Charles REES, *

Abt 1793 - Aft 1870  (> 78 years)

• Name	Charles REES  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15]
  Suffix	*
  Birth	Abt Aug 1793	Of Abergavenny, Llanarth, Monmouthshire, Wales   [7, 9]
  Christening	6 Sep 1793	St. Mary, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales
  Gender	Male
  Death	Aft 1870	Raccoon Twp., Gallia, OH, USA   [16]
  Burial	Gilboa Cemetery, Gallia, OH, USA   [14]
  Person ID	I8941	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	David Phillips REES, *,   b. Abt Apr 1759, St Mary, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales d. Yes, date unknown
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Martha MORGAN, *,   b. Abt Jul 1754, of Grosmont, Monmouthshire, Wales d. Abt 8 Apr 1796, St Mary, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales (Age 41 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	25 Nov 1785	Grosmont, Monmouth, England   [17]
  Family ID	F2794	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Eleanor CAMPBELL,   b. Abt 1799, , , Tennessee, USA d. 3 Jul 1869, Raccoon Twp., Gallia, OH, USA (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	19 May 1858	, Gallia, OH, USA   [2, 12, 13]
  Family ID	F1756	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Elizabeth PARRY, *,   b. Abt Apr 1794, Raglan, Monmouthshire, Wales d. Abt 1858, Raccoon, Gallia, Ohio, USA (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	6 Dec 1819	Abergavenny, Llanarth, Monmouthshire, Wales   [1, 3, 7, 11]
  Children	1. John REESE,   b. 4 Jun 1828, Aberystruth, Monmouthshire, Wales d. Aft 1865, Of Minnesota, USA (Age > 38 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Unknown REESE,   b. Between 1835 and 1840, Wales d. Aft 1840, Of Gallia, OH, USA (Age > 6 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Elizabeth REES,   b. Abt Apr 1821, Abergavenny, Llanarth, Monmouthshire, Wales d. Bef 1823 (Age < 1 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. George REESE,   b. 21 May 1830, , , Wales d. Aft 1870, Of Raccoon Twp., Gallia, OH, USA (Age > 41 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. David REESE,   b. 25 Jun 1826, Nantyglo, Aberystruth, Monmouthshire, Wales d. 1909, Raccoon Twp., Gallia, OH, USA (Age 82 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Charles REESE, Jr.,   b. 26 Nov 1824, Nantyglo, Aberystruth, Monmouthshire, Wales d. Aft 1865, Of Tn, USA (Age > 42 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Elizabeth REASE, *,   b. 25 Dec 1823, Natingale, South Wales d. 25 Dec 1900, Jackson, Gallia, Ohio, USA (Age 77 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. Morgan REES  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F1757	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2024

  
  

• Photos		dna thru lines (1)
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• Notes

  Here is Charles and Elizabeth's marriage record on Freereg.org.uk County Monmouthshire Place (Links to more information) Llanarth Church name (Links to more information)St Teilo Register type (Links to more information)Parish Register Register entry number45 Marriage date06 Dec 1819 Groom forename Charles Groom surname REES Groom parish Abergavenny Groom condition bachelor Bride forename Elizabeth Bride surname PARRY Bride parish Llanarth Bride condition spinster Witness 1 William FORTY Witness 2 John HATCH Notes Mark of bride and groom Transcribed by Glen Jenkins File line number45 There is only a birth record for their first daughter Elizabeth in this source currently. Charles might be the following: Great Britain, War Office Registers, 1772-1935 Name: Charles Rees Event Type: Military Service Event Date: 21 Apr 1803 Event Place: United Kingdom Age: 18 Birth Year (Estimated): 1785 Charles is listed as a Fireman in each of his children's baptismal records. Charles and his wife were able to leave hard times in Wales when his wife was left bequests by her Uncle. They lived shortly in Pittsburg, PA where Charles made money as a glassblower. They were in Raccoon Twp., Gallia Co., Ohio by 1840 as they were in the census living two houses from Thomas Morgan in the 1840 census. He was between age 50 and 60, his wife from 40-50, with 4 sons from 10-15, and 1 daughter under age 5 in Raccoon Twp., Gallia Co., Ohio. Elizabeth is married by the time of this census and is not a daughter listed in this family. (CL-88) He supposedly sent gold to the Chillicothe land office to buy his 40 acres in Gallia Co., OH on Jun 25, 1841. He was listed of Gallia Co. at the time of this purchase. They settled there because of friends and apparent family living in the area. John Rees married to Margaret Campbell on May 20, 1813 in Gallia appears from records to be the brother of Charles. This is probably John Rees, a native of Wales, who d. on May 7, 1863 and was buried in Ebenezer Cemetery also. (CL-606) It is also likely that Charles named his 2nd son John after his brother. Charles had selected a heavily wooded lot in Raccoon Twp. With the help of sons Charles, David, John and little George, they built a two-story log cabin and cleared land for crops. (CL-588) Sometime before 1850, his wife contracted cancer and died. Charles married two more times. One of these appears to be Eleanor Campbell in 1858 as he is likely the Charles living with wife Eleanor in the 1860 census for Raccoon Twp. on pg. 235, living within pages of the rest of his family. In that census, he is 65 years of age, born in England (Monmouthshire Co., sometimes Wales, mostly England), wife's name was Eleanor. They had a daughter named Melissa E. living with them, age 10. She would have been Eleanor's daughter. In the 1870 census, he is with his son David and next to his son George. He is listed as helping his son for occupation. His age is given at 72, born in Wales. The two households before him are also relatives, the families of David and Edward Evans. He was buried beside his first wife in Gilboa Cemetery. His stone is no longer in existence as they were destroyed by vandals. Charles Sr.'s Son's Charles, David, and John went into steam boating on the Ohio River during the Civil War. After the war, Charles moved to Tennesee. John moved to Minnesota and David returned to the farm. In the 1851 Census records, there is one other Reese that was born in the same town, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales in a similar time period. He was William Reese, born in 1793 married to Elizabeth Reese and having son, Thomas, b. 1833. They lived in Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales at the time. It is likely that William is a relative of, or possibly brother to Charles Reese. (EL)

  
  

• Sources

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