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Compiled by Effie C. Champlin, submitted by Jan Fleming
Painted Hill Genealogical Society website
59. George C. REES (Christopher Columbus, Eli, Isaac, Thomas, Isaac, Thomas) was born on 2-01-
1850.
Medical Doctor, began practice in 1874 in Costello. Was County coroner in 1889
George married Amy GAGER on 9-28-1873. Amy was born on 2-09-1857.
They had the following children.
+ 227 F i. Mable REES was born on 1-09-1876.
228 M ii. Amos REES was born on 10-02-1881.
Amos married Helen ROUNDS on 7-02-1908. Helen was born on 3-15-1888.
229 F iii. Nina REES was born on 3-27-1883.
Nina married Charles MIDDLETON on 7-01-1908. Charles was born on 7-21-
1877.
230 F iv. Anna REES was born on 4-15-1888.
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5. Eli REES (Isaac, Thomas, Isaac, Thomas) was born on 1-07-1783. He died on 5-19-1848. He was
buried in Reesville Cemetery.
Eli is the original Rees settler in Potter County.
An interesting website is
http://home.earthlink.net/~navetsusa/reessearch/05dffd.html
None of Eli's children were born in Potter County. Eli, Elizabeth and family left East Goshen township in Chester County, PA around 1820. After a short stay in Ohio, Eli's father died in Goshen (1823). Eli and family returned to Goshen.
From the History of Potter County by M. A. Leeson, Pubbed by J. H. Beers in 1890:
"In 1838 Eli Rees and John Glaspy moved from Philadelphia into the forest, what is now the township of Sylvania, near the forks of the First fork of the Sinnemahoning, at the place now known as Rees Settlement. They came into the country by the way of Jersey Shore, and, as there were no roads after leaving the turnpike, they were obliged to chop their way through the woods. Their nearest neighbor, John Nelson, lived five miles south, and in the other direction George Ayers, on Ayers' Hill, was their nearest neighbor, nine miles distant. The children of Eli Rees were:
Sons - Eli, Jr., - Columbus, - James,
- Isaac, - Thomas and - Miller;
daughters - Mary Ann (Mrs. John Glaspy), and
- Hannah (Mrs. Corry).
The children of John Glaspy were
- James, - Edward, - Miller,
- Eli, - Elizabeth (Mrs. Wheeler),
- Mary (Mrs. Logue).
Eli Rees, Jr., while county treasurer, was accidentally shot and killed by D. D. Reed, in 1859. Eli Rees, Sr., came here as
an agent for the Webb lands, receiving for himself 400 acres. He laid out a village plot where the tannery town of Costello now stands. Every man who bought a farm received the deed of a village lot. Farms were sold and the land brought under cultivation, but the village refused to grow until many years after, when manufacturing interests gave it a push. Within two or three years after the arrival of Rees and Glaspy, Chester Prouty came into the country. The first blacksmith was Isaac Rees. He is still living at the advanced age of seventy-seven years."
It is likely that both the Rees' and the Gillespies were Quakers: Eli was land agent for the Webb Quaker colony. Also, Haverford Township in Chester County was founded by a group of Welsh Quakers, who bought land from William Penn. The American immigrant ancester of the Rees family, Thomas Rees, moved into the colony from Wales in 1687.
This family history and the Reesville Cemetery use the spelling GILLESPIE. The GLASBYs buried in Reesville Cemetery are also from this family.
Today there is no settlement at Reesville, merely a beautiful, peaceful valley marked by the Reesville Cemetery.
Eli married Elizabeth MCCULLAH on 7-04-1806. Elizabeth was born on 6-01-1786. She died on 4-09-1860. She was buried in Reesville Cemetery, Sylvania Twp, Potter Co. PA.
They had the following children.
+ 6 F i. Mary Ann REES was born on 9-01-1807. She died on 10-14-1862.
+ 7 M ii. Isaac REES was born on 6-09-1810. He died on 2-25-1896.
8 F iii. Eliza REES was born on 10-21-1812. She died on 12-21-1820.
+ 9 M iv. Eli REES was born on 12-20-1814. He died on 11-17-1859.
+ 10 M v. Thomas McCullough REES was born on 6-06-1817. He died on 1-18-1890.
+ 11 F vi. Hannah REES was born on 7-13-1819. She died on 10-18-1879.
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+ 12 M vii. James REES was born on 3-08-1822. He died on 12-06-1894.
+ 13 M viii. Christopher Columbus "Columbus" REES was born on 4-23-1824. He died on 4-10-1902.
+ 14 M ix. John Miller "Miller" REES was born on 2-27-1827. He died on 9-29-1908.
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The Rees Family of Reesville, Potter County, PA
Compiled by Effie C. Champlin, submitted by Jan Fleming
Painted Hill Genealogical Society website
13. Christopher Columbus "Columbus" REES (Eli, Isaac, Thomas, Isaac, Thomas) was born on 4-23-
1824. He died on 4-10-1902.
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Goshen, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA  [1, 2] |
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ELY REES reached the age of maturity and on July the Fourth, 1806, he married Elizabeth McCullough. This was the same year his Grandfather Thomas Rees died. Later, Elizabeth had two healthy children, Maryann, born Sept. 13th, 1807 and Isaac, named after ELY's father, born June 9th, 1810. Next, while living at the Mill in Goshen, Elizabeth gave birth to little Eliza, born December 21, 1812. The baby died within a week.
It is not known if it was Eliza's death or some other long forgotten tragedy, but on May 4th, 1813 the first of ELY REES's problems began. Along with his brother-in-laws, James and John McCullough and his Uncle Jesse Rees, he was arrested for assaulting one Joseph Hoffman. Among the witnesses was Joseph Phillips, owner of the Three Turns Tavern. Since the owner of the Tavern was present and the Rees's continued to be involved with the Three Turns Tavern, we may safely assume that the assault took place in the tavern. The reason for the fight is not known. It appears that Jesse Rees was released without charge and ELY was found "no vult. ult. pros."(!), as it related to him. James and John McCullough were ordered committed until they paid fines and court costs. This all must have greatly angered ELY's young pregnant wife, Elizabeth, having both her husband and brothers involved in such a scandal.
On December the 20th, 1814 Elizabeth gave birth to her second son Eli, Jr. She could not have known that this son would die at a relatively young age from a gun shot wound inflicted by a Mr. Reed. The Court in Potter County suspected he was murdered, however, Reed was released, but that is a later story.
Elizabeth gave birth to another son, named after Thomas, ELY's grandfather, on the 6th of June 1817. Elizabeth reserved the privilege of giving little Thomas McCullough Rees her maiden name as his middle name.
One month after the birth of their daughter Hannah M. Rees, Ely ran into another problem with the law. In the August, 1819 term of Chester County Court, ELY REES petitioned the court to allow him to have a license to dispense spirituous liquors at a Public house of entertainment known as the THREE TURNS TAVERN. Apparently this was not approved because, soon after, ELY Rees was again arrested, this time for dispensing liquor without a license at the THREE TURNS TAVERN.
It seems that ELY became dissatisfied with the events of the time and decided, with his family, to move out West. To start his journey, ELY would need only go a mile or so north of the family plantation to the Lancaster Turnpike, sometimes called the Great Road. He would have found this road to be an almost unbroken procession of ponderous Conestoga wagons, each drawn by five or six strong horses loaded with goods for the Western Country. It must have been quite a sight. It appears ELY Rees and his young family fell into this formation and headed west. It is not clear where ELY REES and his family may have traveled, nor where they homesteaded. The 1820 Census shows ELY and his family living in Robinson Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh. A later census has ELY's son James claiming to have been born on May 8th, 1822 somewhere in Ohio. In any event his pioneer days were short lived. In 1824, Ely received word of his fathers death back in Goshen and he returned. At the time of ELY's departure, Elizabeth was pregnant with her eighth child ELY and Elizabeth, expressing their pioneer spirit through their child, named him Christopher Columbus Rees. He was born on April 23rd, 1824.
A few years before ELY's father, Isaac's death, in February 1819, Isaac had his wife's right to dower removed, because "she had lost her mind." This was done legally through an Act of the Legislature of the State of Pennsylvania This allowed Isaac to sell the lands in Brandywine and to purchase land which was in the area of the original Plantation in Goshen.
After the sale, Isaac and Esther returned to Goshen. There, Isaac managed his growing plantation while living in his new spacious stone home. No matter how appealing the new home, in Esther's state of mind, she probably resisted the move.
In October, 1822 Esther mysteriously disappeared. frantically searching for his wife, Isaac placed the following add in a local newspaper; "On the night of the fourth my wife Hester Reese, being in a deranged state of mind, left her home, and has not since been heard of. She is a middle sized woman has sandy hair mixed with gray. When she went she neither had Bonnet nor Hat. Any info contact Rees Mills at Goshen." Possibly heart broken from the loss of his wife, Isaac died several months later.
The death of ELY's father on May 21st, 1823 was a tragic event being it so soon after his mothers disappearance. Isaac's death also split up the family because at the time he did not have a Will and the courts were left to decide the outcome of his estate. Petty bickering ensued among the children.
When ELY returned from the Western Country, he stayed at the plantation during the court proceedings and helped sell his fathers property. An add was placed in the local paper offering the plantation for Public Sale. The add in part follows; "Nov 17th, 1824, at Goshen, the buildings for sale are a Grist Mill three stories high 42 by 30 feet, with two pair of burr stones and hulling machine; a Saw Mill in good repair - a new stone dwelling 30 by 17 feet, with a well and pump at the door of the kitchen, 20 by 18 feet - a new frame barn 46 by 20 feet a stone spring house, wagon house and wood house. Persons disposed to view the property will be applying to ELY Rees on the premises."
Just about every child of Isaac had petitioned the court for their share of his estate. Uncle Jesse Rees claimed at the time of his brothers death he could not find ELY, he being somewhere out of state. ELY was the oldest son, and was most likely to be named Executor and to inherit the majority of the family plantation, arriving too late and without a Will prepared by his father he felt helpless to make claim to what he believed to be rightfully his. He also petitioned the court. When it was all settled they all received what the court considered was a fair share but the bitterness continued. ELY had lost his plantation. He blamed his Uncle Jesse.
During the next few years, little is known of ELY and his family. Elizabeth did give birth to her 9th and last child, J. Miller Rees on February 27th, 1827. (It has been said that Elizabeth's mothers maiden name was Miller.) ELY managed to witness his daughter Maryann's wedding to John Gillespie (later shortened to Glaspy) on April 2nd, 1828 in nearby Middletown township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania A few months later he shows up again as a witness to another wedding in the same neighborhood.
In the spring of 1830, ELY agreed to purchase land from, and to act as a land Agent for Samuel Webb of Philadelphia. ELY, for the last time, took his family of six sons two daughters and his son-in-law, john Gillespie on the road again, this time to Sylvania Township, Potter County, Pennsylvania They brought all they needed to start a new life in this wilderness including their own water powered saw mill.
All of ELY's sons became carpenters except his oldest, Isaac, who became a blacksmith after learning a related trade, the gunsmith trade, in West Philadelphia. The Rees's built many of the first frame homes in Western Potter County.
After 18 productive years at his new homestead, and although in his later years unable to work himself, ELY REES supervised his sons carpentry right up to the end, dying as his father had before him, at age 65.
According to one account of his death, ELY's son, Isaac Rees and one Grandson, possibly William Wesley Rees, became concerned for ELY'S well being when he did not Return from his supply walk to Coudersport. They went up the Ridge Road looking for him and found him dead, on an old log, he, still in a sitting position. A coroners inquest determined that, "ELY Rees had died by the visitation of God, in a natural way and not otherwise."
If you should visit the Rees Cemetery in Potter County, be sure to look at ELY and Elizabeth's tombstone. It's over a hundred years old and is quite worn. On ELY's side of the stone is a small inscription, just under the words "died May 19th, 1848 AGED 65". It is still visible if you squint just right at the correct angle and do it just before sunset you may be able to read these faded words:
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Ely Rees estate 1798 Posted 14 Mar 2019 by
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A.D 1798
Estate of Hannah Rees
Sarah Rees
Esther Rees
Thomas Rees
Ann Rees
Elizabeth Rees
Eli Rees
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June 19, 1798
Petitions for Guardian
Ely Rees
June 19th 1798
Isaac Rees os appointed Guardian on the Written Petitions
p 729 To the Respectful Judges of the Orphans Court hrto at West Chester for the County of Chester June 19th 1798
The Petition of the Subscribers Respectfullt showeth That Ann Matson, your Petitioner's Grandmother, Died sometime ago and left a Legacy to your Petitioner and being a Minor ^above the age of 14 +^ under the Age of rwenty one years is not enabled to receive the same, you petitionet therefore requests -your- the Court will be [pleas'd?] to appoint his father
Isaac Rees of Branywine Township to be his Guardian
I shall acknowledge ???
~ Ely Rees
To the Respectful Judges of the Orphans Court hrto at West Chester for the Count of Chester June 19th 1798
The Petition of the Subscriber Respectfully showeth That you Petitioner's grandmother Ann Matson died some time ago and Left Legacies to the Grand Children the children of Isaac Rees of Branywine Township, of which your Petitioner is one, your petitioner is behalf of his Brothers and Sisters Viz. Hannah, Sarah, Esther, Thomas, Ann and Elizabeth who are all Infants and under the Age of fourteen years request that their father Isaac Rees [aford??;d] may be appointed their Guardian
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1800 |
Marple, Delaware, Pennsylvania, USA [2] |
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1810 |
Goshen, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA [2] |
| Pioneer |
1838 |
Costello, Portage, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA [3] |
| Eli is the original Rees settler in Potter County. In 1838 Eli Rees and John Glaspy moved from Philadelphia into the forest, what is now the township of Sylvania, near the forks of the First fork of the Sinnemahoning, at the place now known as Rees Settle |
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The Rees Family of Reesville, Potter County, PA
Compiled by Effie C. Champlin, submitted by Jan Fleming
Painted Hill Genealogical Society website
5. Eli REES (Isaac, Thomas, Isaac, Thomas) was born on 1-07-1783. He died on 5-19-1848. He was
buried in Reesville Cemetery.
Eli is the original Rees settler in Potter County.
An interesting website is
http://home.earthlink.net/~navetsusa/reessearch/05dffd.html
None of Eli's children were born in Potter County. Eli, Elizabeth and family left East Goshen
township in Chester County, PA around 1820. After a short stay in Ohio, Eli's father died in
Goshen (1823). Eli and family returned to Goshen.
From the History of Potter County by M. A. Leeson, Pubbed by J. H. Beers in 1890:
"In 1838 Eli Rees and John Glaspy moved from Philadelphia into the forest, what is now the township of Sylvania, near the forks of the First fork of the Sinnemahoning, at the place now known as Rees Settlement. They came into the country by the way of Jersey Shore, and, as there were no roads after leaving the turnpike, they were obliged to chop their way through the woods. Their nearest neighbor, John Nelson, lived five miles south, and in the other direction George Ayers, on Ayers' Hill, was their nearest neighbor, nine miles distant. The children of Eli Rees were: Sons - Eli, Jr., Columbus, James, Isaac, Thomas and Miller; daughters - Mary Ann
(Mrs. John Glaspy), and Hannah (Mrs. Corry). The children of John Glaspy were James,
Edward, Miller, Eli, Elizabeth (Mrs. Wheeler), Mary (Mrs. Logue). Eli Rees, Jr., while county
treasurer, was accidentally shot and killed by D. D. Reed, in 1859. Eli Rees, Sr., came here as
an agent for the Webb lands, receiving for himself 400 acres. He laid out a village plot where the
tannery town of Costello now stands. Every man who bought a farm received the deed of a
village lot. Farms were sold and the land brought under cultivation, but the village refused to
grow until many years after, when manufacturing interests gave it a push. Within two or three
years after the arrival of Rees and Glaspy, Chester Prouty came into the country. The first
blacksmith was Isaac Rees. He is still living at the advanced age of seventy-seven years."
