Valentine Reece

Brief Life History of Valentine

When Valentine Reece was born on 4 October 1852, in Watauga, North Carolina, United States, his father, John Reece, was 39 and his mother, Cynthia Isaacs, was 32. He married Alice Malissa Ann Blair on 3 March 1872, in Watauga, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Civil District 3, Johnson, Tennessee, United States in 1900 and Goodson District, Washington, Virginia, United States in 1910. He died on 22 January 1930, at the age of 77, and was buried in Holston Valley Church Cemetery, Abingdon, Washington, Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Valentine Reece
1852–1930
Alice Malissa Ann Blair
1856–1955
Marriage: 3 March 1872
John Franklin Reece
1873–1961
Almettie Rosabelle Reece
1875–1920
Almettie Rosabelle "Rosa" Reese Hartley
1876–
Charles Marion Reece
1878–1970
Walter Lucien Reece
1880–1937
Abner Smith Reece
1882–1960
Maggie Alice Reece
1885–1966
Bertie Florence Reece
1888–1949
William Andrew Reece Sr
1891–1979
Lydia Ann Virginia Reece
1893–1981
Mary Winifred Reece
1896–1986
Raymond Clyde Reece
1899–1965

Sources (20)

  • Valentine Reice in household of John Reice, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Valentine Reece, "United States, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
  • Valentine Reece, "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966"

World Events (8)

1853 · First State Fair

The first state fair in North Carolina was held in Raleigh and was put on by the North Carolina State Agricultural Society in 1853. The fair has been continuous except for during the American Civil War and Reconstruction and WWII.

1861 · The Battle of Manassas

The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run. 

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

Welsh: variant of Reese .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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