The Political Graveyard: Reid family of Atlanta, Georgia

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Reid family of Atlanta, Georgia

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John Lafayette Reid (1814-1870) — of Georgia. Born in North Carolina, March 19, 1814. Superior court judge in Georgia, 1850. Died in Gardner, Huerfano County, Colo., July 8, 1870 (age 56 years, 111 days). Burial location unknown.

		Relatives: Son of Jesse Reid and Elizabeth (Aikens) Reid; brother of Simpson Reid; married, November 17, 1845, to Rebecca M. Griffith; uncle of William W. Murray, Harry Maurelle Reid and Charles Simpson Reid (1860-1915); granduncle of Charles Simpson Reid (1897-1947).
		Political family: Reid family of Atlanta, Georgia.

Simpson Reid (1819-1864) — Born in North Carolina, 1819. Member of Georgia state senate, 1861-64; died in office 1864. Died in Georgia, May 10, 1864 (age about 44 years). Burial location unknown.

		Relatives: Son of Jesse Reid and Elizabeth (Aikens) Reid; brother of John Lafayette Reid; married, April 7, 1844, to Catherine Matilda Whiteside; father of Harry Maurelle Reid and Charles Simpson Reid (1860-1915); uncle of William W. Murray; grandfather of Charles Simpson Reid (1897-1947).
		Political family: Reid family of Atlanta, Georgia.

William W. Murray — U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, 1877-82. Burial location unknown.

		Relatives: Son of Amelia (Reid) Murray and Rev. James Wimberly Murray; nephew of John Lafayette Reid and Simpson Reid; first cousin of Harry Maurelle Reid and Charles Simpson Reid (1860-1915); first cousin once removed of Charles Simpson Reid (1897-1947).
		Political family: Reid family of Atlanta, Georgia.

Harry Maurelle Reid (b. 1853) — of Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga. Born in Blairsville, Union County, Ga., February 15, 1853. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Solicitor General of the Coweta Judicial Circuit, 1881-89; superior court judge in Georgia, 1890. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons. Burial location unknown.

		Relatives: Son of Simpson Reid and Catherine Matilda (Whiteside) Reid; brother of Charles Simpson Reid (1860-1915); married to Gertrude Carlton; nephew of John Lafayette Reid; uncle of Charles Simpson Reid (1897-1947); first cousin of William W. Murray.
		Political family: Reid family of Atlanta, Georgia.

Charles Simpson Reid (1860-1915) — of Palmetto, Campbell County (now Fulton County), Ga.; Decatur, DeKalb County, Ga. Born in November, 1860. Superior court judge in Georgia, 1913-15. Member, Freemasons. Died, from a heart attack, in Decatur, DeKalb County, Ga., June 7, 1915 (age 54 years, 0 days). Interment at Westview Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.

		Relatives: Son of Simpson Reid and Catherine Matilda (Whiteside) Reid; brother of Harry Maurelle Reid; married to Hettie Handley; nephew of John Lafayette Reid; uncle of Charles Simpson Reid (1897-1947); first cousin of William W. Murray.
		Political family: Reid family of Atlanta, Georgia.
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Charles Simpson Reid (1897-1947) — also known as Charles S. Reid — of Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga. Born in Blairsville, Union County, Ga., September 25, 1897. Democrat. Lawyer; banker; Georgia Democratic state chair, 1937; chief justice of Georgia Supreme Court, 1938-43. Methodist. Member, Delta Sigma Phi. Died in Fulton County, Ga., November 7, 1947 (age 50 years, 43 days). Burial location unknown.

		Relatives: Son of Norville Y. Reid and Sarah E. 'Sallie' (Daniel) Reid; nephew of Harry Maurelle Reid and Charles Simpson Reid (1860-1915); grandson of Simpson Reid; grandnephew of John Lafayette Reid; first cousin once removed of William W. Murray.
		Political family: Reid family of Atlanta, Georgia.

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