newspaperman, politician, diplomat, b. Livingston County, N.Y. He moved with his parents to Wisconsin in 1862, settling in Dodge County. With his brother, Thomas Boyd Reid, he founded and edited (1866-1867) the Oconomowoc Badger, and later moved to Appleton, where he attended Lawrence College; while pursuing his college studies, he served briefly (1868) as co-editor of the Appleton Post. In Oct., 1869, he again joined the editorial staff of the Appleton Post, and with various partners conducted this paper from Oct., 1869, until his death, with the exception of an absence (1889-1892) during which he served as U.S. consul in Dublin, Ireland. His brother, THOMAS BOYD REID, b. New York state, came west in 1864, and to Wisconsin in 1866, serving as co-editor, with A. J. Reid, of the Oconomowoc Badger (1866-1867). From 1867 to 1877 he was associated with various newspaper ventures in the state, including the Waukesha Freeman (1867-1869) and the Fond du Lac Commonwealth (1869-1870), and for several years (1871-1877) edited the Menasha Press in the vain hope of promoting the consolidation of the cities of Neenah and Menasha. A Republican, T. B. Reid was U.S. consul in Lisbon, Portugal (1877- 1881), and U.S. marshal for the eastern district of Wisconsin (1898-1907). In 1881 he joined his brother, A. J. Reid, in editing the Appleton Post. On his brother's death in 1910, he assumed principal responsibility for the paper, and edited it with various partners until the Post merged with the Appleton Crescent in 1920. Reid spent the last years of his life in retirement in Appleton. W. A. Goodspeed, et al., Hist. of Outagamie Co. (Chicago [1911]); Appleton Daily Post, Jan. 19, 1910; Appleton Post-Crescent, Jan. 2, 1925.Learn More
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