1837, Oct. 27Born, Xenia, Ohio1856B. A., Miami University, Oxford, Ohio18581859Editor, Xenia News, Xenia, Ohio18601861Legislative correspondent, Cincinnati Gazette, Cincinnati, Ohio18611862War correspondent, Cincinnati Gazette18621868Washington, D.C., correspondent, Cincinnati Gazette1866Published
After the War: A Southern Tour, May 1, 1865 to May 1,
1866 (Cincinnati: Moore, Wilstach & Baldwin. 589 pp.)1868Member, editorial staff, New York Tribune; Published
Ohio in the War: Her Statesmen, Her Generals, and
Soldiers (Cincinnati: Moore, Wilstach & Baldwin. 2 vols.)1869Managing editor, New York Tribune18721905Editor-in-chief and chief proprietor, New York Tribune1881Married Elisabeth Mills18891892United States minister to France1892Republican nominee for vice president1897Special ambassador, Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria of
England1898Member, American commission to negotiate peace with
Spain1902Special ambassador to the coronation of Edward VII, King of
England19051912United States ambassador to Great Britain1911Published
The Scot in America and the Ulster Scot (London: Harrison and Sons. 56 pp.)1912, Dec. 15Died, London, England
Elisabeth Mills Reid
1858, Jan. 6Born, New York, N.Y.1881Married Whitelaw Reid18981899Secretary, Red Cross Society for the Maintenance of
Trained NursesChairman, Red Cross Committee on Nursing for the
Philippines1915Chairman, American Red Cross, London, England,
chapter1931, Apr. 30Died, Saint Jean Cap Ferrat, France
Ogden Mills Reid
1882, May 16Born, New York, N.Y.1904B.A., Yale University, New Haven, Conn.1907LL.B., Yale University, New Haven, Conn.1911Married Helen Rogers19081912Reportorial and editorial staff, New York Tribune1912President of Tribune Association and editor of the New York Tribune 1924Purchased New York Herald1947, Jan. 3Died, New York, N.Y.
Helen Rogers Reid
1882, Nov. 23Born, Appleton, Wis.1903B.A., Barnard College, New York, N.Y.19031911Social secretary to Elisabeth Mills Reid1911Married Ogden Mills Reid19181947Advertising manager, New York Tribune and New York Herald Tribune19471953President, New York Herald Tribune, Inc.19531955Chairman, board of directors, New York Herald Tribune,
Inc.1970, July 28Died, New York, N.Y.From the guide to the Reid Family Fapers, 1795-1970, (bulk 1869-1970), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)