Rev. James Ross Reily and Mrs. Louisa McClellan

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Husband Rev. James Ross Reily ¹

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           Born: 31 Oct 1788 - Myerstown, Dauphin (later Lebanon) Co, PA 1
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         Father: Capt. John Reily (1752-1810) 2 3
         Mother: Elizabeth Myer (1755-1800) 4

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       Marriage: 10 Jun 1834 1

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   Other Spouse: Mary Orndorf (      -1820) 1 - 31 Aug 1819 1

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Wife Mrs. Louisa McClellan ¹

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Children

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1 M Rev. William McClellan Reily ¹

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           Born: 1837 - York, York Co, PA 1
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General Notes: Husband - Rev. James Ross Reily

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His mother dying when he was about twelve years of age, he was given to the care of his maternal aunt, the wife of the Rev. Dr. Hendel, then pastor at Tulpehocken, Pennsylvania. Here he remained until the age of fifteen, when he went to Womelsdorf to learn merchandising. Having meanwhile felt the impulses of a higher mission, in 1809 he commenced his theological studies with the Rev. Dr. Becker, of Baltimore. In
1812, at the Synod of the Reformed Church held at Philadelphia, he was licensed as a catechist, and having already received a call from the churches in Lyken's Valley he was sent thither. At the meeting of Synod in 1813, owing to the earnest entreaty of the destitute congregations in North Carolina, Rev. Dr. Becker, whose pupil Mr. Reily had been, proposed the latter for that mission, and he was accordingly set apart for that work. He returned to his charge on the Susquehanna in December of that year. From 1816 to 1818 he represented the county of Dauphin in the State Legislature, though he did not resign his charge, his congregations having been meanwhile supplied from other sources. He was ordained in 1817.
About the close of 1818, he accepted a call from Hagerstown, Maryland, and some affiliated congregations. His health, however, soon began to fail, and he resigned his charge, preaching his farewell discourse April 24, 1825. At this time the establishment of a theological seminary by his church required an agent to be sent to Europe to secure aid from the churches in the Fatherland. Mr. Reily accepted the agency, not because he was deeply interested in the success of the institution, but that he hoped his health might be benefited by the voyage. He remained abroad one year and a half, having collected nearly seven thousand dollars in money and several thousand volumes of books which he received as gifts. His health showing a temporary improvement induced him to accept a call from the congregation at York, of which he was pastor from April 1, 1827, until July 20, 1831, when he resigned, owing to ill health. In 1834 he was register for the county of York, held the office of justice of the peace during the latter part of his life, and kept a book-store at York.
"In the pulpit he was grave and earnest. As a preacher he was ready, fluent, and often truly eloquent."

He had two sons with his second wife, one of whom became a minister in the Reformed Church.

1 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Lebanon in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 318.

2 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 530.

3 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Lebanon in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 290
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4 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Lebanon in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 290.