OBIT: John REID, 1929, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  JOHN REID
  
    John Reid, who died at his home on the Reid farm, in Henry Clay Township, 
  Fayette County, about one mile from Confluence, on Monday morning, December 16, 
  aged 80 years, 2 months and 12 days, deserves more than a passing notice.  He 
  was born in Brachannel, Scotland, on October 4, 1849, and was the oldest son of 
  Alexander and Annie Cunningham Reid.  His parents moved to Lonaconing, Md., when 
  he was a small boy, and he lived there until he was a young man, when he moved 
  to the vicinity of Confluence, where he spent his life on the fine Reid farm on 
  the Yough River.  He was married on July 22, 1909, to Lillie Lish of Pittsburgh.  
  He is survived by his wife and children, John L. Reid and Lillian Reid, also by 
  one brother, Alexander Reid, of Confluence, and three sisters, Mrs. W. B. 
  Fortney and Miss Mary Reid, who always made her home with him on the Reid farm, 
  and Mrs. Annie McIndoe, of Lonaconing, Md.  Two brothers, Magnus Reid, of New 
  York, and William Reid, of Confluence, preceded him to the grave.
    The cause of his death was heart trouble.  He had been in poor health for 
  nearly four years, but was not bedfast until seven weeks before his death.
    John Reid was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, being affiliated 
  with the Confluence congregation and was a man of sterling character.  He was 
  honest in all his dealings with his fellow men, and was devoted to his home and 
  family.
    The funeral services were held at the family home on Wednesday, December 18, 
  at 2:30 p.m., Rev. H. W. Jamison officiating; interment in the Johnson Chapel 
  cemetery.  Undertaker C. B. Humbert had charge of the funeral arrangements.
  
  Meyersdale Republican, January 2, 1930