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Contributor: Melvin Lee Toothman
Inquiries to Glenn Jacob Roy Thronton Toothman III
Collection: Melvin Lee Toothman Collection (Code: TOOL)
Series: Rees (Code: AN002)
Item #: TOOL_AN002_0001
Photographer: No photographer listed.
Physical Detail: To Be Added
Date: circa 1898
Caption: 1) James Buchanon Rees [1858-1930]
2) Elizabeth "Bettie" (Furr) Rees [1857-1903]
3) Armazinda [-?-] Gates
4) Hannah (McClaughery) Furr
5) Rev. William Davis Rees [1821-1899]
6) Sarah Anne Rees
7) James Harold Rees
8) Harriet Ellsworth (Rees) Harlow
9) Jessica Isabelle (Rees) Huston
10) Edna Furr Rees [1884-1903]
11) Elsie Huffman (Rees) Toothman [1890-1982]

Description / Citation: Photograph of the Rees family, pictured: 1) James Buchanon Rees [1858-1930] - husband of (1) Elizabeth "Bettie" Furr & (2) Grace Sheetz, son of Rev. William Davis Rees & Harriet Ann Johnson; 2) Elizabeth "Bettie" (Furr) Rees [1857-1903] - wife of James Buchanon Rees, daughter of Benjamin Franklin Furr & Hannah McClaughery; 3) Armazinda [-?-] Gates; 4) Hannah (McClaughery) Furr - wife of Benjamin Franklin Furr; 5) Rev. William Davis Rees [1821-1899] - husband of Harriet Ann Johnson; 6) Sarah Anne Rees - daughter of Rev. William Davis Rees & Harriet Ann Johnson; 7) James Harold Rees - son of James Buchanon Rees & Elizabeth "Bettie" Furr; 8) Harriet Ellsworth (Rees) Harlow - daughter of James Buchanon Rees & Elizabeth "Bettie" Furr; 9) Jessica Isabelle (Rees) Huston - daughter of James Buchanon Rees & Elizabeth "Bettie" Furr; 10) Edna Furr Rees [1884-1903] - daughter of James Buchanon Rees & Elizabeth "Bettie" Furr; 11) Elsie Huffman (Rees) Toothman [1890-1982] - daughter of James Buchanon Rees & Elizabeth "Bettie" Furr. Reproduction, professional photograph, no photographer listed. The Rees Series photographs were passed from James Buchanon Rees [1858-1930] and his first wife, Elizabeth "Bettie" Furr [1857-1903], to their daughter Elsie Huffman Rees [1890-1982] and her husband, Glenn Jacob Roy Thornton Toothman Sr. [1891-1967], to their son Melvin Lee Toothman who owned and shared the photographs with the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Photo Archives Project in 2007. Each generation added to the collection with photographs from their own family and in-laws. The Rees Series is a part of the Melvin Lee Toothman Collection.


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