McCullough, Elizabeth

1787 - 1860  (72 years)

• Name	McCullough, Elizabeth  [1]
  Birth	1 Jun 1787	Pennsylvania, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Elizabeth McCullah  [2]
  	20190528HAv- file:///C:/Users/wetzu/Documents/FTMdoc/WETZEL-SPRING_2019Mai%20Media/ReesFamily%20of%20Reesville,%20Potter%20Co%20paintedhills.pdf The Rees Family of Reesville, Potter County, PA Compiled by Effie C. Champlin, submitted by Jan Fleming Painted Hill Genealogical Society website p. 4 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 p.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.
  Death	9 Apr 1860	Wharton Twp, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA   [1, 2]
  Burial	Abt 12 Apr 1860	Reesville Cemetery, Costello, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I69492	WETZEL-SPRING

  
  

  Family	Rees, Eli Sr,   b. 7 Jan 1786, Goshen, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA d. 19 May 1848, Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	4 Jul 1806	Pennsylvania, USA   [1, 3]
  	20190528HAv- file:///C:/Users/wetzu/Documents/FTMdoc/WETZEL-SPRING_2019Mai%20Media/ReesFamily%20of%20Reesville,%20Potter%20Co%20paintedhills.pdf The Rees Family of Reesville, Potter County, PA Compiled by Effie C. Champlin, submitted by Jan Fleming Painted Hill Genealogical Society website p. 4 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 p.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.
  		ReesFamily http://www.paintedhills.org/POTTER/Histories/ReesFamily.pdf 20190528HAv- 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. From…
  Children	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]
  Family ID	F47041	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Birth - 1 Jun 1787 - Pennsylvania, USA Marriage - 4 Jul 1806 - Pennsylvania, USA Death - 9 Apr 1860 - Wharton Twp, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA Burial - Abt 12 Apr 1860 - Reesville Cemetery, Costello, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  ReesFamily http://www.paintedhills.org/POTTER/Histories/ReesFamily.pdf 20190528HAv- 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. From…

  
  

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  20190528HAv- file:///C:/Users/wetzu/Documents/FTMdoc/WETZEL-SPRING_2019Mai%20Media/ReesFamily%20of%20Reesville,%20Potter%20Co%20paintedhills.pdf The Rees Family of Reesville, Potter County, PA Compiled by Effie C. Champlin, submitted by Jan Fleming Painted Hill Genealogical Society website p. 4 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 p.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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  [S2077] Public Member Trees 2019-, Jeff Thomas family tree - Jeff Thomas / Record for Eli Rees, Sr. (57) facts. Record for Eli Rees, Sr. (57) facts 20190528HAv- Jeff Thomas family tree - Jeff Thomas Eli Rees,Sr. 1786-1848 BIRTH 07 JAN 1786 • North Eastern Goshen, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA DEATH 19 MAY 1848 • Coudersport,Potter,Pennsylvania,USA Record for Eli Rees, Sr. (57) facts 20190528HAv- Jeff Thomas family tree - Jeff Thomas Eli Rees,Sr. 1786-1848 BIRTH 07 JAN 1786 • North Eastern Goshen, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA DEATH 19 MAY 1848 • Coudersport,Potter,Pennsylvania,USA Demis Adams 1824-1887 BIRTH 3 AUGUST 1824 • Pennsylvania DEATH 17 MARCH 1887 • ,Potter Co, Pennsylvania John Miller Rees 1827-1908 BIRTH 27 FEB 1827 • Goshen, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA DEATH 29 SEP 1908 • Sylvania, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA Ann Hall 1829-1908 BIRTH 3 OCT 1829 • London, England DEATH 24 JUL 1908 • Sylvania, Potter, Pennsylvania, [S2077] Public Member Trees 2019-, Jeffes/Atchinson/Bulger - Anastasia Bulger / John Miller Rees Record for John Miller Rees (112) facts. Record for John Miller Rees (112) facts 20190528HAv- Record for Fay Wheeler (50) facts ........................ (162) 20190528HAv- Jeffes/Atchinson/Bulger - Anastasia Bulger / John Miller Rees Record for John Miller Rees (112) facts 20190528HAv- Jeffes/Atchinson/Bulger - Anastasia Bulger / John Miller Rees John Miller Rees 1827-1908 BIRTH 27 FEB 1827 • Chester County, Pennsylvania, DEATH 29 SEP 1908 • Sylvania, Potter, Pennsylvania, Alford Rees 1875-1967 BIRTH 12 JAN 1875 • Sylvania, Potter, Pennsylvania, DEATH JUL 1967 • Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, [S2218] paintedhills.org The Rees Family of Reesville, Potter County, Penna, Eli Rees family. 20190528HAv- file:///C:/Users/wetzu/Documents/FTMdoc/WETZEL-SPRING_2019Mai%20Media/ReesFamily%20of%20Reesville,%20Potter%20Co%20paintedhills.pdf The Rees Family of Reesville, Potter County, PA Compiled by Effie C. Champlin, submitted by Jan Fleming Painted Hill Genealogical Society website p. 4 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 p.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. 20190528HAv- file:///C:/Users/wetzu/Documents/FTMdoc/WETZEL-SPRING_2019Mai%20Media/ReesFamily%20of%20Reesville,%20Potter%20Co%20paintedhills.pdf The Rees Family of Reesville, Potter County, PA Compiled by Effie C. Champlin, submitted by Jan Fleming Painted Hill Genealogical Society website p. 4 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 p.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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