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John W Reid

Male 1854 - 1944  (89 years)


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  • Name John W Reid 
    Born 11 Apr 1854  Kingston, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 6 Apr 1944  Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 9 Apr 1944  Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I5921  Rossville
    Last Modified 9 Dec 2019 

    Father Alexander Reid 
    Mother Catherine Abbott Reid 
    Family ID F6283  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Amanda Jane James Reid,   b. 19 Jul 1859, Harmony, Clay County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Nov 1936, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Married 10 Mar 1880 
    Children 
    +1. Alice Catherine Reid Bacon,   b. 19 Jun 1884,   d. 6 Dec 1974  (Age 90 years)
    +2. Ethel R Reid Kerr,   b. 22 Apr 1891, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jul 1975, Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
    +3. Homer Stanley Reid,   b. 12 Feb 1900, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Dec 1987, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
     4. Edward J Reid,   b. 1881,   d. 3 Jul 1882  (Age 1 years)
    Documents
    Anniversary- Reid, John and Amanda
    Anniversary- Reid, John and Amanda
    Mr. and Mrs. John Reid celebrated their forty-ninth wedding anniversary Sunday. Guests for dinner were Mr. and Mrs. William Kerr and son Glenn, Mr. and Mrs. Homer Reid. A lovely bouquet of pink carnations was received from their daughter, Mrs. T.C. Bacon of Twin Falls, Idaho.
    Last Modified 23 May 2018 12:19:31 
    Family ID F2287  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Obituary- Reid, John W. 1
    Obituary- Reid, John W. 1
    John W. Reid
    John W. Reid, a resident of Rossville community for sixty-seven years passed away at his home April 6.

    He was the son of Alexander and Catherine Abbott Reid, of near Kingston, Canada, and was born there April 11, 1854, one of nine children. At the age of 14 he came with his parents to Hampshire, Ill., and settled on a farm near there. One of his nephews still lives on the original home. In 1876 he came west to Kansas, living in Greenwood County for a time and coming to Rossville a year later. In 1880 he was married to Miss Amanda James of Rossville, who preceded him in death in 1936. To this union four children were born, a son Edward, who died in infancy; two daughters and one other son.

    He was a member of the Presbyterian Church for nearly 50 years and was an elder for more than 30. He was a director of the Peoples State Bank of Rossville until failing health prevented his activity.

    Those surviving are Mrs. T. Clyde Bacon, Twin Falls, Idaho; Mrs. W. H. Kerr, Rossville, and Homer S. Reid, Rossville; seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; one brother, James F. Reid, Hampshire, Ill.; three sisters, Mrs. Emma Corson, Rockford, Ill., Mrs. Ed Dettmer and Mrs. Ralph Rich, both of South Dakota.

    Funeral services were held Sunday, April 9, at 2:30 p.m. at the Presbyterian Church, conducted by the Rev. N. P. Olney. Music was furnished by Mrs. William Hesse and Mrs. Leo Berry with Miss Frances Eversole accompanying.

    Pallbearers were Messrs. Joe Barney, William Hesse, Fred McCollough, C. E. Gresser, Von Bloom and Ed James. Interment was in Rossville Cemetery.

    Out-of-town relatives and friends here for the John Reid funeral were: Mrs. E. C. Kassebaum, Miss Beatrice Kassebaum, Mrs. Mary James, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Cless and Beverly, Mr. and Mrs. Luther Stevens, Miss Joann Reaser, Mrs. James Crater, Mrs. Una Jamieson, Mr. Harry Logan, Dr. and Mrs. E. H. Gibson, Dr. Clinton Stalker, Mrs. Margaret Witter, all of Topeka; Mr. and Mrs. Lew Pressgrove, Tecumseh; Clyde Cless, Hutchinson, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Whitehead, Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Thomas, Silver Lake; Ivan Morehead, Miss Mae Morehead, Eskridge.

    DEATHS and FUNERALS
    John W. Reid, who would have been 90 years old next Tuesday, passed away this Thursday morning at his home, following a short illness.

    Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 from the Presbyterian church.

    An obituary will be published next week.
    Obituary- Reid, John W. 2
    Obituary- Reid, John W. 2
    Mr. and Mrs. Lew Pressgrove of Tecumseh were in Rossville to attend the funeral service of her relative, J.W. Reid. They were also guests of Mr. and Mrs. C.E. Cless.


    (First published in the Rossville Reporter, May 11, 1944)
    State of Kansas, Shawnee County, as
    In the Probate Court of Shawnee County, ss.
    In the matter of the estate of John W. Reid, deceased.
    No. 15202

    Notice of Appointment
    State of Kansas to:
    The creditors, heirs, devisees and legatees of John W. Reid, deceased, and all other persons interested or concerned in the estate of said decedent:

    You are hereby notified that Ethel Kerr and Homer Reid were, by the Probate Court of Shawnee County, Kansas, on the 10th day of May, 1944, duly appointed Administrators C.T.A., of the estate of John W. Reid, deceased, and have qualified as such administrators, C.T.A. and that all creditors must exhibit their demands against said estate, within nine months from the date of the first publication of this notice, as provided by law and if their demands are not thus exhibited, the same will be forever barred.

    Witness our hands, at Topeka, Kansas, the 10th day of May, 1944.
    Ethel Kerr,
    Homer Reid,
    Administrators C.T.A. of the estate of John W. Reid, deceased.
    3t26.


    Our sincere thanks to our friends and neighbors for their help and sympathy in the loss of our father, John W. Reid.
    Mr. and Mrs. T. Clyde Bacon and Family
    Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Kerr and Glenn
    Mr. and Mrs. Homer S. Reid and Robert