Brief Life History of Luther David
When Luther David Reese was born on 12 August 1889, in Jefferson, Tennessee, United States, his father, Randall Reese, was 32 and his mother, Mary Matilda Ketner, was 34. He married Emma Mae or Amy Lewis on 8 April 1917, in Jefferson, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Dandridge, Jefferson, Tennessee, United States in 1935 and Civil District 5, Hawkins, Tennessee, United States in 1940. He died on 5 May 1953, at the age of 63, and was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Kingsport, Sullivan, Tennessee, United States.
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- Auther D Reese in household of Randal Reese, "United States Census, 1900"
- Luther Reese, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- Luther Reese, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
1890 · Woman's Suffrage
An organization formed in favor of women's suffrages. By combining the National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association, the NAWSA eventually increased in membership up to two million people. It is still one of the largest voluntary organizations in the nation today and held a major role in passing the Nineteenth Amendment.
1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
Name Meaning
Welsh: variant of Rice .
North German and Dutch (De Reese): nickname for a very big man, from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch rese ‘giant’.
German: habitational name from any of the places called Rees or Reese, in Rhineland and Lower Saxony.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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