The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 916 GEORGE REID. George Reid, a successful agriculturist residing in the vicinity of Selah, is the owner of a rich and productive tract of land comprising fifty acres on Wenas creek. He is a native son of Scotland, where his birth occurred on the 3d of May, 1880, his parents being George and Jessie (Taylor) Reid. The father is still living in that country, but the mother has passed away. George Reid spent the first twenty-eight years of his life in the land of his nativity and then crossed the Atlantic to the United States in 1908. He made his way across the continent to the Pacific northwest and for two years was employed in Yakima by his uncle, Alex Taylor, with whom he later entered into partnership in the sheep business. In 1910 he located on Wenas creek and four years later purchased his present farm of fifty acres, where he has since been actively engaged in the cultivation of hay and grain and also in the raising of cattle. His labors along these lines have been attended with a gratifying and well deserved measure of success, so that he has gained a place among the substantial and representative agriculturists of Yakima county. On the 22d of April, 1907, Mr. Reid was united in marriage to Miss Susan Hay, a native of Scotland and a daughter of George and Margaret Hay. The mother has passed away, but the father survives and since 1914 has made his home with Mr. and Mrs. Reid. The children of this marriage are three in number: Gordon S., L. J. and Vernon G. Mr. Reid gives his political allegiance to the democratic party where national questions and issues are involved but at local elections casts an independent ballot, considering the capability of a candidate rather than his party affiliation. The religious faith of Mr. and Mrs. Reid is that of the Presbyterian church. He has never had occasion to regret his determination to leave his native country and establish a home in the new world, for here he has found the opportunities which he sought and through their wise utilization has worked his way steadily upward to the goal of success. During the period of his residence in Yakima county, which now covers a decade, he has made many friends who esteem him highly for his genuine personal worth and sterling traits of character. ******************************** Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in January 2008 by Jeffrey L. Elmer. Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.