but then drove over to William Reid's place where he encountered crops growing that resembled an Amazon forest. The last of August and Charlie Reid comes out for Commissioner of the 2nd District. John T. Reid took melons, squash, pumpkin, and musk melon to the editor of the paper at Syracuse as part of his immense garden he was harvesting. Charles and Billy Reid went to the dance at Syracuse and to talk politics. Charles and A. J. Hodges played for the dance at the City Hall. The middle of September found the Democrat convention at Syracuse where John T. Reid was elected chairman and was reported to have done an excellent job as presiding officer. C. T. Reid is running for commissioner on the republican ticket where he will run against fellow townsman J. R. Beaty. In october C. T. closed down his barber shop and went to the farm to husk his corn. November found the elections over and Beaty beat out Reid by a plurality of one vote. The last of November it was reported by the editor that Red Lucas, the town philosopher, was giving nightly discourses at Reid's barber shop. Billy Reid came to town and reported he had planted 80 acres of early May wheat and that they had 1500 bushels of corn and would have some to sell. The year 1892 found in January John H. Reid, who had been working for Paul Rich, taking a jaunt down to New Mexico to break the monotony. However, by the 29th of November he was back in Kansas for his marriage to Bell M. Ferguson of Medway. I found no other newspaper covering the period of 1892. The year 1893 on Jan. 27 found Charles T. Reid still furnishing excellent music at his barber shop. Henry Kendall who eventually would be Sam Reid's brother-in-law, going to Alma New Mexico. In February Charlie played for a ball at Holly and in March John T. Reid was repairing the tin roof of J. R. Campbell's dwelling. Seven-Year-old Charlie, son of C. T. Reid was reported on the honor role at school. Will Reid was in town from the farm. Charlie Reid is moving his family into the house vacated by J. S. Johnson. He also attended the Herd Law meeting in Syracuse on Saturday the 4th of March and took an active part in the proceedings. John T. Reid came to town the 18th and reported they are putting in large crops in this area. He is also an applicant for the postmaster. The 17th of April Charlie Reid made a flying trip to the county seat probably for the final on his homestead. In June there was the school recital that young Charlie was part of and John T. Reid moved into one of the Garity houses in Coolidge. Bob Reid left Sunday the 24th of June to work for the Santa Fe out west. The 3rd of August found a group of young people going to John T. Reid's for a surprise birthday party. In September found Charlie Reid busy not only running his barber shop but running T. B. Nolan's wholesale and retail store while Mr. Nolan Superintends putting up his hay. Charlie is also a number one house painter and does his work in an artistic manner per the editor of the Enterprise. In October found both Lulu and Charlie, children of Charles T. Reid on the honor role in school. The year 1894 on March 25th Samuel James Reid married Minnie Briggs all of Medway Township. Town Marshall Reid (C.T.) was fixing up the side walks and cleaning the ditches as well as furnishing music for Kendall and others. The neighboring towns always call on Charley when they want music for a dance. John H. Reid who has been working on a ranch near Trinidad Co., was visiting his parents on June the 8th. The later part of the month found Charley trimming trees along Coolidge Ave. On the 13th of July Mrs. Sam Reid, Mrs. Dan Briggs, Miss Pearl Briggs, and Miss Maggie Clark were callers at the office of the Enterprise. Miss Nellie Briggs who has been working in La Junta for some time was home on a visit. Charley the Town Marshall has been watering the trees along Coolidge Ave. and attended the Peoples Party convention in Syracuse. In August Hank Dergo, formerly employed as a fireman for the Santa Fe, has moved into one of the houses owned by A. D. Jones. He is the son-in-law of W.P. Briggs. A number of friends assembled at the home of C.T. Reid on Aug. 12th at the invitation of Mrs. Reid to surprise her husband on his birthday. After guests arrived, word was sent to Charley who was at the barber shop that a man wanted to see him at the house. Upon closing the shop he started for home and upon getting close the band boys started playing "Long Long Ago" until he got into the room. He suspicioned something like this was going to take place but had no idea the band boys were going to be there. The evening was spent with music and cards and later they were served with ice cream and cake in the best of style. Present were Mrs. Smith, Mr.