Benjamin Franklin Reese and Dora Berkey

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Husband Benjamin Franklin Reese ^{1 2 3}

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         Father: William Reese (1787-1892) 4 5 6
         Mother: Elizabeth Joseph (Abt 1798-1874) 6

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• Family History: from Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914).
To read a sketch of the history of this family, click here.

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Wife Dora Berkey ^{1 3 7}

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Children

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1 M William Reese ^{7 8}

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           Born: 28 Sep 1891 3
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         Spouse: Hazel McNees (1891-      ) 8
           Marr: 15 Mar 1930 8

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General Notes: Husband - Benjamin Franklin Reese

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He received an academic education in Pittsburgh. As a youth he enlisted in the Sixth Regiment, United States Cavalry, July 6, 1861, at Pittsburgh, and was in honorable service until the time of his official discharge at Petersburg, Virginia, July 6, 1864. For more than forty years he was identified with the brick business, both in practical working and manufacture, and as part proprietor of large concerns.

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General Notes: Wife - Dora Berkey

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from Bolivar, Westmoreland Co, PA

1 Editor, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 481.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. IV (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 129.

3 Thomas E. Armstrong & June H. Moyer, History of the Armstrong Family from 980 to 1939 A.D. (Sharon, PA: 1939), Pg 48.

4 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Indiana and Armstrong Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: John M. Gresham & Co., 1891), Pg 529.

5 Editor, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 480.

6 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. IV (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 128.

7 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. IV (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 138.

8 Thomas E. Armstrong & June H. Moyer, History of the Armstrong Family from 980 to 1939 A.D. (Sharon, PA: 1939), Pg 47.