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Submitted by: John Burnett
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Husband: Solomon REESE/REES
Birthdate: 30 July 1811
Birthplace: Newberry County, South Carolina
Death date: 5 July 1850
Place of death: Missouri (on the banks of the Platt River)
Burial: Missouri
Father: John REES
Mother: Mary JOHNSTON

Marriage date: 30 January 1833
Marriage place: Buncombe County, North Carolina

Wife: Matilda M. MURRAY
Birthdate: 26 October 1814
Birthplace: Buncombe County, North Carolina
Death date: 6 october 1848
Place of death: Dahlonega, Georgia
Burial: Mt. Hope Cemetery, Dahlonega, Georgia
Father: James MURRAY
Mother: Mary DUGAN
 

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Mary Elizabeth REESE
Sex: Female
Birthdate: 20 November 1833
Birthplace: Buncombe Co., North Carolina
Death Date:  12 April 1889
Place of Death:  Hendersonville, Henderson County, North Carolina
Burial:  Oakdale Cemetery, Hendersonville, Henderson Co., North Carolina
Marriage date: 10 January 1856
Marriage place: Georgia
Spouse's name: Memry Tillman JUSTUS

Child No. 2: WIlliam Pinkney REESE
Sex: Male
Birthdate: 5 December 1835
Birthplace: Buncombe Co., North Carolina
Death date: 24 November 1922
Place of death: Suwanee, Gwinnett Co., North Carolina
Burial: Level Creek Cemetery, Suwanee, Gwinnett Co., North Carolina
Marriage date: 4 December 1856
Marriage place: Towns County, Georgia
Spouse's name: Mary Matilda STROUD

Child No. 3: Margaret Ann REESE
Sex: Female
Birthdate: 20 October 1837
Birthplace: Dahlonega, Georgia
Death date: 22 December 1917
Place of death: Hayesville, North Carolina
Burial:  Hayesville Baptist Presbyterian Cemetery, Hayesvillle (just outside city) Clay Co., North Carolina
Marriage date:  1st)  23 June 1853
Marriage Place:  1st)  Lumpkin Co., Georgia
Spouse’s Name:  1st.  Benjamin Franklin Castleberry

Child No. 4: Martha Lewisy REESE
Sex: Female
Birthdate: 23 April 1839
Birthplace: Dahlonega, Georgia
Death date: 1917
Place of death: Suwanee, Gwinnett Co., Georgia
Burial: Level Creek Cemetery, Suwanee, Gwinnett Co., Georgia
Marriage date: Circa 1860
Marriage place: Georgia
Spouse's name: Joseph Rainey GASH

Child No. 5: Andrew Jackson REESE
Sex: Male
Birthdate: 2 April 1841
Birthplace: Dahlonega, Georgia
Death date: 10 April 1884
Place of death: Dahlonega, Georgia
Marriage date: 8 November 1866
Burial: Mt. Hope Cemetery, Dahlonega, Georgia
Marriage place: Georgia
Spouse's name: Nancy Fannie O'CONNER

Child No. 6: Susan Adaline REESE
Sex: Female
Birthdate: 6 January 1843
Birthplace: Dahlonega, Georgia
Death date: 17 February
Place of death: Suwanee, Gwinnett Co., Georgia
Burial: Level Creek Cemetery, Suwanee, Gwinnett Co., Georgia
Marriage date: 23 September 1860
Marriage place: Georgia
Spouse's name: Shadwick G. BROGDON

Child No. 7: Sarah Jane REESE
Sex: Female
Birthdate: 6 January 1847
Birthplace: Dahlonega, Georgia
Death date: Before July 1856
Place of death: Georgia
Burial: Georgia
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name: Never Married

Child No. 8: Thomas Benton REESE
Sex: Male
Birthdate: 6 February 1847
Birthplace: Dahlonega, Georgia
Death date: 1 May 1882
Place of death: Adrian, Missouri
Burial: Crown Hill Cemetery, Adrian, Missouri
Marriage date: 28 December 1873
Marriage place: Georgia
Spouse's name: Gertrude Elizabeth STOLPE
 

Documentation:
Research and records of John Burnett of Reno, NV.
Research of Mr. Donald E. O'Rourke, Sr. of Gallipolis, Ohio.  Tombstone
Records of Level Creek Cemetery, Suwanee, Gwinnett Co., Georgia.  Georgia
Death Certificates.  Solomon Reese was a carpenter and miner.  He died en
route to the California gold fields.  He and his family joined the
Methodist Church.  A cousin, James Reese, who was a Methodist Minister
wrote in his autobiography that Solomon Reese had been described as being
of noble disposition and even tempered.  Solomon Reese and his wife have
many descendants in Georgia.  The earlier spelling of the family name was
Rees.