& Mrs. Nolan, Dr. and Mrs. Boggs, Dale Gore and wife, Mr. R. H. Dunnington and wife, Father Kearful, and H. S. Crittenden. The last part of August found Charley again running Nolan's store as well as the barber shop. Mrs. C. T. Reid and children left for Holly to visit relatives and friends and Charlie will go through the tribulations of being a bachelor. In October Charley was fixing up sidewalks playing for dances and the later part of the month went to Syracuse to the Simpson meeting. Henry Kendall, brother-in-law to Sam Reid, erected a large barn on the lot behind his house on Walnut St. John T. Reid arrived Wednesday the 19th of Dec. to spend Christmas with friends and relatives. The 23rd of Dec. Will and Bob Reid left to visit their brother John who lives in Trinidad Co. They are expected to spend most of their time hunting and since they are both good marksmen no doubt will bag plenty of game. Dec. 30th Dan Briggs was the happiest man in town upon the arrival of a boy baby in time to be called a 94 slugger. The year 1895 found Sam Reid on the sick list but it only lasted a few days. Bob and Will Reid returned from their visit at their brothers and reported good results on their hunting trip. On the 17th the angel of death visited the home of Dan Briggs and plucked the bright flower their only son but a few weeks old. The funeral services were held the 18th and remains interned in the city cemetery. The 28th of January found another household desolate by the death of the infant son of Sam Reid. The infant caught cold and grew gradually worse until death relieved him of the world of suffering. By April Charles T. Reid was still furnishing his skills for dances in the community. On May 14th John Reid who had been living over in Colorado moved back to Kansas just east of the city. In August it was reported that Charlie Reid walked eight miles to his farm claim built a house and returned on the 3rd day early in the morning. In September he also walked to his farm and back on a Sunday about 15 miles. October found Charlie Reid refurbishing his barber shop and hiring W. A. Hendricks a barber. In November C. T. Reid was listed on the populist ticket for Register of Deeds. He received 92 votes to 196 for Starkey the Republican and 74 votes for the Democrat Thomas. In December the annual Masquerade Ball was held and Sam Reid was dressed as a Negro woman but had no trouble getting dances. In Jan. 1896 Jim Kendall hauled a house from John T. Reid's place to town. Feb. 8th a baby boy was born to Sam and Minnie Reid weighing in at 10 1/2 lbs. This was the second this size in the same family. In March Bertha Inman arrive from Lincoln Nebraska to visit her parents John T. Reid and returned the first part of April. In April C. T. Reid was renovating his barber shop again and it was reported to be the most luxurious on the Santa Fe. Will Calvin is working as a barber. In July Sam Reid was stricken with typho-malaria fever but was nearly recovered by early August. August 13th Maria Reid wife of John T. Reid passed away at her home about three miles west of Coolidge, the Jones property. She was interned in the city cemetery. She was well known and liked in the community and will be missed by all. John T. Reid vacated the Jones property and moved back to Coolidge. She was the mother of Charles T., Will, Bob, and Sam Reid all of Coolidge, John H. of Trinidad, Bertha Inman of Lincoln, Neb. and Oliver O. Reid of Philadelphia Penn. September found Charlie Reid studying law, attending meetings, and preparing to run for Co. Attorney. In November he was elected Co. Attorney in November and moved his family to Syracuse to be near his office. The first of January 1897 found Mrs. C. T. Reid very sick with pneumonia. County Attorney Reid opened a barber shop to augment his income cut short by commissioners actions. In April County attorney Reid and his son Charlie attended the school entertainment of Coolidge. In May Mrs. C. T. Reid and children went to Coolidge to visit friends and relatives for a few days. In July Mrs. Sam Reid came to Coolidge to visit with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Briggs. August found Charlie Reid and family fishing with the Charlie Catterlin family. May of 1898 found Will and Bob Reid with the contingent on the train coming through Coolidge and Syracuse on their way to San Antonio as part of Roosevelts Riders to fight in Cuba. In June the C. T. Reids were in Coolidge visiting friends and relatives. Mrs. Reid and children for several days and Charlie on Saturday. On July 1 it was reported that Bob Reid was wounded in battle near Santiago Cuba. In sept. Judge Ross and Co. Attorney Reid went to Coolidge for the purpose of examining the condition of Mrs. Anselmine. The last of Sept. a Ball was held for the double wedding of James Kendall's daughters. Charles T. Reid was invited to Coolidge to scrape the bow for the Ball. October found Will and Bob Reid in Coolidge telling of their experiences in Cuba. Charles Reid and his father John T. was also in Coolidge. November found Charlie Reid loosing the bid for reelection for Co. Attorney to Republican Aaron Cole. It was reported that Bill Reid could tell you what is wrong with Aaron Cole. The year 1899 Charlie Reid spent two days in Coolidge the first part of February. In march he was having stone hauled onto his lots in the east part of the city. He plans extensive improvement on his residence. Little Tucia Reid who had been visiting her uncle C. T. Reid and attending school returned to her home in Thatcher Co. the 20th of March. In April city election passed smoothly and C. T. Reid was elected councilman. Charlie Reid is doing almost all the work on his residence himself, laying up stone, center wall, carpenter work, and plastering. The editor of the Syracuse Republican upon examining the work, said the plaster was so smooth it looked like a skilled mechanic had been employed. He and his children visited Coolidge the first week in September. On the 8th of Sept. the township ticket has Mr. Reid as justice of peace. The peoples party convention