It is likely that both the Rees' and the Gillespies were Quakers: Eli was land agent for the Webb
Quaker colony. Also, Haverford Township in Chester County was founded by a group of Welsh
Quakers, who bought land from William Penn. The American immigrant ancester of the Rees
family, Thomas Rees, moved into the colony from Wales in 1687.
This family history and the Reesville Cemetery use the spelling GILLESPIE. The GLASBYs
buried in Reesville Cemetery are also from this family.
Today there is no settlement at Reesville, merely a beautiful, peaceful valley marked by the
Reesville Cemetery.
Eli married Elizabeth MCCULLAH on 7-04-1806. Elizabeth was born on 6-01-1786. She died on 4-
09-1860. She was buried in Reesville Cemetery, Sylvania Twp, Potter Co. PA.
They had the following children.
+ 6 F i. Mary Ann REES was born on 9-01-1807. She died on 10-14-1862.
+ 7 M ii. Isaac REES was born on 6-09-1810. He died on 2-25-1896.
8 F iii. Eliza REES was born on 10-21-1812. She died on 12-21-1820.
+ 9 M iv. Eli REES was born on 12-20-1814. He died on 11-17-1859.
+ 10 M v. Thomas McCullough REES was born on 6-06-1817. He died on 1-18-1890.
+ 11 F vi. Hannah REES was born on 7-13-1819. She died on 10-18-1879.
The Rees Family of Reesville, Potter County, PA 5
+ 12 M vii. James REES was born on 3-08-1822. He died on 12-06-1894.
+ 13 M viii. Christopher Columbus "Columbus" REES was born on 4-23-1824. He died on 4-
10-1902.
+ 14 M ix. John Miller "Miller" REES was born on 2-27-1827. He died on 9-29-1908.
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Painted Hill Genealogical Society website
13. Christopher Columbus "Columbus" REES (Eli, Isaac, Thomas, Isaac, Thomas) was born on 4-23-
1824. He died on 4-10-1902.
From… |
| Residence |
1840 |
Wharton Twp, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA [2] |
| Death |
19 May 1848 |
Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA [1, 2] |
| Burial |
Abt 22 May 1848 |
Reesville Cemetery, Costello, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA [1, 2] |
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The Rees Family of Reesville, Potter County, PA
Compiled by Effie C. Champlin, submitted by Jan Fleming
Painted Hill Genealogical Society website
5. Eli REES (Isaac, Thomas, Isaac, Thomas) was born on 1-07-1783. He died on 5-19-1848. He was
buried in Reesville Cemetery.
Eli is the original Rees settler in Potter County.
An interesting website is
http://home.earthlink.net/~navetsusa/reessearch/05dffd.html
None of Eli's children were born in Potter County. Eli, Elizabeth and family left East Goshen township in Chester County, PA around 1820. After a short stay in Ohio, Eli's father died in
Goshen (1823). Eli and family returned to Goshen.
From the History of Potter County by M. A. Leeson, Pubbed by J. H. Beers in 1890:
"In 1838 Eli Rees and John Glaspy moved from Philadelphia into the forest, what is now the
township of Sylvania, near the forks of the First fork of the Sinnemahoning, at the place now
known as Rees Settlement. They came into the country by the way of Jersey Shore, and, as
there were no roads after leaving the turnpike, they were obliged to chop their way through the
woods. Their nearest neighbor, John Nelson, lived five miles south, and in the other direction
George Ayers, on Ayers' Hill, was their nearest neighbor, nine miles distant. The children of Eli
Rees were: Sons - Eli, Jr., Columbus, James, Isaac, Thomas and Miller; daughters - Mary Ann
(Mrs. John Glaspy), and Hannah (Mrs. Corry). The children of John Glaspy were James,
Edward, Miller, Eli, Elizabeth (Mrs. Wheeler), Mary (Mrs. Logue). Eli Rees, Jr., while county
treasurer, was accidentally shot and killed by D. D. Reed, in 1859. Eli Rees, Sr., came here as
an agent for the Webb lands, receiving for himself 400 acres. He laid out a village plot where the
tannery town of Costello now stands. Every man who bought a farm received the deed of a
village lot. Farms were sold and the land brought under cultivation, but the village refused to
grow until many years after, when manufacturing interests gave it a push. Within two or three
years after the arrival of Rees and Glaspy, Chester Prouty came into the country. The first
blacksmith was Isaac Rees. He is still living at the advanced age of seventy-seven years."
It is likely that both the Rees' and the Gillespies were Quakers: Eli was land agent for the Webb
Quaker colony. Also, Haverford Township in Chester County was founded by a group of Welsh
Quakers, who bought land from William Penn. The American immigrant ancester of the Rees
family, Thomas Rees, moved into the colony from Wales in 1687.
This family history and the Reesville Cemetery use the spelling GILLESPIE. The GLASBYs
buried in Reesville Cemetery are also from this family.
Today there is no settlement at Reesville, merely a beautiful, peaceful valley marked by the
Reesville Cemetery.
Eli married Elizabeth MCCULLAH on 7-04-1806. Elizabeth was born on 6-01-1786. She died on 4-
09-1860. She was buried in Reesville Cemetery, Sylvania Twp, Potter Co. PA.
They had the following children.
+ 6 F i. Mary Ann REES was born on 9-01-1807. She died on 10-14-1862.
+ 7 M ii. Isaac REES was born on 6-09-1810. He died on 2-25-1896.
8 F iii. Eliza REES was born on 10-21-1812. She died on 12-21-1820.
+ 9 M iv. Eli REES was born on 12-20-1814. He died on 11-17-1859.
+ 10 M v. Thomas McCullough REES was born on 6-06-1817. He died on 1-18-1890.
+ 11 F vi. Hannah REES was born on 7-13-1819. She died on 10-18-1879.
The Rees Family of Reesville, Potter County, PA 5
+ 12 M vii. James REES was born on 3-08-1822. He died on 12-06-1894.
+ 13 M viii. Christopher Columbus "Columbus" REES was born on 4-23-1824. He died on 4-
10-1902.
+ 14 M ix. John Miller "Miller" REES was born on 2-27-1827. He died on 9-29-1908.
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McCullough, Elizabeth, b. 1 Jun 1787, Pennsylvania, USA d. 9 Apr 1860, Wharton Twp, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 72 years) |
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4 Jul 1806 |
Pennsylvania, USA [1, 3] |
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5. Eli REES (Isaac, Thomas, Isaac, Thomas) was born on 1-07-1783. He died on 5-19-1848. He was
buried in Reesville Cemetery.
Eli is the original Rees settler in Potter County.
An interesting website is
http://home.earthlink.net/~navetsusa/reessearch/05dffd.html
None of Eli's children were born in Potter County. Eli, Elizabeth and family left East Goshen township in Chester County, PA around 1820. After a short stay in Ohio, Eli's father died in Goshen (1823). Eli and family returned to Goshen.
From the History of Potter County by M. A. Leeson, Pubbed by J. H. Beers in 1890:
"In 1838 Eli Rees and John Glaspy moved from Philadelphia into the forest, what is now the township of Sylvania, near the forks of the First fork of the Sinnemahoning, at the place now known as Rees Settlement. They came into the country by the way of Jersey Shore, and, as there were no roads after leaving the turnpike, they were obliged to chop their way through the woods. Their nearest neighbor, John Nelson, lived five miles south, and in the other direction George Ayers, on Ayers' Hill, was their nearest neighbor, nine miles distant. The children of Eli Rees were:
Sons - Eli, Jr., - Columbus, - James,
- Isaac, - Thomas and - Miller;
daughters - Mary Ann (Mrs. John Glaspy), and
- Hannah (Mrs. Corry).
The children of John Glaspy were
- James, - Edward, - Miller,
- Eli, - Elizabeth (Mrs. Wheeler),
- Mary (Mrs. Logue).
