Samuel G. Reid ^{2 3 4 5 6 7}

   Cause of his death was acute circulatory failure, strangulated inguinal hernia, senility, hypertension.⁸

  General Notes:

On the 1870 census, Samuel was listed as if last name were Meek in household of his stepfather. At the time of the 1900 census, he was a farmer in McLennan County, Texas. He rented his farm. At the time of the 1910 census, Samuel was postmaster in (Oglesby) Coryell County, Texas. He owned his home free of mortgage. At the time of the 1920 census, Samuel was a merchant of retail groceries in Coryell County, Texas. One of his employees, Ware G. Searcy, a salesclerk was listed with the family. At the time of the 1930 census, Samuel was postmaster again in Coryell County, Texas. He owned his home valued at $3000.

This is a copy of a hand written letter written by Sam G. Reid Sam G. Reid was President & Post Master State League...Mrs. A.C. Reid was Asst. P.M...Sam G. Reid Arrowood Camp #309 Oglesby Tx.

A letter dated 12/20/1908 to Mrs. Molly Price Schoolton Okla. Dear Cousin and family yours to hand a few days ago. I was certainly glad to hear from you. Our kinship is settled beyond a doubt. Since I have commented (?) I think your father left Miss. about 40 yrs. ago. I was then 6 yrs. old for I am now 46. I remember him well. I was kind of left with him. I have some recollections of him he looked but I have no picture of him and do not know of any of the family who has. You know pictures were not so plentiful in those days. It will take quite a long letter to tell you all about the family so I may give it to you in broken doses. I will say first that our grandparents were from Alabama to Mississippi. I suppose about 5 yrs. after the move. My mothers name was Elizabeth McGaughey and is a cousin of W.L. McGaughey of Hood Co. Tx. who was elected State land Commisioner when Hogg was Govenor of Tx. Our grandmothers name you see is Polly B. I never knew her maiden name. she died before my day. I have seen her grave and also grandfathers grave at Old Mt. Zion church in Benton Co. MS. I suppose she must have died about the year 1850 or 1855. Grandpa lived and died at our house after his wife died but I do not remember him he must have died about 1860 I was born 1862. This record that I have copied for you was taken from grandfathers old family bible now owned by my brother W.E. Reid at Goldwaite Tx. I suppose I could get the date of the death from it also but the dates I have given you are nearly correct. I can't remember ever seeing any of my uncles nor aunts except Uncle Sam and your Pa.

I well remember the day Uncle Sam died and the spot where he was burried. He was living in 200 yrds. of us and came down to our house on Sunday evening and stayed with us children He was in last stage of consumption but had never taken to his bed. Monday morning before day break he died. Your Pa went after the doctor but he was dead before they got back. My mother and step father were with him. He's burried by side of my father at Old Harmony Graveyard about 8 miles from grand Pa & Gma. Now I will go back a little my father was justice of the peace all during the war and was not in the army he died just at the close of the war in April of 1865. You see I was from Nov. 22 to Apr. last 2 yrs. old. I remember well the day they burried him. The Masons burried him with honors. I will say they were 4 of us Reid children of whom I am the youngest. My older sister married J.T. Jullian and moved to Texas 30 yrs. ago and died in 11 days after arriving she's burried at Pleasant Point Tarrant Co.Tx. Mattie E. Reid is exactly 4 yrs. older than myself 50 years old the 22nd of Nov. 08.

My mother was married on the 22nd of Nov. Molly was born on the 22nd of Nov. exactly 20 yrs. after her marriage. Mattie married C. A. Wofford and is now at Yokum Floyd Co. Tx. W.E. Reid my older brother is at Goldwaite Tx. he was hi 1st yr in Tx. He lived near Lewisville that is near Little Elm Creek. It is very likely that he live in a very few miles of you. For I am sure that is the way Robert D. Reid our cousin in Florida got the idea that you lived at Elm 30 yrs. ago.

There is a P.O. by that name in Karnes Co. I feel sure that it was Elm Creek and not Elm P.O. that he had heard his mother speak of. Please tell me how far and what direction you lived from Lewisville. Well after my father died mother married James Meek a good man who was very kind to us. They had 4 children the 1st being twins 1 of them died at once. The other who lived near Lee, Bob, & Nannie. These Meek children went to Ark. to live with there grandfather after mother died which was in 1875. Nannie died at abt. 6 yrs. old. Lee married in Ark. and died there abt. 8 yrs. ago his widow is married again and lives in Okla. her name is Dora Devenport. Lee left 1 child Robert A. Meek is married and lives at Mt. Pleasant Tx. where I lived 6 yrs, but I have been here 14 yrs.

