Background
Reid, John Simpson was born in 1856 in Kilmamock, Ayrshire, Scotland, Mjar. 25. Son of David and Sarah Crichton (Simpson) Reid.
Reid, John Simpson was born in 1856 in Kilmamock, Ayrshire, Scotland, Mjar. 25. Son of David and Sarah Crichton (Simpson) Reid.
Studied academic Irvine, Scotland, in British Government science and art sens., and in engineering shops in Kilmarnock and Glasgow, Scotland, and in Boston, Scbenectady, New York, and Rome, New New York
Instructor in machine design, Cornell University, since 1891.
Member American Society Mechanical Engineers, New York Railroad Club. President YMOA, Ithaca.
Married Rome, New York, December 18, 1884, Elvire Lee Vander-mark.