U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Kidd, John Wesley (1856-1923) ------------------------------------------------------------------- History of Braxton County and Central West Virginia by John Davison Sutton Sutton, West Virginia, January, 1919 Page 399 Dr. John W. Kidd was born Jan. 9, 1857, in Upshur county, Va. (now W. Va.) His father, Matthew Kidd, was born in Nelson county, Va., Jan. 28, 1833, and his mother, Sarah J. (Hodges) Kidd was born in Louisa county, Va., Sept. 13, 1838. His grandparents, Thos. Kidd and Margaret (Johnson) Kidd, were both natives of Nelson county, Va. The subject of this sketch was married Aug. 31, 1885, to Miss Mary B. Bodkin, and their children are Sarah A., Robert H., Wm. M., and Bernice. He was graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Baltimore in 1884. He has served one term as County Health Officer, one term in the West Virginia legislature, and at present is Health Officer of the municipality of Burnsville. His wife died in June, 1911. Dr. Kidd has represented his party in one or two national democratic conventions, and was an alternate to the St. Louis national convention that nominated Woodrow Wilson. In the West Virginia Legislature of 1917, he was made doorkeeper, a position he now holds. Dr. Kidd is a prominent member of the M. P. church, and has served his church in various important positions. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Braxton County, WV #93 FULL-NAME: John Wesley Kidd BIRTH-DATE: January 9, 1856 BIRTH-PLACE: West Virginia DEATH-DATE: February 2, 1923 DEATH-PLACE: Burnsville, Salt Lick District, Braxton County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: widowed OCCUPATION: Physician FATHER: William Matthew Kidd (born in Virginia) MOTHER: Sarah Jane Hodges (born in Virginia) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Paralysis INFORMANT: R. H. Kidd, of Burnsville, W.Va. BURIAL: Burnsville (wife of John W. Kidd) From Register of Deaths, Braxton County, WV FULL-NAME: Mary B. Kidd DEATH-DATE: June 16, 1911 at 45 years of age DEATH-PLACE: Burnsville MARITAL-STATUS: OCCUPATION: Housekeeper CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Tuberculosis INFORMANT: J. W. Kidd ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Braxton County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/braxton/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------