Obituary: Marquette County, Wisconsin: Andrew REID ************************************************************************ Submitted by Joan Benner, April 2008 © All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ************************************************************************ From the Montello Express, 19 June 1925, Page 5 Andrew Reid died at his home in Buffalo, June 7th, 1925, aged eighty-four years, eleven months and nine days. He was born June 29th, 1840, in the village of Lanarkshire, Scotland. When he was ten years old, his parents brought their family of eight boys to America to build a new home in a new land. They came straight to Wisconsin and settled in Buffalo, where he spent the rest of his life. During the Civil War he enlisted and served for a time in Company G, First Wisconsin Heavy Artillery. He was married December 21, 1875, to Sarah Chapman, who preceded him in death June 18, 1921. Seven children were born to them, of which four survive him: Jean, now Mrs. Robert Hull; Duncan, of the A. and M. College, Texas; Walter, on the home farm, and Logan, of Fresno, California. He is also survived by eight grandchildren and one brother, John Reid, of Martinex, California. Early in life he united with the United Presbyterian church, and throughout his life tried to live a consistent Christian life. He was a kind and loving husband, and a tender, considerate father, faithfully caring for his wife during the weakness of her last years, and for his daughter until the time of her death. During the last winter, he had been growing steadily frailer with the weakness of advancing years, and at last quietly passed away at the home of his son, Walter, on Sunday, June 7th. He leaves to his children the precious heritage of a worthy father's memory, and the inspiration of his example.