William Augustus Reese 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: Abt 1826 - Georgia
    Christening: 
          Death: 1865 1
         Burial: in Springfield Bapt. Ch. Cem., Early Co., Georgia
 Cause of Death:
Parents 
         Father: Joseph Reese (1780/1790-1840)
         Mother: Catharine (Abt 1805-After 1860)
Spouses and Children 
1. *Talitha McCormack (22 Dec 1835 - 5 Mar 1916)
       Marriage: 18 Feb 1857 - Early Co., Georgia 2 3
Notes
General:
CENSUS:

<pre>1860 Early Co., Georgia, 26th Dist, p.o. Octavia; July 10; pg 21
186
Augustus Reese 34 M Ga $---/$1000 Overseer
Talitha " 24 F Ga
Jacob E. " 8 M Ga
Francis " 6 F Ga
Sarah " 5 F Ga
Mary " 2 F Ga
Martha " 6/12 F Ga </pre>

The three older children were born before the marriage of Augustus and Talitha. On 4 Oct 1850 an Augustus Reese married Sarah Pickles in Wilkinson Co., Georgia. That Augustus Reese may be this Augustus Reese.

Early Co. is south of Stewart Co. in the same part of the state whereas Wilkinson Co. is in the middle of the state adjoining Jones Co.

BURIAL:

Find-a-Grave Memorial # 55606281:

The marker mistakenly gives his birth year as 1834.

"William Augustus Reese b: 1826 in Georgia d: 28 Jan 1865 in Quitman, Ga. This could be Quitman in Brooks County, Ga, or in Quitman County, Ga. This marker is a Memorial marker only-it was placed here by great great grandaughter, llena Gilbert Drake, Fact 1: 1860 Census listed him in Early County, Georgia, 34 years old and an overseer. Fact 2: Joined Confederate Army as a private in Company G. 29 Battalion Ga. Volunteers. Wounded in 1864 and died in a field hospital. Buried in Quitman, (I think Quitman Co., Ga, however, others believe in Quitman, Brooks County, Ga.)"
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Sources

1 "Find-a-Grave," Memorial # 55606281.

2 Georgia, Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828-1978, Early > Marriages, Book 3, 1854-1867. Repository: http://www.ancestry.com.

3 "Familysearch.org," "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXJ8-463), Augustus Reese and Telitha Mc Cormack, 18 Feb 1857; citing Marriage, Early, Georgia; Morrow, FHL microfilm 164,093.

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