Person:Daniel Reid (2)

...Daniel Reid, father of our subject, was born in Rockbridge County, Virginia, February 5, 1799, and in 1821 took up his residence near New Paris, Preble County, Ohio whence he removed to Richmond in the fall of 1823. Here he engaged in clerking for some years, and in 1828 began merchandising on his own account, as a partner of Joseph P. Strattan, carrying on the business ten years. In 1829 he was appointed postmaster of Richmond, serving in that capacity until 1838, when he was appointed by President Van Buren as register at the land office in Fort Wayne, where he remained for about five years. He then removed to a farm in Allen County, Indiana, and in 1855 returned to Richmond, where he engaged in the grocery business with his son, William S., and N. S. Leeds until the firm changed to Reid & Vanneman. He remained in the store, but made his home upon a farm a mile and a half west of Richmond, where he was living at the time of his death, which occurred March 3, 1873. He was for many years a member and ruling elder of the United Presbyterian Church in Richmond, and his honorable, upright life commanded the respect of all with whom he came in contact. He was twice married, his first wife being by maiden name Letitia Scott, who died in Allen County, in 1854. They had seven children. In October of that year, Mr. Reid married Mrs. Ann Dougan, then a resident of Niles, Michigan, and they had two children: Daniel Gray, of this sketch, and Emma Virginia, wife of Oliver Bogue. ...

... Daniel Reid was born in Rockbridge County, Va. Feb 4 1799, He married Letitia Scott and in 1821 removed to Ohio, near New Paris, where he engaged in teaching school. In October, 1823, he removed to Richmond, and engaged as a merchant's clerk for James McGuire, and afterward for Robert Morrison. About the year 1827 or 1828, he commenced business for himself with Joseph P. Strattan. He was engaged alternately in trade and farming until 1838, he was appointed by President Van Buren register of the land office at Fort Wayne. He returned to this county in 1855, and settled on a farm a mile and a half west of Richmond, where he now resides. He was an early member and ruling elder of the United Presbyterian church in Richmond, which office he holds at the present time. Mr. Reid had seven children: 1. William S. 2. Mary Ann, who died at 3. 3. Mary Ann who married Franklin P. Randolph, a lawyer, of Fort Wayne. 4. James P., who married Anna Reid, and lives in Wayne township. 5. Margaret Jane, unmarried. 6. Hannah M., who died of cholera in 1833. 7. Robert M., who emigrated to California in 1852. Mrs Reid died September 3, 1854; and in October, 1856, Mr. Reid was joined in marriage to Mrs. Ann Dougan, then living at Niles, Mich., a daughter of Isaac Gray, an early settler in Richmond. ...