Alice Lovina REID

1868 - 1915  (46 years)

• Name	Alice Lovina REID
  Birth	27 Apr 1868	Chico, Butte, California   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  History	Unmarried, Alice spent her career as secretary to John E. Crouch, a very large rancher in the Butte City area. John never married. When John died, he left Alice $70,000. With it, she took a world trip and on this trip she developed an illness from which she never recovered. She became quite ill when she stopped to see the Chicago World's Fair and died there. We have a photo album of hers in which are mounted many picture postcards obtained during her trip. Before working for Crouch, she was a clerk and bookkeeper for Will Osher (about 1894) in his Chico Store. John E. CROUCH (her employer)  [3]
  Occupation	Secretary for wealthy rancher, John E. Crouch (see Note Section)
  Death	14 Apr 1915	Chicago, Cook, Illinois
  Burial	Aft 14 Apr 1915	King City Cemetery, King City, Monterey, California
  Notes	"JOHN E. CROUCH — That adverse conditions build up the strong, found convincing illustration in the life of John Crouch, whose dauntless spirit surmounted many obstacles, and drew helpful lessons from disheartening circumstances. His reputation as one of the most substantial citizens of Butte County rested upon a solid foundation of actual merit, upon honesty of purpose and never-failing devotion to the best interests of his community. The life of John Crouch, a pioneer of 1850 in California, began in Maryland in 1829 and closed in Butte County, California, August 14, 1907. Within these years is a record of much accomplished for the benefit of his fellow citizens; many improvements introduced of lasting value to the county; and substantial interests established that left his heirs in comfortable circumstances. John Crouch was a son of William D. and Harriet Ann (Deford) Crouch, who were married in Maryland, from which state they moved to Newark, Ohio. In the latter place there were six children born into their family: Harriet, Ann, William, John, Elisha, and Sarah. After living in Ohio for a number of years the Crouch family moved to Clark County, Illinois, and while living there another son, Sylvester, was born. John Crouch was a self-made man, what education he secured was in the school of experience, as he had no book-learning and could neither read nor write, yet he was one of the shrewdest men in business matters that it was one's privilege to meet. In 1850 he came across the plains with ox teams in company with his father and brother, William. He mined at Placerville, then called Hangtown, until 1857, when he went back to Illinois and bought up a band of horses which he drove across the plains to California and settled down to ranching in Colusa, now Glenn County, south of Butte City, on what became known as the McDaniel Ranch. Here he raised hogs and grain and founded his fortune. He eventually sold out and moved to a ranch near Chico and this continued to be his headquarters for the last forty years of his life. He accumulated considerable property, some fifty-five thousand acres, and farmed on a large scale, also renting part of the Parrott Grant. "He was a staunch Republican and a member of Chico Lodge, No. 113, I.O.O.F. He was a liberal and enterprising man, always ready to lend a helping hand to those less fortunate than himself and when he died the whole county mourned the loss of one of her best citizens."
  Person ID	I23	Reid Family | David's side of the family, Lynn's side of the family
  Last Modified	31 Mar 2021

  
  

  Father	David William REID,   b. 28 Dec 1832, Murray Harbour North, Lot 63, Kings, P.E.I., Canada d. 11 Jun 1911, Reid Farmhouse, Oasis, Monterey, California (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Lamira Lovina LILLIE,   b. 8 Aug 1847, Edwards, St. Lawrence, New York d. 25 Sep 1914, Reid Farmhouse, Oasis, Monterey, California (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	22 Jun 1865	Idaho City, Idaho Territory
  Photos		Reid, David W.-1832 Family & Home(~1890) This picture was taken in 1890 and is the Reid Family home in Chico on Dayton Road, just below the railroad tracks.. They left the Bidwell dairy in ~1878 for a year and lived in this house, then returned to the Bidwell dairy. In 1887 they again left the dairy and lived in this house until ~1890 when they moved to Monterey County (San Lucas and Oasis).
  		Reid, David W.-1832 Family (~1890) Back Row: David Edwin-1876, Alexander William-1869, Bertram McClure-1880, Alice Lovina-1868, David William Reid-1832, Mary Ann Lillie-1851 (Lamira’s younger sister), Barbara Ann-1867. Front Row: George Lillie Reid-1885, Lamira Lovina Lillie Reid-1847 (sitting in chair), Warren Irving-1883, Charles Cameron-1888 (Charles died in 1892 and this is the only known picture of him).
  Headstones		Reid Monument KC Cemetery
  Family ID	F15	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 27 Apr 1868 - Chico, Butte, California Death - 14 Apr 1915 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois Burial - Aft 14 Apr 1915 - King City Cemetery, King City, Monterey, California  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos

  Reid, Alice Lovina-1868 (1900) Handwritten on the back of this picture is: Compliments of Alice, to Mrs. King (her aunt on the Lillie side), Apr. 6th, 1900.

  
  

  Headstones		Reid, Alice L.-1868 (HS)
  		Reid Monument KC Cemetery

  
  

• Sources

  [S235] United States Federal Census, Chico, Butte, California; LDS microfilm #1,254,063 & NARA microfilm T9-0063; Pg. 155C. [S238] United States Federal Census, King City, Monterey, California, District 10, Pg. 3A. [S13] by Eugene Bernhard Reid (1914 - 2012), REIDS, ROGERS, and EUGENE B. REID, (Self-Published).