Searching for information on the parents of James C Reid. I have seen documents where James uses B, C, H, or L as a middle initial, I think C is correct but H seems to be used the most often. Anyone know anything about Mabel E Reid or Rose Reid? James Reid b.btw 1869/1875 in Waukon, Allamakee, IA d.30 Sep 1937 in Lake Arrowhead, San Bernardino, CA father born in Scotland died before 1922 mother Eliza He had two sisters one of which died of scarlet fever before 1922. ******************** first wife Magaret ??? b.abt 1867 MI m.abt 1901 possibly OR (previous marriage to Duffy) Maragret had 4 children by Duffy, I know of 3. Marie Duffy b.abt 1894 IA John C Duffy b.abt 1897 IA Michael D Duffy b.abt 1899 IA James and Maragret had at least 1 child Mabel E Reid b.abt 1905 OR ******************** second wife Edena S Smith b.23 Apr 1881 Dallesport, Klickitat, WA m.20 Jul 1914 Klickitat County, WA d.9 Mar 1947 San Francisco, San Francisco, CA James and Edena had 2 children James Reid b.7 Jan 1915 Reid misspelled as Reed d.10 Jan 1915 Portland, Multnomah, OR Edena Marigladys Reid b.1 Dec 1917 San Francisco, San Francisco, CA AKA Mary Reid d.2 May 1998 Sun City, Riverside, CA ******************** third wife Doris L Tilly b.15 Jun 1897 m.15 Jul 1927 (dont know if Tilly is her maiden name or from a previous marriage) James and Doris had 1 child Rose Reid b.22 Feb 1929 ******************** James was in the US Army 1893-1901 Philippine Islands 1908-1910 US 1917-1919 France 1919-1933 US On his death Doris received a VA pension until she remarried in 1943. Rose received a VA pension until she married in 1947. Edena Marigladys received a lump sum VA death benefit. Robert Blair [email protected] John Adams Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people, who have a right...and a desire to know; but besides this, they have a right, an indisputable, unalienable, indefeasible, divine right to that most dreaded and envied kind of knowledge, I mean of the characters and conduct of their rulers.