When William Reese was born on 7 August 1807, in Newberry, South Carolina, United States, his father, John Reese, was 39 and his mother, Mary Johnston, was 38. He married Margaret Caroline Plumblee about 1835, in Henderson, Vance, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in North Carolina, United States in 1870 and Hoopers Creek, Henderson, North Carolina, United States in 1880. He died on 6 April 1886, in Hendersonville, Henderson, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Patty's Chapel Cemetery, Fletcher, Henderson, North Carolina, United States.
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Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Oldest grave seen in the memorials list.
In 1829 Fort Sumter is constructed in the Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. Fort Sumter is most known for being the site of the first shots of the Civil War. It is barely ready when the American Civil War starts.
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.
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