Alfred P. REID, Esq.

1842 - 1912  (69 years)

• Name	Alfred P. REID
  Suffix	Esq.
  Born	3 Sep 1842	Highland Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania
  Gender	Male
  _UID	AFB2C31BB04D41E4B6C698729A054B4A1BBF
  Died	1912
  Person ID	I22521	Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
  Last Modified	5 Feb 2012

  
  

  Father	James REID,   b. 26 Aug 1812, Pennsylvania ,   d. 10 Jan 1877  (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Hannah MCCAUGHEY,   b. 4 May 1811,   d. 27 Jan 1888  (Age 76 years)
  Family ID	F10222	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Emma BOWMAN,   b. 1842,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	15 Jun 1870
  Children	1. Arthur Parke REID,   b. 10 Jan 1877,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Edith Comly REID,   b. 4 Aug 1892,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Laura Bowman REID,   b. 11 Mar 1897,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2016
  Family ID	F10449	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  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.