Richard Reece

Richard Reece

• Father: Ennis Reece
• Mother: Eliza (?) b. circa 1834

• Richard Reece was born on 13 December 1857 in Walker County, Texas.
• Richard Reece appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Montgomery County, Texas. Other members of the household included Eliza (?), Mariah Reece, Caroline Reece, Abe Reece and Adaline Reece.
• He was a farmer, according to the 1880 census.
• He married Sally Corner.
• He married Clarissa Gilford, daughter of Guilford and Dilcey, on 3 January 1894 in Walker County, Texas.
• Richard Reece and Clarissa Gilford appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Montgomery County, Texas. Other members of the household included Lettie Reece, Maggie Reece, Sam Reece, Arnell Reece and Oscar Reece. Also in the household was an unnamed daughter, age 6 months.
• He was a farmer, according to the 1900 census.
• Richard Reece and Clarissa Gilford appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Montgomery County, Texas. Other members of the household included Arnell Reece, Oscar Reece, Mildred Reece, Lela L. Reece, Ollie Reece, Sallie Reece and Eliza (?)
• He was a farmer, according to the 1910 census.
• Richard Reece and Clarissa Gilford appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Montgomery County, Texas. Other members of the household included Oscar Reece, Mildred Reece, Lela L. Reece, Ollie Reece and Sallie Reece.
• He was a farmer, according to the 1920 census.
• Richard Reece and Clarissa Gilford appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Montgomery County, Texas. Other members of the household included Lela L. Reece, Sallie Reece and Oscar Philpot. Oscar's mother is enumerated with her sister Ollie in Galveston.
• He was a farmer, according to the 1930 census.
• He officially witnessed the death of Clarissa Gilford on 28 October 1936 in Willis, Montgomery County, Texas.
• Richard Reece became a widower at the 28 October 1936 death of his wife Clarissa Gilford.
• Richard Reece appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Montgomery County, Texas, at Old Danville Highway. Other members of the household included Lela L. Reece. Grandson Floyd Bean also is enumerated with his aunt Mildred Reece in Galveston in 1940.
• He was a farmer, according to the 1940 census.
• Richard Reece died on 17 November 1941 at age 83 in Willis, Montgomery County, Texas, . His death was officially witnessed by Lela L. Reece.
• He was interred at the old Danville cemetery, Montgomery County, Texas, off present-day Shepard Hill Road, near Willis.

• Last Edited: 25 Oct 2015