Samuel David Reid

1901 - 1973  (71 years)

• Name	Samuel David Reid
  Birth	16 Dec 1901	Punxsutawney, Jefferson, Pennsylvania, USA
  Gender	Male
  Marriage Groom	Jan 1925
  	Witness Role: Principal: [F158] ...of (parents not known) Witness Role: Bride: [I2314] Geraldine Elizabeth HIMES Witness Role: Groom: [I3546] Samuel David REID
  Note	Sam was a welder for the B & O Railroad. He worked frequently atRikers Roundhouse in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. According to Charles'Bud' Parsons, Uncle Sam went deer hunting every year. It didn'tmatter if the world's biggest train wreck occurred, he went deerhunting. Bud said they used to tell him he had to come to work or theywould fire him. He always said go ahead- he knew he was the bestwelder and they needed him. He was a member of the BPOE and served asExaulted Ruler. It is said he attended the Presbyterian Church.Obituary: Newspaper clipping in the possession of Jean Reid Edwards.Date and name of paper are cut off. SAMUEL D. REID, 70. SamuelDavid Reid, 70, of Youngstown, a former resident of Punxsutawney, diedTuesday in his home in Youngstown. Funeral services will be heldThursday at 1:30 P.M. in the Lane Funeral Home in Austintown, Ohio.Mr. Reid was born in December, 1902, in Punxsutawney, a son ofAlexander and Elizabeth Hunter Reid and was married to the formerGeraldine Himes. A retired employee of the Baltimore and OhioRailroad, Mr. Reid was a member of the Presbyterian Church inYoungstown and was an honary member and past exalted ruler of the B.P. O. Elks in Punxsutawney. Surviving are his wife; a daughter,Mrs. Harry Welsh, of Cincinnati, O.; one grandchild; a brother,William Reid, of Niles, O., and two sisters, Mrs. Clark B.McLaughlinof Punxsutawney, and Mrs. Charles Parsons of Morgantown, WestVirginia.
  Death	13 Feb 1973	Ohio, USA
  Burial	Ohio, USA
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Andrew Reid   (3 x Great Grandfather)  Elizabeth Huey,   b. Nova Scotia, Canada   (Great Grandmother)
  Person ID	I3546	Hillbillies & Vikings
  Last Modified	5 May 2023

  
  

  Father	Alexander Paige Reid,   b. 6 Jan 1879, Barclay, Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA d. 1956, Punxsutawney, Jefferson, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 76 years) Other Partners: Virginia Mildred Kellert  m. 7 Feb 1929
  Mother	Elizabeth Kennedy Hunter,   b. 1878, USA d. 8 Oct 1919, Punxsutawney, Jefferson, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 41 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1899  [1]
  Family ID	F1128	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Geraldine Elizabeth Himes,   b. 28 Feb 1906, Punxsutawney, Jefferson, Pennsylvania, USA d. 12 Aug 1989, Ohio, USA (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	Jan 1925
  	Witness Role: Bride: [I2314] Geraldine Elizabeth HIMES Witness Role: Groom: [I3546] Samuel David REID
  Children	+ 1. Living
  Family ID	F158	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Mar 2025

  
  

• Reference

  Carl Jón Denbow. "Samuel David Reid". Hillbillies & Vikings. https://jonandjohn.org/getperson.php?personID=I3546&tree=tree1 (accessed April 28, 2025).