1880 - 1912 (31 years)
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Name |
Spencer Herbert Rees |
Birth |
27 Nov 1880 |
Oakland, Colorado Co., TX |
Gender |
Male |
_UID |
F68BCDDA50F5D611BE2500C0267EFAB04572 |
Death |
6 Mar 1912 |
Texas |
Burial |
Odd Fellows Cemetery, Weimar, Colorado Co., TX |
Person ID |
I23145 |
sorrells |
Last Modified |
2 Nov 2002 |
Father |
Samuel Houston Rees, b. 4 Aug 1859, Texas d. 16 Mar 1899, Columbus, