William Shields Reid

Background

Reid was born in West Nottingham Township, Pennsylvania to Adam Reid and Martha Shields.

Education

He graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1802 and went on to teach at Georgetown University from 1802 to 1804.

Career

Studying under future Hampden–Sydney College president Doctor Moses Hoge, Reid was licensed and ordained about 1808. He was vice president and president of Hampden-Sydney from 1806-1807 while living in Lynchburg, Virginia. Reid founded and organized the First Church of Lynchburg in 1815 and died in Lynchburg in 1853.

Connections

Father:

Adam Reid

Mother:

Martha (Shields) Reid

Spouse:

Clemintina Venable