Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-05-27
GRAFTON Il. REID Is NO MORE.
Passed Peacefully Away at Advanced
Age Of Almost 7G Years.

the news OF lnc passing away Oh
Crayton l.. Reid last Saturday morn
ing came rs the source Of deep grief
10 many. though those who had
known him intimately in his home
town for years were not surprised,
for it had been known for days that
the end was near and that the gal
liant soldier of the C~unrVdcraCy who
had faced death fcarlCSSly on many
fields was WaginE a fearless fight
against the last foe with odds against
him. The end came without Il Strug-
gle, the aged veteran surrCndcring
without conflict 10 the last enemy.
"crOssinE OVcr the river to rest un-
der the shade Of the trees" along
with the comrades who had gone be-
fore.
Crayton l.. Reid was born in Able
Vile county. South Carolina, SCptem-
bier "a, 1898, and would, therefore.
had he lived to the 25th Of next Sep
t"mhC". have rounded out 76 years.
His parents were Thomas l.. and
Annie Sutton Reid. In early life he
was happily married to Miss RoXic
A.. Stribling. re this union one
chile was born. the child dying in
infancy, the mother living but a
short while. On January 20. 1870.
he was married TO Miss Mary Eliza
beth Stribling, and to this union
five children were born, two sons and
three daughters, all Of whom, with
their mother. survive. They are
Chas. s, of Woodbury., Ca, and J.
3. Reid, OF BatcsburE; Misses RoXie
and Annie Reid and Mrs. Ella Reid.
OF Walhalla. The deceased is also
survived by Ono brother. w. p. Reid,
OF Seneca. and four sisters, Mrs. Es-
Their Garrison, Mrs. Montgomery Nc
Crary, Mrs. Mamie Eskcw and Mrs.
SalliC Riley, all of Anderson county.
Mr.. Reid was one of the early set
tiers Of Walhalla, and for many years
was prominently Identified with
every progressive movement that
took shape for the upbuilding Of the
town. He built the first brick store
in Walhalla, in which he conducted
for years the biggest business done
by any one firm in the county, his
name being known far and wide on
account Of the immense stock of
goods carried for that day and time.
and his was a business built upOn
the firm foundation OF integrity and
strict honesty in every dealing. For
thirty consecutive years the doors OF
the store OF G. Il. Reid were open on
every business day. Others have been
connected with business enterprises
here for a longer period than Mr..
Reid was known as the head OF his
business. but he was the longest in
business cOnsecutivcly of II mer-
chant who has ever done business al
Walhalla. His doors were first
opened January /. 1865, and it was
well into the month of December.
1898, when he closed his doors-a
period OF within a few days Of 81
years, during which time no business
day found the establishment of G. L.
Reid closed or idle.
AS citizen and soldier he perform
ed well every duty. Three terms he
served his town as lntcndant. and for
10 years as a member Of the board
OF wardCnS, during which tenure OF
the latter office he was the clerk and
treasurer OF the town. He was prom
lncnt in the movement hat brought
to Walhalla Adger College; he was
In the forefront OF the movement
that finally brought about the move
mont for bonding tho town for the
extension OF the Blue Ridge Railway
on to Walhalla, and it was through
his untiring efforts and work that
the town secured the site for West
view Ccmtcry, the first lot in which
was decided to G.. l.. Reid. He adj
VocatCd the purchase OF the land and
sale OF cemetery lots as a means OF
r~clmburSing the town funds for the
purchase money. The first TO pur-
chase a lot in Westvicw, he lived %
see more than a hundred lots sold
and numbers fllCi with the bodies
Of his fellOw-citiZcns ere he laid
aside the cares of life and fell
asleep"
At the age Of 23 years Mr.. Reid
volunteered for service in the Con-
icdcrat" army, entering the service
in the Fourth South Carolina Rcgi-
m2nt, seeing active and hard service
IN TN" Seven Days Battle Around
Rlchmond,' and being seriously
wounded at Frasicr'S Farm, whern
he was rcllcd by a bullet, which
entered his left shoulder, ranging
into the body and penetrating the
lcit lung, then coursing to the back
ana tearing away a piece Of the back
bone, the bullet still travelling on its
deadly mission. following a rib across
the BODY, taking again an inward
course INTO the right shoulder, from
when 1t was later cut ont by the
army surgeon. For some time he lay
in the rcgimcntal hospital, but so
soon as he was permitted to go. he
was back at his post on the firing
line. On returning to the active
service, however, he was transferred
from the Fourth South Carolina Reg
iment to Company c., Palmetto
SharpshoOters, under Capt. w. w.
Humphreys, his regimental officer
being Col. Joseph Walker, Of Spar
tanburg. Mr.. Reid had not been or
the field long before he was again
wounded, this wound partaking OF
the nature, though not of the Y