Robert R. Reid

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Robert Raymond Reid (September 8, 1789 – July 1, 1841) was the fourth territorial

Reid's life was marked by personal tragedy. He married three times, was widowed twice and lost numerous children and grandchildren. With his first wife Anna Margaret McClaws, whom he married in 1811, Reid had five children: Janet, James, Florida, Rosalie, and Robert Raymond III. Anna Margaret McClaws died in 1825. Children Janet and James both drowned in a sailing accident in 1839. His second marriage was to Elizabeth Napier D. Randolph in 1829. She died in childbirth in 1832. In 1836, he married Mary Martha Reid, who later became known for her nursing work during the American Civil War. They had two sons, William and Reymond "Jenks."

U.S. President Martin Van Buren appointed Reid governor of Florida in December 1839. Reid presided at the convention that drafted Florida's first constitution and advocated a vigorous prosecution of the Second Seminole War.

He died at his home in Blackwood near Tallahassee, Florida, on July 1, 1841, a victim of a yellow fever epidemic. His granddaughter Rebecca Black and her daughter Janet Black were also victims of the 1841 yellow fever epidemic that struck Florida's Panhandle.

References

• Official Governor's portrait and biography from the State of Florida

• United States Congress. "Robert R. Reid (id: R000151)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

External links

• Official Governor's portrait and biography from the State of Florida
• Robert R. Reid at Find a Grave