Statewide-Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Kidd, General James H March 19, 1913 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Marilyn Johnson McDowell texas26@gmail.com May 10, 2009, 1:14 am Charlotte Observer; March 20, 1913 Death of Civil War Veteran Ionia, Mich., March 19.- General J.H. Kidd, Civil war veteran and Indian fighter, died at his home here tonight after a long illness. He was born in 1840. He succeeded General Custer in command of the Sixth Michigan Calvary in the Civil war at the close of which he was breveted brigadier general of volunteers. General Kidd took part in the Powder River campaign against the Indians, establishing a post and building Fort Reno in Wyoming. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/statewide/obits/k/kidd5072gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 1.1 Kb