William Reese and Mary Smith Booth

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Husband William Reese

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       Marriage: 17 Nov 1797 - Franklin Co., Virginia 1

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Wife Mary Smith Booth

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   Other Spouse: Jonathan Cundiff (      -Bef 1841) - 20 Dec 1812 - Bedford Co., Virginia 2

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Children

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1 F Sophia S. Reese

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           Born: Abt 1803
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           Died: 1 May 1887 - Bedford Co., Virginia 3 4
         Buried:  - Moneta, Bedford Co., Virginia

         Spouse: Robert J. Thurman (      -Bef 1840)
           Marr: 26 Aug 1835 - Bedford Co., Virginia 5 6

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2 M William Washington Reese ³

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           Born: Abt 1805 - Franklin Co., Virginia
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           Died: 3 Jun 1887 - Bedford Co., Virginia
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         Spouse: Mary Robertson (Abt 1807-1870/1880)
           Marr: 28 Apr 1828 - Bedford Co., Virginia 7 8

         Spouse: Emma P. Creasey (Abt 1847-      )
           Marr: 19 Dec 1877 - Bedford Co., Virginia 9

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3 M John Reese

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           Born: Abt 1807 - Virginia
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4 M Silas G. Reese

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           Born: Abt 1808 - Virginia
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         Spouse: Catherine E. Callaway (      -      )
           Marr: 14 Nov 1833 - Franklin Co., Virginia 7 10 11

         Spouse: Eliza M. Rucker (Abt 1819-      )
           Marr: 4 Jan 1842 - Bedford Co., Virginia 7

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5 M Benjamin F. Reese

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           Born: Abt 1812 - Virginia
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           Died: Bef 1840
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General Notes: Husband - William Reese

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CHILDREN:

On October 29, 1821 John Reese of Bedford Co., Virginia sells to Jonathan Cundiff of the same place for $500 all the title that he holds in the land belonging to the estate of his father William Reese, dec'd, as a legatee, which tracts are in Bedford and Franklin Counties. The tract in Bedford Co. contains 418 acres and is the land on which his father lived and died, and the tract in Franklin Co. contains 230 acres. One of the witnesses is William W. Reese. (Bedford Co., Virginia Deed Records, Book 17, pg 160, image 396/534 at familysearch.org)

On October 5, 1841 Sophia S. Thurman of Bedford Co., Virginia purchases for $400 the land alotted to Benjamin F. Reese, dec'd, of the lands of Wm. Reese, dec'd. It is a tract in Bedford Co. of 46 acres, more or less, and the adjoining property owners are Justus Hancock on the north and west, Franklin Headon on the south, and Cundiff legatees and Sophia S. Thurman on the east and northeast. The grantors are

1) John Reese and Mary, his wife, of Shelby Co., Illinois by his attorney William W. Reese of Bedford Co.,
2) William W. Reese and Mary, his wife, of Bedford Co.,
3) Richard J. Cundiff, Mary S. Cundiff, and Mary S. Cundiff (widow) of Bedford Co., and
4) Silas G. Reese of Franklin Co., Virginia.

(Bedford Co., Virginia Deed Records, Book 29, pg 380, image 461/516 at familysearch.org)

1 Virginia, U.S., Select Marriages, 1785-1940, FHL Film # 31523, p82. Repository: http://www.ancestry.com.

2 Virginia, U.S., Select Marriages, 1785-1940, FHL Film # 30591, pg 3. Repository: http://www.ancestry.com.

3 Virginia, U.S., Deaths and Burials Index 1853-1917, FHL Film # 2056975. Repository: http://www.ancestry.com.

4 "Find-a-Grave," Memorial # 103300252.

5 Virginia, U.S., Select Marriages, 1785-1940, FHL Film # 30591, pg 62. Repository: http://www.ancestry.com.

6 U.S., Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol I-VI, 1607-1943, Marriage Bonds of Bedford Co., Virginia; pg 1004. Repository: ancestry.com.

7 "Virginia, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1740-1850," Repository: http://www.ancestry.com.

8 "Familysearch.org," "Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1771-1989," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZH7-NWQQ), William W Reese, 28 Apr 1828; citing Marriage, Bedford, Virginia.

9 Virginia, U.S., Select Marriages, 1785-1940, FHL Firm # 0030597; no image. Repository: http://www.ancestry.com.

10 "Franklin County, Virginia, Marriage Bond Index, 1786-1858," pg 192. Repository: http://www.ancestry.com.

11 Virginia, U.S., Select Marriages, 1785-1940, FHL Film # 31523, pg 82. Repository: http://www.ancestry.com.