"Ancestrees"

Charles REESE ^{4 5 6}

  General Notes:

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 glass blower. 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 living in the area, though there is a John Rees married to Margaret Campbell on May 20, 1813 in Gallia that could be a relative of Charles. (CL-606) He 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. Only one fact doesn't fit here, his age is about 5 years too young if he was born between 1790 and 1800 as calculated from the 1840 census. I simply suspect one of the census records is wrong... probably the 1960 census. 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 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)

Charles married Elizabeth PARRY on 12/6/1819 in Llanarth, Monmouthshire, ENG.^{1 2} (Elizabeth PARRY was born about 1798 of Llanarth, Monmouthshire, Wales,¹ died after 1850 in , Gallia, OH, USA and was buried in Gilboa Cemetery, Gallia, OH, USA.)

  Marriage Notes:

Monmouthshire Co. was sometimes in England and more often than not, land that was in the hands of Wales. There marriage was listed as of England.

Charles next married Eleanor CAMPBELL on 5/19/1858 in , Gallia, OH, USA.³ (Eleanor CAMPBELL was born about 1799 in , , TN, USA ^{3 8} and died on 7/3/1869 in Raccoon Twp. Gallia, OH, USA ⁸.)