Eli Rees, Jr., while county treasurer, was accidentally shot and killed by D. D. Reed, in 1859. Eli Rees, Sr., came here as
an agent for the Webb lands, receiving for himself 400 acres. He laid out a village plot where the tannery town of Costello now stands. Every man who bought a farm received the deed of a village lot. Farms were sold and the land brought under cultivation, but the village refused to grow until many years after, when manufacturing interests gave it a push. Within two or three years after the arrival of Rees and Glaspy, Chester Prouty came into the country. The first blacksmith was Isaac Rees. He is still living at the advanced age of seventy-seven years."
It is likely that both the Rees' and the Gillespies were Quakers: Eli was land agent for the Webb Quaker colony. Also, Haverford Township in Chester County was founded by a group of Welsh Quakers, who bought land from William Penn. The American immigrant ancester of the Rees family, Thomas Rees, moved into the colony from Wales in 1687.
This family history and the Reesville Cemetery use the spelling GILLESPIE. The GLASBYs buried in Reesville Cemetery are also from this family.
Today there is no settlement at Reesville, merely a beautiful, peaceful valley marked by the Reesville Cemetery.
Eli married Elizabeth MCCULLAH on 7-04-1806.
Elizabeth was born on 6-01-1786. She died on 4-09-1860. She was buried in Reesville Cemetery, Sylvania Twp, Potter Co. PA.
They had the following children.
+ 6 F i. Mary Ann REES was born on 9-01-1807. She died on 10-14-1862.
+ 7 M ii. Isaac REES was born on 6-09-1810. He died on 2-25-1896.
8 F iii. Eliza REES was born on 10-21-1812. She died on 12-21-1820.
+ 9 M iv. Eli REES was born on 12-20-1814. He died on 11-17-1859.
+ 10 M v. Thomas McCullough REES was born on 6-06-1817. He died on 1-18-1890.
+ 11 F vi. Hannah REES was born on 7-13-1819. She died on 10-18-1879.
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+ 12 M vii. James REES was born on 3-08-1822. He died on 12-06-1894.
+ 13 M viii. Christopher Columbus "Columbus" REES was born on 4-23-1824. He died on 4-10-1902.
+ 14 M ix. John Miller "Miller" REES was born on 2-27-1827. He died on 9-29-1908.
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http://www.paintedhills.org/POTTER/Histories/ReesFamily.pdf
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The Rees Family of Reesville, Potter County, PA
Compiled by Effie C. Champlin, submitted by Jan Fleming
Painted Hill Genealogical Society website
13. Christopher Columbus "Columbus" REES (Eli, Isaac, Thomas, Isaac, Thomas) was born on 4-23-
1824. He died on 4-10-1902.
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| | 1. Rees, Christopher 'Columbus', b. 23 Apr 1824, Goshen, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA d. 10 Apr 1902, Sylvania Twp, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 77 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 2. Rees, James, b. 8 Mar 1822, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA d. 6 Dec 1894, Sylvania Twp, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 72 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 3. Rees, Hannah Marie, b. 13 Jul 1819, Goshen, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA d. 18 Aug 1879, Farmers Valley, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 60 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 4. Gillispie, Mary Ann, b. 1 Sep 1807, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 14 Oct 1862, Sylvania Twp, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 55 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 5. Rees, Eliza, b. 21 Dec 1812, Goshen, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA d. 21 Dec 1820, Goshen, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 8 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 6. Rees, Isaac, b. 9 Jun 1810, Goshen, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA d. 25 Feb 1896, Eulalia Twp, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 85 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 7. Rees, Eli jr, b. 20 Dec 1814, Goshen, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA d. 17 Nov 1860, Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 45 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 8. Rees, Demis, b. 3 Aug 1824, Pennsylvania, USA d. 17 Mar 1887, Eulalia Twp, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 62 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 9. Rees, Thomas McCullough, b. 6 Jun 1817, Goshen, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA d. 18 Jan 1890, Costello, Portage, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 72 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 10. Rees, John 'Miller', b. 27 Feb 1827, Goshen, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA d. 29 Sep 1908, Sylvania Twp, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 81 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
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1786 - 1848 (62 years)
