My Great Great Grandmother Mary Roseanne Lusk lived with her parents Leroy and Jeanette Lusk on the family farm in Oconee County, South Carolina until she married my Great Great Grandfather John Wesley Reid. John lived on the next farm over from her brother Nathan Ashmore Lusk and wife Martha.
In 1880 John was about 20 years old and was raising his 10 year old younger Brother Archie Thomas “Arch” Reid, Both their parents Joseph and Mary Smith Reid had died after the 1870 Census (Joseph in about 1871, and Mary in about 1875) leaving John to take care of the Farm and his Brother “Arch”. John was shown as a Farmer and Head of Household on the 1880 Keowee, Oconee County Census with the only other occupant of the household being 10 year old brother Arch Reid.
John Wesley Reid was born on January 11th 1859 in Oconee County, South Carolina and married Mary Roseanne Lusk in about 1884, They farmed in and around Salem, South Carolina, and raised 11 children of their own after bringing up Arch.
Archie Thomas “Arch” Reid grew up to be an upstanding member of the community, with the help of learning Family values and the Love of God from John and Mary. Arch married the Reverend Daniel and Bethany Littleton’s daughter Amanda in about 1886 and raised four children with her. They farmed in the area of Salem and later Arch became a state constable and a city policeman in Westminster, South Carolina. Arch and Manda are both buried at West View Cemetery in Walhalla, South Carolina.
I’m thankful that these Family traits and Values were passed down to us through the influences of John and Mary Reid. My Great Grandmother Ellen Reid “Granny Cooper” John and Marys daughter made sure those family values lived on, and I pray that these values never die.
Mary Roseanne Lusk Reid passed away on May 7th 1937 in Salem, South Carolina. She was buried at the Salem Church of God Cemetery in Oconee County, South Carolina. John Wesley Reid died September 29th 1939 and was buried next to his wife Mary.
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