Brief Life History of Byron Sedgefield
When Byron Sedgefield Reid was born on 24 June 1882, in Waweig, Saint Croix, Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada, his father, Samuel Reid, was 40 and his mother, Sarah Lowther, was 31. He married Amy Marie Draper in 1923, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. He lived in Big River Township, Jefferson, Missouri, United States in 1930 and Taylorsville, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1936. He died on 2 December 1936, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 54, and was buried in Taylorsville, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Byrne Reed in household of Albrou Reed, "United States Census, 1910"
- Byron Sedgefield Reid, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
- Byron Sedgfield Reid, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
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1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1890
Historical Boundaries - 1890: Big Horn, Wyoming Territory, United States; 1897: Big Horn, Wyoming, United States.
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
Name Meaning
Scottish: variant of Reed , of which Reid is the common modern Scots spelling.
History: Samuel Chester Reid (1783–1861), the sea captain who designed the stars and stripes form of the present the American flag, was born at Norwich, CT. His father, Lt. John Reid, a former British naval officer of a distinguished Glasgow family, had resigned his commission and joined the cause of the American Revolution.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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