William S. Reid

William Shields Reid (April 21, 1778 – June 21, 1853) was a Vice President and the Acting President of Hampden–Sydney College in 1807.

William S. Reid
President of Hampden–Sydney College
Preceded byArchibald Alexander
Succeeded byMoses Hoge
Personal details
Born(1778-04-21)April 21, 1778
West Nottingham, PA
DiedJune 21, 1853(1853-06-21) (aged 75)
Lynchburg, Virginia
Spouse(s)Clementina Frances Venable
Alma materB.A. Princeton University
M.A. Hampden–Sydney[1]
ProfessionTheologian

Biography

Reid was born in West Nottingham Township, Pennsylvania to Adam Reid and Martha Shields. He graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1802 and went on to teach at Georgetown University from 1802 to 1804. Studying under future Hampden–Sydney College president Dr. Moses Hoge, Reid was licensed and ordained about 1808. He was vice president and president of Hampden-Sydney from 1806–7 while living in Lynchburg, Virginia. Reid founded and organized the First Church of Lynchburg in 1815 and died in Lynchburg in 1853.[2]

Personal life

William Reid married Clementina Frances Venable (June 6, 1782 – August 11, 1841) in 1807. A member of one of the First Families of Virginia, Venable was the daughter Samuel Woodson Venable and Mary Scott Carrington, and the granddaughter of Nathaniel Venable (member, House of Burgesses, the Virginia House of Delegates, and a State Senator). Clementina's father, Samuel, and uncle, Abraham Bedford Venable studied at Hampden–Sydney College and at Princeton College, and Abraham served in the U. S. House of Representatives and as a State Senator. Clementina's other two uncles, Richard N. Venable and William Lewis Venable, studied at Hampden-Sydney and Princeton respectively.[3] Her family is the namesake of Venable Hall at Hampden–Sydney. William and Clementina Reid had a total of thirteen children.

References
  1. Hampden–Sydney College (1908). General Catalogue of the Officers and Students of Hampden-Sidney College, Virginia, 1776-1906. New York: Whittet & Shepperson. p. 38. Retrieved October 1, 2014.
  2. http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/PACHESTE/2003-03/1048908417
  3. http://scdb.swem.wm.edu/?p=collections/findingaid&id=6973&q=&rootcontentid=4051
Academic offices
Preceded by
Archibald Alexander		 President of Hampden–Sydney College
1807		 Succeeded by
Moses Hoge
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