13 Jul 1949 Wedn
Schenectady Gazette, Schenectady, N. Y.
BALLSTON SPA--James D. Red of 166 Ballston Avenue, died Tuesday [12 Jul] morning following a long illness. Mr. Reid was the “founder" of Ballston Spa Post VFW 258 and was one of Ballston Spa's first mailmen.

Mr. Reid had worked for the post office for 25 years. Active in veterans affairs Mr. Reid was a Spanish-American War veteran. After retirement from the postal service he worked as "caretaker in the Ballston Spa Cemetery" for several years and later acted as caretaker for Mrs. Alfred Kessler of High Street.

Mr. Reid was born in Liverpool, England in 1877. He had resided in Ballston Spa for the greater part of his life. He was an honorary member of the Eagle-Matt Lee Fire Company and a member of the Presbyterian Church.

Survivors are his wife Ella, a brother Colin Reid of Schenectady; 2 sisters, Mrs. Wallace [Hester V.] Frisbie, Ballston Spa and Mrs. Fred Wetcher, Boston, Mass; several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday [16 Jul] at the residence, 166 Ballston Avenue. Burial will be in the Ballston Spa Cemetery.


18 Jul 1949 Monday
The Saratogian, Saratoga Springs, N. Y.
BALLSTON SPA--Military funeral services for James D. Reid, 166 Ballston Ave., Spanish-American War veteran and founder and first commander of the local VFW Post, were conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday at the residence. The Rev,. R. Lewis Jones, D.D. Presbyterian Church officiated. Burial was in the Ballston Spa Cemetery. Bearers were all past post commanders of World War I, an honor guard presided and a firing squad from Post 420, Saratoga Springs completed the ceremony.

10 Jul 1947 Thursday
Ballston Spa Daily Journal, Ballston Spa, N. Y.

Spanish-American War veterans attending the state encampment at Saratoga Springs this week no doubt met old buddies. None were more pleasantly surprised than James D. Reid when Henry T. Norton, Rochester and his wife appeared at the Reid residence on Ballston Avenue on Monday night.

They have been attending the convention. Mr. Reid at first did not recognize his old buddy after 47 years, but finally got things straightened out and gave them a cordial welcome. The left Plattsburg together for the Philippines in February, 1890, with the 21st U. S. Infantry and served together for a year when they were assigned to different stations.

Articles summarized and transcribed by Bill Preston #47695598