was held on the 2nd and Mr. Reid was elected Secretary. He proceeded to move for the selection of a candidate for 1st dist. commissioner. In October Bob Reid was in Syracuse visiting and left for Coolidge where he is going to work for the Santa Fe Railroad. The 10th of October Master John, the only son of Sam Reid of Coolidge, died. Charles Reid and family attended the funeral on the 11th in Coolidge. In Nov. C. T. Reid was elected Justice of the Peace and in Dec. was elected an officer of the Knights of Pithius. In March of 1900 C. T. Reid was elected Mayor of Syracuse. In April the band met and elected positions. C. T. Reid was elected leader and instructor and will play the Clarinet and Charles F. Reid is to play the snare drums. They will furnish music for the city this summer. All of the foregoing was researched from newspapers of Coolidge and Syracuse for the years covered and was what was written of the Reid's during that time period. Some of the happenings can be verified by other sources but a lot can't. This is written by C. E. Reid, grandson of Charles T. Reid and I will try to fill in some of what I know of the family after this time. John T. Reid moved to Lincoln, Nebraska to live with his daughter and husband Sam Inman. They soon moved to Denver, Co. where they ran a restaurant and bar. Will Reid was married in Iowa but lived a short time in Raton, New Mexico where he worked for the railroad. He moved to Loveland, Colorado where his wife's parents lived and they worked a lumber camp above Loveland. Later he farmed there and on a homestead in Morgan Co. Colorado near a town named Hoyt. John T. died in Denver in 1902 and was buried in Loveland Cemetery in a lot purchased by Will. Sam and Bertha also moved to Hoyt and acquired a homestead close to Bill and his wife's parents. Sam got sick and died in Denver. He was also buried in Loveland. Bertha later sold her homestead and moved to Syracuse where she lived with her brother and niece Lulu Liston of Garden City, Kansas. She died in July of 1926 and was buried in Syracuse Cemetery. Bill moved first to Missouri and then back to Smith Center, Kansas where he spent the rest of his days. Charles T. Reid moved his family to Raton, New Mexico sometime after 1900 to try to improve the health of his daughter Lulu. They were there a few years and moved back to Syracuse where C. T. ran a barber shop again. He was elected in 1910 to Probate Judge after being appointed as a temporary because of the sickness and death of Mr. Warner. He remained in that office until his death in 1931. His wife Ella died in 1928 and they are both buried in the same block with Bertha his sister. My parents Charles Fisher Reid and Zelma Jane Winchell Reid are buried in the same site. In 1992 my brother Floyd moved his son Eric to the same site. He was killed in an airplane accident in Nebraska. Floyd and Gwen, his wife, had stones erected for Bertha, Eric, and a future one for he and his wife. The stone for C.T., Ella, C.F., and Zelma was erected when C.F. died, by his children. Oliver Osceola Reid was married in Litchfield Ill. and he and his wife at this time were residents of Mt. Olive, Ill. They later worked in Missouri where their first child was born. They later moved to Philadelphia, Pa. where he worked for a bridge construction company. There he met with an accident and lost both legs above the knee. His great grandson, Jack Reid, found us this year, 1993. Oliver's marriage and other information came from him. Postscript: by Jack M. Reid Oliver Osceola Reid (my Great Grandfather) had two children born in Springfield, Mo: Florence, who died in infancy, and Martin Valentine Reid, my Grandfather. Oliver worked for the Pencoyd Iron Works Company in Manayunk, Philadelphia, Pa. Their daughter Edith Matilda, was born in 1900. Oliver had the accident that led to the loss of both of his legs above the knee in 1928. M.V. Reid married Florence Edna Fehr in 1912. Their son - my father, Joseph Martin Reid - was born in 1913. Martin V. was a Mason and a member of the International Order of the Odd Fellows. In 1918, Florence was struck down by the Flu epidemic. She was pregnant. Three days after her death, Martin shot himself over her dead body - which the undertaker was to remove that very day. My father, now an orphan, was raised by Oliver and his wife - Matilda Agnes Homer Reid. John Thomas Reid............1829 - 1902 Maria E. Beltz..............1833 - 1896 Charles Thomas Reid....1852 - 1931 Savilla Bertha Reid....1854 - 1926 Oliver Osceola Reid....1856 - 1940 George Michael Reid....1859 - 1870 Henry Clay Reid........1861 - 1861 Francis Marion Reid....1862 - 1879 William Sherman Reid...1865 - 1940 John Howard Reid.......1867 - 1942 Samuel James Reid......1869 - Robert Winfield Reid...1873 - 1938 Martha Reid.................1833 - 1899 Alfred Beall................1832 - 1907 Mollie Florence Beall..1856 - Henry W. Beall.........1858 - George Wesley Beall....1860 - 1901 Charles Beall..........1862 - 1939 Edward Beall...........1864 - 1939 John W. Beall..........1868 - 1950 Robert Lee Beall.......1869 - 1942 Additional Comments: Perhaps this bio belongs in the Kansas GenWeb Photo: http://www.usgwarchives.net/md/allegany/bios/reid-jt.jpg This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mdfiles/ File size: 31.4 Kb This file is located at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/md/allegany/bios/reid-jt.txt