Robert R. Reid, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Robert R. Reid

American judge

Date of Birth: 08-Sep-1789

Place of Birth: Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States

Date of Death: 01-Jul-1841

Profession: judge, lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Robert R. Reid

  • Robert Raymond Reid (September 8, 1789 – July 1, 1841) was the fourth territorial governor of Florida.
  • Earlier in his career he was a Representative from Georgia and held several judicial positions. Robert Reid was born in Prince William Parish, Beaufort District, South Carolina, in 1789.
  • He was educated at the University of South Carolina and studied and practiced law in Augusta, Georgia.
  • Reid began public service at age 27 as a judge and later served Georgia as an at-large Representative from Georgia to the 15th, 16th, and 17th United States Congresses and served from February 18, 1819, to March 3, 1823.
  • He also held several judicial positions including judge in the superior court of Georgia, circuit court judge for Middle Georgia, city judge for Augusta, Georgia.
  • In May 1832, he was appointed United States judge for the district of East Florida by U.S.
  • President Andrew Jackson. Reid's life was marked by personal tragedy.
  • He married three times, was widowed twice and lost numerous children and grandchildren.
  • With his first wife Anna Margaret McClaws, whom he married in 1811, Reid had five children: Janet, James, Florida, Rosalie, and Robert Raymond III.
  • Anna Margaret McClaws died in 1825.
  • Children Janet and James both drowned in a sailing accident in 1839.
  • His second marriage was to Elizabeth Napier D.
  • Randolph in 1833.
  • She died in childbirth in 1832.
  • In 1836, he married Mary Martha Reid, who later became known for her nursing work during the American Civil War.
  • They had two sons, William and Reymond "Jenks." U.S.
  • President Martin Van Buren appointed Reid governor of Florida in December 1839.
  • Reid presided at the convention that drafted Florida's first constitution and advocated a vigorous prosecution of the Second Seminole War. He died at his home in Blackwood near Tallahassee, Florida, on July 1, 1841, a victim of a yellow fever epidemic.
  • His granddaughter Rebecca Black and daughter Janet Black were also victims of the 1841 yellow fever epidemic that struck Florida's Panhandle.

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