U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Reese, Arthur (b. 1867) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Upshur County West Virginia From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by W. B. Cutright Buckhannon, W. Va., July 1, 1907 Pages 558-559 ARTHUR REESE, contractor, and Mayor of South Buckhannon for 1907. Was born April 3, 1867, on Hickory Flat. His parents were Samuel and Caroline (Dunbar) Reese. His grandparents were, Solomon and Elizabeth (Flinchbaugh) Reese. He was educated in the public schools and summer normals in and around his home, after which he taught one year and turned his attention to carpentering which trade he has followed since. He has been a contractor and a manufacturer of artificial stone in Buckhannon. Has served on the Council of South Buckhannon and was Sargeant for one year. During the summer of 1907 he was superintendent of the Elkins Planing Mill Company. July 27, 1902, he married Celia Phillips, a daughter of Simeon and Nancy R. (Bodkins) Phillips and to this marriage have been born two children, whose names are: Seward Phillips, born June 3, 1903, and Xenna, born April, 1906. Mr. Reese owns a splendid home in South Buckhannon. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Marriage License, Upshur County, WV (Page 39) Arthur Reece (age 35, born in Upshur County, WV) son of Samuel & Caroline Reece Celia Phillips (age 24, born in Upshur County, WV) Caughter of Simeon & Nancy Phillips were married August 27, 1902 at Simeon Phillips, in Buckhannon by S. L. Postlewait, a Minister of the Gospel ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Upshur County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/upshur/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------