FAMILY HISTORY OF THOMAS HENRY REID, SR.
Thomas Henry Reid Sr.
1870 Census
Household of Kittie Reid, Griffin, Georgia
Aged 26, Black Female Seamstress
Four Dependents
Lela - Aged 6, Mulatto female
Thomas - Aged 4 Mulatto
Jack - Aged 2, Mulatto Male
Edward - Aged 9 Months, Mulatto Male
1880 Census
Household of Kittie Reid, Griffin, Georgia
Black Female Washer Woman
Three Dependents (Lela no longer listed in household)
Thomas Reid - Mulatto Male, Age 14, Son, Painter
Jack Reid - Mulatto Male, Age 12, Son, Domestic Servant
Edward Reid - Mulatto Male, Age 9, Son At Home
Lela Reid - Thomas Henry Reid Sr.'s older sister(date unknown; identity of child unknown)
(This photograph was in the collection of either Alberta Reid Blanding or Ruth Reid Samsonöthe collections were mixed after their deaths. Handwritten on the back of this photograph was the notation "Papa's sister Leila.")
Unidentified Man
(Photograph from the joint collection of Alberta Reid Blanding or Ruth Reid Samson. Given the period of the photograph and the family resemblance, this is possibly a photograph of either Jack or Edward Reid, the younger brothers of Thomas Reid Sr.)
Reid Family Home
Griffin, Georgia
(c. mid 1970's)
(The man standing in the doorway is believed to be Bob Reid, son of Tom Reid Sr. and Virginia Parker Reid, during his visit to the Reid home in Griffin in the mid 1970's.)