George M. Reid

GEORGE M. REID (1841-91)

is the grandson, great to the sixth degree, of John Reid of Wester Kittochside (floruit 1574-1619)

In "The Reids of Kittochside" (Glasgow, 1945), Herbert Reid asserted that "A family of ten [children] were born to William Reid and Mary Drew, eight in Glasgow, before they emigrated." George and his sister Elizabeth were the two children born to William Reid and Mary Drew after they emigrated from Scotland. All ten children are noted on Herbert Reid's "Table T" on page 20.

George M. Reid was born in Wisconsin in about 1841, probably at Walworth in Walworth County, where his parents set up home [United States Census, 1850, index and images, FamilySearch] https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M4DP-N28

WALWORTH TOWNSHIP, WISCONSIN, 1860

He was at home in Walworth with his parents and siblings when the US census of 1850 was enumerated. His age was returned as nine years [United States Census, 1850, index and images, FamilySearch] https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M4DP-N28

WALWORTH TOWNSHIP, WISCONSIN, 1860

He was still living in Walworth at the time of the US census for 1860 [United States Census, 1860, index, FamilySearch] https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MW9Z-62W

MILITARY SERVICE, 1861-65

[United States Civil War Soldiers Index, index, FamilySearch https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FS3T-92Q and United States Civil War and Later Pension Index, 1861-1917, index, FamilySearch] https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NH7V-7WY

WALWORTH TOWNSHIP, WISCONSIN,1870

On 11 August 1870 George Reid, farmer, aged 29 years and born in Wisconsin, was at home in Walworth Township, presumably the Reid House. He was the head of a household which included his mother Mary, aged 74 and born in Scotland, and his sister Mary, aged 36 and born in Scotland. At this time George M. Reid owned real estate worth $2500 and personal wealth of $500 [United States Census, 1870, index and images, FamilySearch] https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MNS8-PYW

WALWORTH TOWNSHIP, WISCONSIN,1875

On 1 June 1875 he was included in the Wisconsin Census of family heads.There was a female member of the household, presumably his mother [Wisconsin, State Census, 1875, index and images, FamilySearch] https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MM9Q-GKF

MARRIAGE AND CHILDREN

George M. Reid married Dorliska A. Worth, daughter of M. A. Worth, at Walworth in Wisconsin on 15 November 1882 [Wisconsin, Marriages, 1836-1930, index, FamilySearch] https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XRTH-RS9 and https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XRDW-XYT

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OBITUARY:

Died. At the German Hospital, Chicago, Wednesday, Feb. 25th, 1891, Mr. Geo. M. Reid, aged 50 years.

Mr. Reid was the proprietor of Reid's Park, at the head of Lake Geneva, and his death is a great surprise to his many friends throughout the county. Several years ago he had a tooth extracted, but a prong that was not taken out has caused considerable distress and about a month ago it was decided to go to Chicago and have an operation performed. After the operation he was able to get around the hospital some but the disease finally settled in his brain, causing death in a short time. The remains reached here on Wednesday evening and the funeral was held at the home of Mrs. Shimmins, sister of Mrs. Reid, on Thursday afternoon at three o'clock, Rev. C. A. Hobbs officiating. The pall-bearers were Messrs. A. V. Sawyer, M. Gavett, P. R. Jackson, J. R. Barlow, C. W. Irish and L. W. Parish. The remains were buried in Spring Grove cemetery.

The deceased leaves a wife and three children to mourn the loss of a kind husband and indulgent father. They have the heartfelt sympathy of all in their sad bereavement.

Source: Newspaper clipping in the collection of Tim Kemmett, scanned in 2012, and posted to Geni, January 2012.

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"...many people will be at hearing of the death of George Reid of Lake ..."

Source: Fragment of an obit for George Reid in the Janesville Daily Gazette, Janesville, Wisconsin, March 3, 1891

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Spring Grove Cemetery is seven miles northwest of Fontana, Wisconsin, beside Comus Lake, in the town of Delavan.

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I speculate that George M. Reid's middle name may have been Manierre, because around the time of his birth his sister Ann wed the prosperous Chicago lawyer, George Manierre. This connection may have been such a happy one for the family that William and Mary Elizabeth Reid (Drew) might name their baby boy after their new son-in-law.

Michael Reid Delahunt, 2012