Brief Life History of David Morgan
When David Morgan Rees was born on 13 July 1845, in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Davis Rees, was 30 and his mother, Mary Catherine Morgan, was 23. He married Laura Burbank on 12 December 1870, in Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1850. He died on 20 January 1940, in Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States, at the age of 94, and was buried in Brigham City Cemetery, Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States.
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- David ?Eece in household of John ?Eece, "United States Census, 1850"
- David Morgan Rees, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
- David M Rees in entry for David Lorin Rees, "Utah, Brigham City Family History Center, Obituary Collection, 1930-2015"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1847
Historical Boundaries: 1847: Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
Name Meaning
Welsh: variant of Rice .
German: habitational name from a place in the Rhineland called Rees.
German: from a short form of the personal name Andreas .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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David Always Remembered, “Come on Boys”
This story was written by Abbie Rees Madsen, a daugther of David M. Rees. It was entered into a contest and won 2nd place. David, a sturdy young pioneer of eighteen was very surprised, and yet not t …
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