Sarah Frances Lovelady Reid (1857-1935)

Sarah Frances Lovelady Reid

Birth

24 Jun 1857

Bibb County, Alabama, USA

Death

29 Mar 1935 (aged 77)

Vandervoort, Polk County, Arkansas, USA

Burial

Witherspoon Cemetery

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William Andrew Reid married
Sarah Frances Lovelady
January 6, 1878
Perry County, Alabama

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1880 Census
Perry County, Alabama
Reid, William 25 Farmer Alabama
Sarah F.22 Keeping House Alabama
Martha 1 Alabama

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William, Sarah and their children traveled from Selma, Alabama to Mississippi about 1889 where Lillie and Versa were born. In 1893 they moved to Polk County, Arkansas with the Hawks wagon group. The trip took three months. The distance a little over 500 miles. One of the reasons they left Alabama was because all of the homestead land was gone, and malaria was prevalent in that region. Many people came to the Arkansas hills from different parts of the country to escape the mosquitoes and resulting malaria.

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GRANDMA REID PASSED AWAY
Mrs. Frances Reid, wife of W.A. Reid passed away Saturday at 2:30 p.m.

She had been in poor health for some time. She was 78 years old and a member of the Baptist church.

Eleven children were born and two sons and four daughters survive, John Reid of Hatfield; Versie Reid of Direct, Texas; Mrs. Mary Smith and Mrs. Lillie Keiss of Watson, Oklahoma; Mrs. Wallace Sheilds of Wright City, Oklahoma and Mrs. Lula Underwood of Hatfield.

Funeral services took place at Witherspoon Cemetary near Vandervoort with Rev. S.S. Wise of Hatfield in charge.
Copied from the bible of -
Mary Q. (Reid) Gentry, Smith

Grandma Mary Q. Gentry, Smith had written in her bible: S.F. Reid departed this life March 29, 1935 -- A dear wife and Mother gone to rest.

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Gravesite Details

There is a rock with faint lettering for Sarah Francis Reid at Witherspoon Cemetery. It is known that William and Sarah Francis are both buried there.