Colorado County Family Group Sheet Project

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SUBMITTED BY: Deborah Smith
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HUSBAND:  Fleming Sanders REES
date and place of birth:  February 25, 1810  VA or SC
date and place of marriage:  November 27, 1838 Montgomery County, AL
date and place of death:  March 8, 1870  Colorado County, TX
place of burial:  Rees Cemetery, Colorado County, TX
father:  
mother:  
other marriages:
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WIFE:  Nancy WHITTINGTON
date and place of birth:  July 20, 1815  Marion District, SC
date and place of death:  November 9, 1898 Sempronius, Austin County, TX
place of burial:  Oak Knoll Cemetery, Bellville, Austin County, TX
father:  Burrell WHITTINGTON
mother:  Sarah SHOEMAKE
other marriages:  none
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CHILD 1:  Fleming Sanders REES
sex:   M
date and place of birth:  Pike County, AL
date and place of death:  
died in infancy
place of burial:
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CHILD 2:  John Wesley REES
sex: M
military service:  CSA
date and place of birth:  September 20, 1839 Pike County, AL
married:  Rophila F. SMITH
date and place of marriage:  November 29, 1866  TX
date and place of death:  May 30, 1906  Yoakum, Lavaca County, TX
place of burial:  Oak Grove Cemetery, Yoakum, Lavaca County, TX
other marriages:  Chloe Phoebe WOOLSEY
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CHILD 3:  Sarah E. REES
sex: F
date and place of birth:  October 20, 1840  Pike County, AL
married:  George Washington Houchins
date and place of marriage:  January 8, 1857  Austin County, TX
date and place of death:  March 6, 1906  Lavaca County, TX
place of burial:  Hallettsville City Cemetery, Hallettsville, Lavaca County, TX
other marriages:  none
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CHILD 4:  Kinion Wilkerson REES
sex:   M
military service:  CSA
date and place of birth:  January 9, 1842  Pike County, AL
married:  Martha MONTGOMERY
date and place of marriage:  December 14, 1870  Austin County, TX
date and place of death:  August 14, 1918  Austin County, TX
place of burial:  Oak Knoll Cemetery, Bellville, Austin County, TX
other marriages:  none
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CHILD 5:  Mary Jane REES
sex:  F
date and place of birth:  August 23, 1843  Pike County, AL
married:  Spencer Burton TOWNSEND, JR.
date and place of marriage:  December 20, 1866 Lavaca County, TX
date and place of death:  October 24, 1941  Austin, Travis County, Texas
place of burial:  Oak Grove Cemetery, Yoakum, Lavaca County, Texas
other marriages:  William L. BONNER
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CHILD 6:  Nancy Ann REES
sex:   F
date and place of birth:  April 21, 1845
married:  James Marion STYERS
date and place of marriage:  November 7, 1867   Colorado County, TX
date and place of death:  after 1902  Harris County, TX
place of burial:  unknown other marriages:  none ...........................................................................
CHILD 7:  Fleming Sanders REES
sex:  M
date and place of birth:  November 1, 1846  Pike County, AL
married:
date and place of marriage:
date and place of death:  1847 Pike County, AL
place of burial:
other marriages:
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CHILD 8:  Fleming Sanders REES
sex:  M
date and place of birth:  February 16, 1848  Pike County, AL
married:
date and place of marriage:
date and place of death:  1849  died en route from AL to TX
place of burial:  unknown
other marriages:
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CHILD 9:  Martha Elizabeth REES
sex: F
date and place of birth:  July 22 1849  en route to TX
married:  William Sidney WOOLSEY
date and place of marriage:  November 17, 1870  Colorado County, TX
date and place of death:  June 2, 1915  Yoakum, Lavaca County, TX
place of burial:  Oak Grove Cemetery, Yoakum, Lavaca County, TX
other marriages:  none
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CHILD 10:  Burrell Green Whittington REES
sex:  M
date and place of birth:  November 1, 1852  Austin County, TX
married:  Alice Lavinia ELLIOTT
date and place of marriage:  October 26, 1872  TX
date and place of death:  May 17, 1899 Columbus, Colorado County, TX
place of burial:  Odd Fellows Cemetery, Weimar, Colorado County, TX
other marriages:  none
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CHILD 11:  Fleming Sanders REES
sex:  M
date and place of birth:  November 8, 1855  Austin County, TX
married:  Clara B. SMITH
date and place of marriage: April 4, 1878  Colorado County, TX
date and place of death:  September 2, 1940  San Antonio, Bexar County, TX
place of burial:  Mission Burial Park, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX
other marriages:  none
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CHILD 12:  Amanda Virginia REES
sex: F
date and place of birth: June 13, 1857  Austin County, TX
married:  James Pinkney WILLIAMS
date and place of marriage:  November 18, 1875  Colorado County, TX
date and place of death:  June 11, 1930 Schulenburg, Fayette County, TX
place of burial:  Odd Fellows Cemetery, Weimar, Colorado County, TX
other marriages:  none
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CHILD 13:  Samuel Houston REES
sex:  M
date and place of birth:  August 4, 1859  Austin County, TX
married:  Keron Blanche Townsend
date and place of marriage:  September 27, 1876 Colorado County, TX
date and place of death:  March 16, 1899  Columbus, Colorado County, TX
place of burial:  Odd Fellows Cemetery, Weimar, Colorado County, TX
other marriages:  none
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CHILD 14:  Walter Gray REES
sex: M
date and place of birth:  February 2, 1861  probably Austin County, TX
married:  Catherine Ora McKeithen
date and place of marriage:  March 8, 1882 Austin County, TX
date and place of death:  February 26, 1911  Houston, Harris County, TX
place of burial:
other marriages:
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SOURCES: 1840 CENSUS PIKE COUNTY, AL 1850 CENSUS PIKE COUNTY, AL 1860 CENSUS AUSTIN COUNTY, TX 1870 CENSUS COLORADO COUNTY, TX 1880 CENSUS AUSTIN COUNTY, TX 1880 CENSUS COLORADO COUNTY, TX 1900 CENSUS AUSTIN COUNTY, TX 1900 CENSUS GONZALES COUNTY, TX 1900 CENSUS LAVACA COUNTY, TX Odd Fellows Cemetery, Weimar, Colorado County, TX Oak Grove Cemetery, Yoakum, Lavaca County, TX Oak Knoll Cemetery, Bellville, Austin County, TX Rees Cemetery, Colorado County, TX Colorado County Citizen, Nesbitt Library, Columbus, Colorado County, TX STYERS, JAMES M APPLICATION FOR CONFEDERATE PENSION,  State of Texas TOWNSEND, MARY JANE APPLICATION FOR CONFEDERATE PENSION, State of Texas Austin County TX Archives (electronic) Bee County, TX Archives (electronic) Bexar County, TX Archives (electronic) Colorado County TX Archives (electronic) Gonzales County, TX Archives (electronic) Lavaca County, TX Archives (electronic) REES FOLDER, Nesbitt Memorial Library, Columbus, Colorado County, TX WADE, ROPHILA--Notes to Her Children TEXAS 1870 MORTALITY SCHEDULE Jackson, Dr. Ronald Vern (Accelerated Indexing, Inc., Bountiful UT) EARLY ALABAMA MARRIAGES, Family Adventures, San Antonio, TX (J&W Enterprises, Shreveport, LA, 1991) ALABAMA RECORDS, VOLUME 174, MARRIAGES 1832-1837, Gandrud, Pauline Jones BELLVILLE:  THE FOUNDERS AND THEIR LEGACY, Frizzell, Isabel (New Ulm Enterprise, New Ulm, TX) CEMETERIES OF AUSTIN COUNTY TEXAS, Austin County Historical Society FLAMING FEUDS OF COLORADO COUNTY, Rees, John Walter and Rees, Lillian Estelle (Anson Jones Press, Salado, TX) HISTORY OF LAVACA COUNTY, Boethel, Paul C. (Naylor Company, San Antonio, TX 1936) I'LL DIE BEFORE I'LL RUN, THE STORY OF THE GREAT FEUDS OF TEXAS, Sonnichen, C. L. (Harper and Brothers Publishers, NY) LAVACA COUNTY CEMETERY RECORDS, Tise, Sammy (privately published, several volumes) SEVEN TOWNSEND BROTHERS OF TEXAS, Wyatt, Tula Towsend (Aus-Tex Duplications, Inc, Austin, TX) WEIMAR TEXAS:  THE FIRST ONE HUNDRED YEARS, 1873-1973 ...........................................................................
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