Lived on his parents farm (Ochinlay) until in his forties then on his brother Alexander's farm (Greenloaning). Never married and died of typhoid.
Census returns and statutory record of his death, all from the scotlandspeople.gov.uk website. 1841 census (348/06/001 page3) of Dunblane, Perthshire, Scotland: - At Lower Ochinlay Farm; John Reid, farmer, 60, born Dunblane; Isabella Reid, 65, born Dunblane; Hugh Reid, 25, born Dunblane; William Reid, 20, born Dunblane; Alexander Reid, 20, born Dunblane; James Buchanan, 10, agricultural labourer, born Dunblane; Margaret MacGregor,20, servant, born Dunblane.
1851 census (348/008/0014 page19) of Dunblane, Perthshire, Scotland: - at Ochinlay Farm; John Reid, head, 80, farmer of 125 acres, born Dunblane; Isabel Reid, wife, 75, born Dunblane; Hugh Reid, son, 42, born Dunblane; William Reid, son, 40, joiner, born Dunblane; Alexander Reid, son, 33, born Dunblane; Mary Robertson, unmarried, 21, house servant, born Comrie, Perthshire; Stephen Joice, 14, herd boy, born Galway, Ireland.
1861 census (348/07/0014 page15) of Ardoch, Perthshire Scotland: - at Greenloaning farm; Alexander Reid, head, unmarried, 42, farmer of 154acres, born Dunblane, Perthshire; Hugh Reid, brother, unmarried, 53, born Dunblane; Flora McLaughlan, unmarried, 26, dairymaid, born Kingairloch, Argyllshire; Ellen Morrison, 15, domestic servant, born Ardoch; Alexander Petters, 24, ploughman, born Fifeshire; William Joice, 17, ploughman, born Ireland; John Porter, 11, cattle attendant, born Auchterarder, Perthshire.
1871 census (328/B 4/002 page3) of Ardoch, Perthshire, Scotland: - at Greenloaning Farm; Alexander Reid, head, 54, farmer of 150acres, born Dunblane, Perthshire; Elizabeth Reid, wife, 33, born Ardoch; John Reid, son, 2, born Ardoch; Hugh Reid, brother, unmarried, 66, retired farmer, born Dunblane; Mary A Stewart, 20, general servant, born Ardoch; Margaret Black, 14, nursery servant, born Dunblane; William Keir, 18, ploughman, born Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
1881 census (328/B 4/3 page3) of Ardoch, Perthshire, Scotland: - at Greenloaning Farm; Elizabeth Reid, head, widow, 42, farmer of 130acres arable, born Dunblane, Perthshire; John Reid, son, 12, scholar, born Ardoch; William Reid, son, 9, scholar, born Ardoch; Mary Graham Reid, daughter, 7, scholar, born Ardoch; Hugh Reid, brother-in-law, unmarried, 74, retired farmer, born Dunblane, Perthshire; Mary Graham McGregor, neice, 16, visitor, born Ardoch; Margaret Battison, unmarried, 22, general servant, born Alloa, Clackmannon, Scotland; Charles Johnstone, 19, farm servant, born Portree, Skye, Invernesshire, Scotland.
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