Allegany County MD Archives Obituaries.....Maria V. Beltz REID, July 13, 1896 ************************************************ 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.net October 20, 2010, 4:58 pm 1896 Coolidge KS AT REST Died at her home three miles west of this city, Tuesday, July 13, 1896, after a long and painful illness, Mrs. Maria V. Reid, aged 62 years, 9 months and 2 days. Mrs. Reid, whose maiden name was Beltz, was born in Bedford County, Pa. She was married to John T. Reid at Cumberland, Md., in the year 1850 where they resided until 1855, when they moved to Iowa City, Iowa. In 1856 they changed their location to Decatur, Ills; from there moving to this county in 1887. Mrs. Reid was the mother of eleven children, seven of whom survive her: four sons who reside here, one in Philadelphia, one in Colorado, and a daughter living in Lincoln, Neb. In her life she filled the highest sphere of a woman's duty as tender mother and a faithful wife. There are no qualifications or attainments that can usurp the place of these crowning jewels of womanhood. It is a mighty sorrow that has fallen upon this family: the children who have been trained by her hand and the husband whose years too are waning for whom whe has so long been a comfort and companion. The loneliness of his life can be imagined, the depth of his grief measured only by those who have suffered the same great sorrow we know and the full sympathy of our heart goes out to him. Funeral services were held at the home of the family on Wednesday conducted by the Rev. John Thomas and the remains consigned to their resting place in the city cemetery. Additional Comments: This was my Great great grandmother. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mdfiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb This file is located at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/md/allegany/obits/r/reid-mvb.txt