Arthur Parke REID

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BIOGRAPHY: Graduate of Lafayette College, class of 1899. Attorney of the West Chester Bar (PA).

Family/Spouse: Ethel DARLINGTON. Ethel (daughter of Charles H. DARLINGTON) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIOGRAPHY: Alfred acquired his early education in the schools of Highland Township, the Parkesburg Academy and Wyer's Academy, West Chester, PA., and Lafayette College, graduation from the latter institution in the class of 1864. He then pursued a course of legal study with the late Judge J. Smith Futhey. Attorney, admitted to the bar on Aug.14, 1886. Few members of the Chester County Bar were as able and successful. For 8 years Alfred practiced his profession in the company of Hon. Washington Townsend. Later he conducted his profession alone and had the most extensive practice in the county. Alfred devoted considerable time to educational and political affairs. He served as president of the Board of Trustees of the West Chester public schools, of the West Chester State Normal School, of the Penn Mutual Fire Insurance Company, of the Dime Savings Bank, of West Chester, and the First National Bank, of West Chester. Member of the First Presbyterian Church of West Chester and in 1872 became an Elder. In 1892 aided in organizing and afterwards was a member and Elder in Westminster Church of West Chester.

Alfred married Emma BOWMAN on 15 Jun 1870. Emma (daughter of John BOWMAN and Ann COMLY) was born in 1842; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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James Reid was born in Philadelphia, and removed to Highland township, where he served as a school director, and held various other local offices. He married Hannah McCaughey, a daughter of Nathaniel McCaughey, who was a farmer, came, in 1797, from Londonderry, Ireland, and settled in West Sadsbury township, where he married Jeannette Stewart, a grand- daughter of Walter and Margaret (Andrew) Stewart, residents of Chester county as early as 1720.

James married Hannah MCCAUGHEY. Hannah (daughter of Nathaniel MCCAUGHEY and Jeannette STEWART) was born on 4 May 1811; died on 27 Jan 1888. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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John married Ann COMLY. Ann (daughter of John COMLY) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIOGRAPHY: Came from Ireland about 1794 and settled in Philadelphia, PA.

Adam Reid, came from the north of Ireland to Philadelphia, where he kept a grocery store for many years.

Adam married Jane WALLACE on 27 May 1809. Jane (daughter of John WALLACE and Margaret PARKE) was born on 5 Sep 1785; died on 15 May 1867. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Nathaniel McCaughey, who came from Londonderry, Ireland, in 1797, and settled in Sadsbury.

Nathaniel married Jeannette STEWART. Jeannette (daughter of Walter STEWART and Margaret ANDREW) died on 16 Mar 1842. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIOGRAPHY: Author of the once celebrated Comly Spelling Book.