Welza Elijah Reid
Full Name: Welza Elijah "Wed" Reid
Birth date: July 19, 1894
Death date: August 24, 1955
Birth date: July 19, 1894
Death date: August 24, 1955
Terms of Service
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House,
41st
(1)
Legislature
1/8/1929 - 1/13/1931
Democrat
Biographical Notes and Resources
Photographs
- Photograph. W.E. Reid, State Preservation Board
Other Resources
- Census of 1930 - Welza E. Reid, Colorado City, Mitchell County, age 36, born circa 1894 in Arkansas, newspaper editor, wife Clyde Reid. FamilySearch . 1930
- Welza Elijah Reid, birth date 7/19/1894 in Arkansas, death date 8/24/1955 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, owner/paper supply. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
- Biographical sketch, "Who's Who and What's What in the Texas Legislature," by Ed Kilman, 1/13/1929, p. 10. Houston Post-Dispatch .
- Obituary and photo, "W.E. Reid, 61, Father of Local Woman, Passes," The Daily News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Texas), 8/25/1955, p. 1, crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
- Welza Elijah "Wed" Reid of Yellville, Arkansas. "Owner of Western Newspaper Supply, Dallas, TX. Published many newspapers throughout TX. Member of TX Legislature 1927-1929." Married Clyde Orilla Thurman. RootsWeb.com Internet genealogical service .
- Wed E. Reid. Texas Legislative Manual .
Committee Information
- 41st R.S. - 1929
- Public Printing (Vice Chair)