James Q. Reid
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James Q. Reid
I'm looking for info on James Q. Reid born in New Jersey abt 1828. He started his family in New York with his wife Hannah then moved to the Manalapan, Englishtown, NJ area. Their children included Margerette, Emma, Mary, Harriet, Charles, Elisabeth, Josephine, and Walter. James Q. served in the Civil War and was wounded. He supposedly was wounded in the leg and the doctors were going to amputate his leg. As the story goes he refused to allow the doctors to take his leg so the doctors performed a first of its time sergery and saved his leg. History of the surgery is supposed to be in the Library of Congress.