CHRISTOPHER C. REID, M. D.
Christopher C. Reid, M. D., was born in the town of Westmoreland, Oneida County, N. Y., November 1, 1838, and is the sixth in the family of fifteen children of James and Rebecca (Robinson) Reid, who were born of Scotch parentage in the in the north of Ireland. James and Rebecca Reid, after their marriage in their native country, came to America about 1837 and first settled in Kirkland, this county, but subsequently moved to a farm in Westmoreland. Mrs. Reid died in 1879, aged about seventy years. Mr. Reid’s death occurred in Albion, Oswego County, in November, 1887, at age of eighty seven. Thirteen of their children attained maturity. James Reid and his brother Christopher constituted the family of William Reid, grandfather of the subject of this sketch.
Dr. C. C. Reid left home at the age of nine years to live with his uncle Christopher in Kirkland, N. Y., where he was reared on a farm. He was graduated from Whitestown Seminary in 1862, and while attending that institution began the study of medicine with Drs. Henderson, father and son. After his graduation he went to Albany, read medicine under Dr. William Bailey, and was graduated with the degree of M. D. from the Albany Medical College in 1864. The same year he commenced the practice of his profession in the town of Western, Oneida County, where he remained until 1870, when he moved to Rome, where he has since resided, enjoying a wide and successful professional business.
Dr. Reid is a member of the Oneida County Medical Society and was one of the founders and has always been a member of the New York State Medical Association. He is the first president of the Rome Medical Society, which he was largely instrumental in organizing in February, 1895. For twenty consecutive years, or since 1876, he has acted as examining surgeon for the N. Y. C. & H. R. R. R. Co. His labors in this capacity extending along the entire line and frequently outside the State. He is consulting physician to the Rome City Hospital, a director in the Rome Brass and Copper Company, and was one of the originators and the first president of the Washington Street Opera House Company, serving as president two terms during the erection of the handsome opera house in 1889 and 1890. He joined the Masons in Vienna and is now a member of Rome Lodge F. & A. M. and Rome Commandery K. T. In 1879 he visited Europe and traveled extensively over Great Britain and the Continent, visiting not only the chief points of general interest, but many hospitals and medical institutions.
Dr. Reid was married on April 4, 1893, to Miss Katherine Melissa Spencer, daughter of Harvey D. Spencer, of Rome, N. Y.
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