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 THE REESE FAMILY

 

 
 
 
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ELIZABETH SARAH CLARK REESE 

 
 
 
 
 
 

 

ELIZABETH SARAH CLARK REESE 
MARRIED GEORGE WASHINGTON HOLLAND 
17 June 1845
"The following information was typed and sent to me by Mrs. W.R. Eckhardt, Jr., 4522 Willow Bend Boulevard, Houston 35, Texas, on Jan 21, 1960.  Mrs. Eckhardt was born in Amarillo, Texas in 1894, the daughter of John Wiley Link and wife Ihna Imola HOLLAND Link.  Ihna Imola Holland was born in 1872 in Bremond, Texas; John Wiley Link was born in 1866 in Gallatin, Tenn. and he married in 1891 in Amarillo, Tx.  Excerpt from her letter:  "..am enclosing those of my REESE family-Dinwiddie Co., Va. to Jones Co., Ga. (BIBLE).  I am descended from Cuthbert REESE (son of ISHAM AND SUSANNAH (COLEMAN) REESE and his wife Tabitha Clark, who was born 1796, in Orange Co., Va. - dtr of Joseph Clark and his wife, Ann Haynes Clark."

"Elizabeth Sarah Clark Reese (dau. of Cuthbert) was my great-grandmother.  She married George Washington Holland, b. 1824 Monticello, Jasper Co, Ga. (son of Maj. George Washington Holland, bo 1794 Nansemond Eo., Va.) and his wife Mary Ann Griffin."

"My grandfather was Judge Joseph Alfred Holland (son of G.W.H., Jr. above) born 1848, Monticello, Ga., married in Pike Co. Ala. 1867, Susan Jane Augusta Youngblood (dau. of Dr. Oliver Youngblood - born Edgefield, S.C. 1813) and his wife, Tinzy Terrill Townsend."

"In 1868 my grand-parents moved to Calvert, Texas - later to Marlin, Ft. Worth, Amarillo, Orange and Houston, Texas."

"My mother, Ihna Imola Holland was born 1872, Bremond, Texas, and is still living.  She married John Wiley Link (born 1866, Gallatin, Tenn.) in 1891 in Amarillo, Texas - where I was born in 1894."

"I have Bible records on the Holland family:  on my paternal grandmother Henry family and others, which when I come across them will try to copy for you..."

CUTHBERT REESE BIBLE - 1822

Isham Reese, father of Cuthbert Reese, was born Aug. 1748.
Susan Reese, mother of Cuthbert Reese, was born December 13, 1755.
Williamson Henry Reese was born June 14, 1833.
Louise Caroline Reese was born March 26, 1832.
Cuthbert Reese was born November 29, 1781.
Isham Reese died April 17, 1816.
Susan Reese died Thursday evening 1/2 after eleven o'clock Jan. 23, 1823.
Cuthbert Reese died the fifth of December 1855.
Tabitha W. Reese died July 30, 1868.  Triumphant.
Louise Caroline Reese Cornwall died March 19, 1915.
Medora A. Keene Frederick died November 25, 1916.
Cuthbert Reese and Tabitha W. Clark were married the 12 of March 1815.
Elizabeth S. Reese and George Washington Holland were married 17 Jun 1845.
Ann Eliza F. Reese and B.F. Keene were married December 5, 1841.
Augustus C. Reese and Celeste Dewell were married December 1841.
Joseph T. Reese and Cornelia F. Yancey were married June 1842.
Louise C. Reese and C.H. Cornwall were married July 25, 1854.
Lucion L. Reese and Nancy M. Kissack were married-
Williamson H. Reese and M.E. Hunt were married June 26, 1866.
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John Williamson Reese was born December 19, 1818.
Joseph Thomas Reese was born June 4, 1820.
Augustus Cuthbert Reese was born February 1, 1822.
Ann Eliza Frances Reese was born June 18, 1804.
Elizabeth Sarah Clark Reese was born February 22, 1826.
Walton Pendleton Reese was born July 23, 1828.
Lucian L. Reese was born May 1, 1830.
Medora Ann Keene was born Sept. 1, 1842.
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added by Sarah Reese Clark in 1856 - - Children of Isham Reese and Susan Coleman
William C. Reese born Dec. 15, 1775 - age 80
Isham Reese, born Oct 18, 1777, age 75
Cuthbert Reese, born Nov. 25, 1781 aged 74
Joseph Reese, Dec 8, 1783, aged 72
John C. Reese, Mar 9, 1785, aged 70
Precilla Reese, May 21, 1788, aged 67 (unmarried)
Susan Reese, July 17, 1790 - married Dr. Amos, aged 65
Sarah P. Reese Apr 9, 1793, married Dr. Cook aged 62
Henry L. Reese Dec 18, 1795, aged 60
Jordan Reese (doctor) March 17, 1800 aged 56

APPENDED
W.H. Reese died October 29, 1885.

Children of W.H. Reese and M. Elvira Hunt-
Annie Louise, b. Mar. 26, 1867, mar Mills E. Savage, d. Jan 5, 1898
-- Jessie, b. Aug 15, 1869 mar. I.F. Murphy, Jan 21, 1903
--- Perlie Willie b. Dec. 28,
1872, mar S.H. Rumph Nov. 18, 1896
---- Sam Henry Rumph, b. May 11, 1908 mar. Julianna Brooks, Oct 15, 1930
----- Medora A. Keen mar. Maj. James D. Frederick Jan 9, 1877.

Recorded May 13, 1960
signed by J.B. Blaylock, Register of Deeds Caswell County, N.C.

From CASWELL COUNTY REGISTER OF DEEDS office Yanceyville, N.C. BIBLE RECORD (Miscellaneous Book 2 - page 551)
 --A Lot of Bunkum October 1982, Vol. III, #10, p. 82-100 & 101