John Wesley Reece (1846 - 1898)

Born 25 Mar 1846 in Carroll County, Virginia, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Bettie Boyd (Fagan) Reece — married 17 Dec 1879 in Paris, Lamar, Texas, USA

Descendants

Died 13 Feb 1898 at age 51 in Erath Co., Texas, USA

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Biography

ORAL FAMILY HISTORY: John Wesley Reece ran away from his home in Virginia at age 14, joined the Confederate Army and fought in the Civil War. Later, on Dec. 17, 1879, he married Bettie Boyd Fagan. The minister was Rev. Charles Manton of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Paris, TX (Lamar Co.). It was a double wedding, with her sister, Ellen Fagan, marrying William Lambeth. "John Wesley" became a family name, passed along to JW and Bettie's youngest son and to three grandsons and numerous descendants.^[1]

Sources

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M88Y-QDQ : 23 December 2020), John W Reece in household of Jessee Reece, Carroll, Virginia, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). Census Place: District 11, Carroll, Virginia; Roll: M432_939; Page: 322; Image: 198.. Name: John W Reece Birth: abt 1846 Virginia

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M41P-DZM : 18 February 2021), John W Reece in entry for Jessee Reece, 1860. Census Place: Not Stated, Carroll, Virginia; Roll: M653_1339; Page: 783; Image: 213.. Name: John W Reece Birth: abt 1846 Virginia

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFNR-HKM : 16 August 2021), John W Reace, Precinct 7, Lamar, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 131, sheet 284B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,315. Roll: T9_1314; Family History Film: 1255314; Page: 284.2000; Birth: abt 1850 Virginia. Residence: 1880 Precinct 7, Lamar, Texas, United States.

• "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2ZY-XND1 : 28 November 2018), J W Reece and Bettie Fagan, 17 Dec 1879; citing Marriage, citing Lamar Land District, Texas, United States, Texas State Library, Archives Division, and various Texas county clerks; FHL microfilm 1,293,616.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33809540/john-wesley-reece : accessed 15 August 2021), memorial page for John Wesley Reece Sr. (25 Mar 1846–13 Feb 1898), Find a Grave Memorial ID 33809540, citing Duffau Cemetery, Duffau, Erath County, Texas, USA ; Maintained by LookingForFamily (contributor 47127361) .

• "United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F9LW-P2Q : 4 December 2014), John W. Reace, Sergeant, Company C, 47th Battalion, Virginia Cavalry, Confederate; citing NARA microfilm publication M382 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 46; FHL microfilm 881,440.

Footnotes

1. ↑ Entered by Stacy Aannestad.