Lovelock tribune. (Lovelock, Nev.) 1898-1912, 1910-11-03

mise.
was later drowned In San Francisco
bay while trying to save the life of
another.
Thus it came about when Pres
ident Lincoln reviewed the troops at
the soldier was selected by Colonel
John Mcleod Murphy as the one
brave man in the regiment to hold
the presidents horse. l have often
heard Mr.. Reid speak of holding
Lincoln's horse as though it were
the one proud moment of his life.
- After the battle of Bull Run, Pat
rick Reid was one of detail of SO
men that saved Washington. Had
the confederates known the weak
ness of the defense they could cas-
lily have captured the city. But the
36 by double clicking their guns en-
hanced their number and took some
200 scouts prisoners in one night.
After serving second enlistment,
the lure of gold drew Patrick Reid
to California. This was in 1864.
The following year he returned to
New York and November II, 1857,
he was married in the church of the
TRANSPORTATION. Leaving his young
bride in the city, he again came
west in 1868 and worked in Vir-
ginia cityasaminer. 1t was in Vir-
ginia city that he laid the foundatio
of the fortune that he afterwards
achieved.
Mr.. Reid went to Unionville, New
ada in 1869, and was joined that
same year by his wife and young Sc I
Robert. Robert is family name
It. was Mr.. Reid's fathers name
1t is the name of his grandchild,
Robert Ostrander, son of Roy and
Agnes Ostrander.
Mr.. and Mrs Reid lived thirteen
years in >Unionvilleand to them were
born nine children, eight sons and
one daughter. Robert and four 9TH
er sons died in infancy
The children who attained their ma
jority were John Thomas, Edward
Emmet, Paul Grafton, Agnes, and
Francis Lagora. Emmet died four
years ago. Agnes Ostrander with
her beautiful little daughter Patricia
named in honor of her father, who
came to be with her father during
his last Hines, will return in about
month to her home in Los Ang-
eles Patrick Reid was for many
years foreman of the Arizona mill
and handled seven bars of bullion
twice week, or in all more than
five million dollars He also engaged
in the cattle business with MikeDon-
nelley while resident of Unionville
Mr.. Reid moved to Lovelock in
1888 erected the building which still
stands on Railroad street and open.
ed the first general store in the
town. At that time about the onl
houes in Lovelock were Mrs Torrey's
Ed Emmon's place, George Love-
locks and the Asher Hotel.
From the first the new merchant
prospered exceedingly. Then came
the hard winter of 1889-90, follow
ed by four dry years. The store
was carrying the farmers many of
whom gave up and left the country.
Patrick Reod suffered loss of
sixty thousand dollars, But it was
not SO with his own creditors. No
man he owed ever lost a dollar.
Soon after the failure of the store
in 1895 he turned over to the bank
in Winnemucca $4,000 and paid all
his obligations in full.
When Patrick Reid came to Am
erica, he was the eldest child of a
widowed mother. 1t was to help
that mother he turned his face to-
ward the land of the free. This
land of the free had been nistilled
into him from his earliest childhood
One of his ancestors, George Reid.
who lad changed the spelling of his
name was one of the signers of the
Dec a1ation of Independence from
Delaware Patrick Reid sent mon-
ey from america to maintain that
mother uiitill she died near the age
of ninety.
Thus Patrick Reid came from
worthy stock One of his uncles
made millions out of the silk and
tea business in India. The Nolans,
millionaire shoe dealers of San Fran
cisco were related to him ,and SO