Conrad Reid
| Conrad Reid | |
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| 1st Mayor City of Lorain | |
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In office April 6, 1874 – October 7, 1875 | |
| Preceded by | none |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Gawn |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
September 30, 1802 Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania |
| Died | March 24, 1883 |
In 1874, Conrad Reid (September 30, 1802 – March 24, 1883) was elected the first mayor of the newly incorporated village(city) of Lorain, Ohio (originally founded as 'Black River village' by his father, John S. Reid).[1] Conrad served as the village's Postmaster in 1835, and he built a two-story hotel called the Reid House that same year. (His father had also operated an earlier log-structure "Reid House" inn/tavern, nearby.) Conrad was appointed a U.S. Marshal during the Civil War. He resigned from office of mayor on October 7, 1875. The Reid House hotel burned down one month after Conrad Reid's death.
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References
- ↑ History of Lorain County, Ohio. Williams Brothers. 1879.
- http://www.lorain.lib.oh.us/local/history/chronology1.asp [note: many errors in that "chronology"]
- http://www.lorain.lib.oh.us/local/history/mayors.asp
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