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REID, MATTHEW T., farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Clay’s Grove; son of James Reid, who was born in Abbeville District, S. C., 1783; his father Hugh (Matthew’s grandfather), was one of the Marion Men, and fought at the battle of King’s Mountains during the American Revolution. He married Annie, daughter of Mathew Thompson (also one of Marion’s Men), a native of New Jersey; she was born in South Carolina, 1792; in 1810, emigrated to the Territory of Indiana, among the first settlers, and lived in constant fear of the Indians; his wife died in 1832; he again married, and, in 1845, became a resident of Clay’s Grove, this county; his second wife died, and he died Feb. 16, 1868, having married again, left a wife and three children; had by his first wife eight children — five sons and three daughters; Mathew T. was the second son; born in Union Co. Ind., Dec. 7, 1815; Oct. 9, 1839, married Emily, daughter of Ephraim Dunton, a native of Cumberland Co., N. J., who married Anna Dubois; they were early settlers of Indiana; had four children; Mrs. Reid was the third, born on Delaware Bay, Oct. 9, 1815, and, in 1845, came to Lee County and settled where they now live and own 145 acres, valued at $50 per acre; they have had ten children, three now living — Elizabeth T., born Oct. 12, 1848; Thomas Emmitt, born Nov. 5, 1851, and James L., born Jan. 26, 1861. Mr. R. is a Republican. Mrs. R. is a member of the Christian Church.