Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-12-11
RlGCDND OF JAMES Il. REID.
Carolinian by Birth, Gentleman by
Nature, Farmer by Occupation.
{ Farm and Factory.)

On the 10th day OF February,
1884, James Thompson Reid was
born near Old Pickens Court House,
on Keowee River, and on the 29th
day of November, 1912, he died at
the place of his birth, aged seventy
eight years, eight months and twen-
ty-nine days.
He was the oldest son Of Samuel
and Mrs. Caroline Thompson Reid
and a grandson of Joseph Reid, who
was a lieutenant In the Revolution
ary War, and whose remains lie in
the family graveyard on the old Reid
plantation, which Is and has been in
the possession Of the Reid family for
over one hundred years.
Practically all these years he re-
sided in his native county, engaged
in farming, except four years Of his
young manhood, which were given to
the service OF his country.
In early life he married Miss Caro-
line Rhodes, OF Mississippi, who died
in 1861, leaving one child, William
R., now citizen of Newherry coun-
ty, South Carolina.
On January 4. 1866, he married
Miss Caroline Stiibling, Of Oconee
county, by whom he Is survived with
three children Mrs. Elizabeth r.
TSUob VI w IOl, -. VI, OdIHucl
Reid, of Bessemer, Ala, and George
T. Reid, Of Oconee county. Another
daughter, Mrs. Mamie Ashmore, pre-
deceased him ten years to a day,
leaving au i0lant child. Two sisters
sprTtY@ niN---Mrs. Isabella G. Lee, Of
N"whorCy, and Mrs. Sallie Shelor, Of
ANdcrT30, and one bl lother, George
] Red, oi 1hop)ells. He was bro
.nel OF Mrs. E.!1abeth r. Keith, who
married the brilliant Col. VIM. G.
Keith, both OF whom are now dead,
but are survived by the following
children: Mrs. May r. Harris, Of
Mississippi; William r. Keith, Of
Newberry; Thos. r. Keith, Of Oco-
nee county; James r. Keith, Of An
derson; Mrs. Caroline II. Anderson
and Miss Ida Keith, both Of Ander-
son. There was another brother Of
the deceased, Jos. r.. Reid, who died
in prison at Elmira, N. Y, during
the war.
In 1861, when the tocsin of War
Between the States sounded at Fort
Sumter, James II. Reid was among
the first to volunteer as a private in
Company E, Orr's Regiment Of Rifles.
He soon rose to the rank OF captain
and served with that famous regi-
ment until the sad episode at Appo-
mattoX on the 9th of April, 1865.
Once he was severely wounded in
the thigh in one of the bloody battles
of Virginia, where fell the intrepid
Ledbetter, the brave Perrin and the
heroic Marshall. 1t has been said
by all his comrades that he was q
strict disciplinarian and that no bra
yer soldier unsheathed his sword in
defense Of tho South.
Capt. Reid, though reared in
wealth and luxury, bore with pa
tience and fortitude the adverse for
tune brought on by the war, and
never murmured though almost to-
tally blind in his last years.
He was confined to his room only
a few days and his end was calm and
peaceful, as If falling asleep.
Capt. Reid was a lifelong men,
ber Of the Presbyterian church,
loyal Free Mason. true friend, kind
neighbor, useful citizen, devoted hus-
band, loving father, affectionate bro
ther and high above all, pure and
faithful Christian.
Like roses in the fall, the heroes
Of the lost cause are falling. Ano-
ther brave spirit has crossed over
tho river and now rests underneath
the shade Of the trees with Lee,
Jackson, Hampton, MCGOWAN, Ker-
shaw, Ledbetter, Livingston, Mar
shall, Perrin, Cothran, the McFalls,
the Nortons, Keith and unnumbered
heroic spirits who have gone before,
whose memory and daring deeds
should be perpetuated in marble and
song 80 long as the sun shines and
the Sunny South and her sons and
daughters breathe her pure atmos-
phere.
On Saturday afternoon the re-
mains OF Capt. Reid we're inferred in
Mountain View cemetery, after ap-
propriate services by Rev. NJ. r.
kirkpatrick, his pastor, assisted by
Rev. j. G. Law. With Masonic hon
ors his body was committed to earth
with the beautiful and touching cere-
mony OF that ancient order. The
large concourse of relatives and
friends who followed the Masonic
procession to the grave, and the many
beautiful floral tributes which adorn-
ed his casket, attested to the love
and esteem in which Capt. Reid was
held.
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