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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,
- [S1259] FaceBook- Coudersport, John Miller Rees family pic (2x) and L. Bird Rees in patriotic pic, Lanny Nunn ?Coudersport Remember When, Visual Storyteller · · 29 July 2019.
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- Edith Reese
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Dorothy Reese
What Rees is this
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Kathie Martin
Levi Bird Rees, born 1866, Sylvania, Potter Co. Died 1954. My 1st cousin 4x removed. Nice picture Lanny Nunn! Here is another one of his family I discovered on Ancestry.
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Judy Bliss Slade
What is the context of this great picture?
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Linda Nelson
showing their patriotism love it!
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Martha Knight
Looks like players in costume-- some community group like our Potter-McKean Players.
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Kathie Martin
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Levi Bird Rees, born 1866, Sylvania, Potter Co. Died 1954.
My 1st cousin 4x removed.
Nice picture Lanny Nunn! Here is another one of his family I discovered on Ancestry.
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"The J. Miller Rees Family
Dear Ed,
I am enclosing this picture of the family of J. Miller Rees. It was probably taken around 1904. Seated are:
J. Miller Rees and his wife Emma (Hall).
Standing, left to right:
- L. Bird Rees,
- Alford Rees,
- alvin Rees,
- Christopher Rees,
- Rosella Rees Tuttle,
- William Rees and
- Elvina Rees Van Wegen.
The child is Milford Van Wegan.
You will find the name of the spouses and children in the "Old record" along with dates.
J. Miller was my grand father.
My father was L. Bird Rees.
The rest are aunts, Uncles and cousins.
Best Wishes,
Elizabeth Krutzeck
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The J. Miller Rees Family, Abt 1904
John Miller Rees and wife Emma (Hall) Rees are seated. They would be my Great great great grandparents.
Also, 4th from the right is Christopher Columbus Rees depicted with his siblings. He would be my great great grandfather, and father to Flossie Rees.
This photo was submitted to our local newspaper in Coudersport, the Potter Leader Enterprise.
Family of J. Miller Rees, taken probably ca 1904.
Seated:
- J. Miller Rees and his wife, Emma (Hall),
Standing, l-r:
- L. Bird Rees,
- alford Rees,
- alvin Rees,
- Christopher Rees,
- Rosella Rees Tuttle,
- William Rees, and
- Elvina Rees Van Wegen.
The child is Milford Van Wegan(9sic).
You will find the name of the spouses and children in the "Old record" along with dates.
J. Miller was my grand father. My father was L. Bird Rees. The rest are aunts, uncles and cousins.
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- Edith Reese
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chaddlankford:
The J. Miller Rees Family, Abt 1904
John Miller Rees and wife Emma (Hall) Rees are seated. They would be my Great great great grandparents.
Also, 4th from the right is Christopher Columbus Rees depicted with his siblings. He would be my great great grandfather, and father to Flossie Rees.
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Rees, JMiller fam c1904 Eliz Krutzck FB200702KathieMartinPoMcK
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Kathie Martin
July 2, 2020
Levi Bird Rees, born 1866, Sylvania, Potter Co. Died 1954.
My 1st cousin 4x removed.
Nice picture Lanny Nunn! Here is another one of his family I discovered on Ancestry.
1John C Wetzel
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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
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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
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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,
- [S2218] paintedhills.org The Rees Family of Reesville, Potter County, Penna, Eli Rees family.
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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
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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.
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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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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