Mr. Meeks died in 1871 and mother marr. again to W.A. Casey and had 1 child John Casey. He lived to be grown but died here 7 yrs. ago. He was only 3 mo. old when mother died. Sister Mattie raised him and he always called her Ma and me Uncle Sam. Well I have told you the details of our fam. exactly my own fam. As to us I will say I marr. to Mrs. Clay Dishough when I was 19 yrs. She was 16 we have had 7 children born to us. 2 of whom died before they were named. My 2 oldest are boys and neither of them have ever marr. Their traveling salesmen for the Pittsburg Lightening Rod Co. They have each been getting $75 per mo. & all exspenses paid. Sam my oldest son will get $100 per mo. next yr. He has been in the business 4 yrs.

Lee Ollie has only been at it 1 1/2 yr. before that he was elected constable here and helped me in the P.O. and store. After he left me I sold out the store and ran only the P.O. my next 2 children are girls Berty is now 20 yrs. has been married 3 yrs. to S.T. Prinstlon he is depot agent here. They have a little boy 2 yrs. old. I beleive he is the smartest child I ever saw at that age. Nora was only 15 yrs the 30 of last july but she married 5 wks ago to Silas V. Martin. They have bought a home in 299 yrds of us and he is putting a grocery business in my new house which I had to build after the burn. So we have only 1 child with us his name is Lewis Hebert will be 9 in March. We called him Buster. All my other boys are home now for Christmas they will always do that.

I know of no other relatives we have on side of granfathers decendents. When they left Al. they no doubt left a host of relatives behind and they have multiplied and drifted to the 4 corners of the earth. I meet Reid's everywhere. Some of them are distant relatives of yours I'm sure but we can't trace it. cousin Robert Reid of Pinemount Fl. says that the 2nd govenor of Florida was named Reid and that they were both distant relatives of yours. I got a letter from cousin Robert a few days ago and he said he had written you. I will let him tell you all about the Florida folks as I am sure he will delight to do. Please tell me what business your husband follows for livelyhood and whether or not you have secure you a home out there in that Okla country. I knew a Tom Price in Titus Co. but I know it could not be your Price (?ol) Price and Will Price were both Baptist preachers. I would send you my picture if I had 1 could share but I do not. Nearly all my pictures got destroyed in the fire. I will have some made sometime or better still me your family graph if you have 1. It seems that the Reid's are subject to fire I got burned out, and you say you got burned out, and Robert Reid wrote me that he had been burned out 2x. My brother W.E Reid had his house wrecked by wind a few years ago. And my sister Mattie Wofford now at Lockney was in the Galveston Flood and lost everything and it killed her sister-in-law and mother-in-law.

Well I sure do want to see you and if I ever come your way I will see you if you can ever come and see us. We are not rich people by any means but we own our home I took charge of the P.O here 7 yrs. ago the first day of last Oct. Well it is about train time and I will have toring off. If you ever get this read you are a good one. I'm your own cousin Samuel G. Reid Oglesby,Tx. P.S. I am 6` tall and weight 230lbs. nearly everybody here calls me Uncle Sam. My wife weighs 110lbs. You see we average out very well. Nora 15 yrs. old weighs 150lbs. All my children are slinder. Lee Olly if 6`3" high weighs 160lbs.

Birth of our grandparents and family. James Reid b. Dec. 10, 1794 Polly B.(wife) b. Apr. 12, 1807 Jasper N. Reid (son) b. Aug. 1, 1824 William R. Reid (My father) b. May 27,1826 Eliza Jane Reid Apr. 27, 1830 Mary A. Reid b. Dec. 25, 1827 Nancy E. Reid b. Dec. 30, 1831 James T. Reid b. Apr. 25,1833 Sarah Virginia Reid b. Mar. 4, 1835 Paralee A. Reid b. Aug. 11, 1836 George F. Reid (your Pa) Mar. 29,1838 Samuel H. Reid Oct. 25,1839 John T. Reid b. Mar. 25, 1841 Robert A. Reid b. Jul. 24, 1843 You observe that grandpa and ma had 12 children. My father was next to the oldest and your father was 4th from the youngest. Uncle Sam next younger than your Pa. is the one he left both with the yr. he left MS for Florida Uncle Sam died that year 40 yrs. ago. ³

  Additional Information:

• Alt. Birth, Oct 1862. ⁴

• Death Certificate Image: here.

• FindAGrave: Memorial# 55067444.

Samuel married Amanda Clay Dishongh, daughter of Isaac Rainey Dishongh and Nancy Jane Bostick, on 30 Jan 1882 in , Shelby County, Tennessee.¹ (Amanda Clay Dishongh was born on 27 Aug 1865 in Shawnee, , Mississippi,^{1 4 11} died on 17 Apr 1953 in Waco, McLennan County, Texas ^{11 12} and was buried in Post Oak Cemetery, Oglesby, Coryell County, Texas ^{11 13}.). The cause of her death was massive cerebral hemorrhage, long term hypertension, general sclerosis and senility.⁸