Bio of David F. REID (b.1865), Wright Co., MN

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This Bio is from the HISTORY OF WRIGHT COUNTY, Volumes I and II,
Published in 1915 by Franklin Curtiss - Wedge.
Surname Index for The HISTORY OF WRIGHT COUNTY can be found at:
http://www.usgwarchives.net/mn/wright/wright.html
Under HISTORY.

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be some typos.

David F. REID

David F. Reid, business man, Monticello, was born in Fillmore 
county, Minnesota, May 27, 1865, son of David and Annie (Hoag) 
Reid, natives respectively of Ireland and Vermont, who came to 
Minnesota in 1857 and spent the remainder of their lives in 
Fillmore county, the father dying on April 25, 1881, and the 
mother in 1871. In the family there are three children living 
and six dead: Jane, wife of J. D. Henry, of Portland, Ore.; 
David F., and Annie M., wife of H. W. Sims, of Grand Forks, 
N. D., living; and James A., William E., Arthur, Judson, Lillie 
and one unnamed, deceased. David F. Reid received his education 
in the district schools, and devoted his early life to farming. 
In October, 1908, he came to Wright county and engaged in the 
farming and nursery business in Monticello township until 1913. 
In that year he started his present business. He is local agent 
for the Standard Oil Company, does heavy draying, and deals in 
wood, coal, cement, brick and lime. Mr. Reid is a Republican in 
politics, and served for a time as town clerk. He belongs to the 
M. W. A. Mr. Reid was married, June 20, 1885, to Ella E. Rich, 
and they have six children: Floyd Albert, who is his father's 
partner; Grace, the wife of Albert Engel, of Todd county, 
Minnesota; Florence, the wife of Louis Engel, of Monticello; 
Nellie and Mildred, at home; and an unnamed boy who died in infancy.