From "History of Wheeling City and Ohio County, West Virginia and  
Representative Citizens," by Hon. Gibson Lamb Cranmer, 1902. 
 
Typed by E.J. Heinemann 
 
p. 685 
 
EDWARD REID, deceased, was engaged in the wholesale grocery business in  
Wheeling for many years, and was prominent in business circles.  He was  
born on Main street in Wheeling, March 10, 1848, and was a son of John  
and Eliza Reid, natives of Ireland. 
     John Reid lived a retired life for fifteen years in Wheeling prior 
to his death.  He and his wife were members of the Presbyterian church.  
They had five children, as follows: Elizabeth, wife of S. N. Prather,  
who lives in Pittsburg; John and Edward, deceased; Mary, wife of C.W.  
Cochran, who lives in Allegheny City; and William, who died in infancy. 
Edward Reid was a pupil in Harding Academy and in the academy of Eliza  
Mills, and then became a bookkeeper in his father's store.  He  
continued in that position for years, and then engaged in wholesale  
grocery business with the firm of Cotts, Simpson & Reid, which style  
was subsequently changed to Simpson & Reid, and finally to Edward Reid.  
He continued to conduct this store until he retired, about 1885; his  
death occurred January 10, 1898.  He was not a politician, but was a  
great reader of literature, and was enlightened on general topics of  
interest, and happenings throughout the world.  He was a great lover of  
Shakespeare's works. 
     On April 30, 1888, Mr. Reid was united in marriage with Bessie T.  
McCullogh, a native of Ireland, and a daughter of Stephen and Barbara  
McCullogh.  Her parents came from Ireland to Wheeling in 1868, and the  
father followed contracting and building.  He was a man of high  
intelligence, and was well informed and well read, especially on the  
Bible.  Mr. and Mrs. McCullogh were members of the Protestant Episcopal  
church.  He was born June 1, 1826, and died June 4, 1898; his wife was  
born August 3, 1827, and died April 21, 1897.  They were parents of the  
following children: Sarah, wife of J. Purcell; Mary, wife of John  
Groves, of Wheeling; Anna, wife of Charles Bell; Barbara, wife of  
Stephen Ripley, who resides at Hammond, Indiana; Robert; Harry, who  
died at the age of nineteen years; and Bessie T., widow of the subject  
of this biography. 
     Edward Reid and his wife were the parents of three children: Anna 
E.; John E.; and Lillian M., who died July 11, 1893, at the age of four  
months.  Mrs. Reid attends the Presbyterian church, although of the  
Episcopal faith.  Mr. Reid, in the various occupations to which he gave  
attention, succeeded well.  This could hardly be otherwise, as he was a  
shrewd and far-seeing man, of excellent business sagacity, and will be  
remembered by many of the subjects of this volume's biographies as  
being very practical in his views and business ventures, and of a  
decidedly progressive turn of mind.  He took little interest in  
political affairs, and sought no office, as his business interests  
engaged his entire attention.  He was one of Wheeling's active, earnest  
and enterprising business men.