BIO: Alexander Kidd, M.D., York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, historical editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, York Borough, Pg 27

ALEXANDER KIDD, president and director of the York County Alms-house, and 
manufacturer of cedar ware, was born in Baltimore County, Md., September 11, 
1833; is the son of John B. and Leah (Whitmire) Kidd; is their only child, and 
is of English-German descent.  In childhood our subject came with his mother 
from Baltimore County, Md., to York.  At fifteen years of age he began serving 
an apprenticeship at the cedar cooper's trade at which he continued work until 
1864, when he enlisted in Company H, Two-hundredth Pennsylvania Volunteer, 
served one year and was honorably discharged in 1865.  In 1866 Mr. Kidd resumed 
his trade in the city of Baltimore, where he remained until 1875, when he 
returned to York and here has since resided.  He was married in 1858 to Miss 
Caroline Shillinburg, a native of Baltimore, Md.  The marriage has resulted in 
the birth of two children:  Mary J. and John W.  In politics Mr. Kidd is a 
Democrat.  During the years 1881 and 1882 he represented the Seventh Ward in the 
York Council.  In 1882 he was elected resident director of the York County Alms-
house.  During his administration some very important improvements have been 
made; the most notable perhaps is the introduction of the steam-heating process 
into the alms-house.  He is a member of the order of Red Men.  Mrs. Kidd is a 
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.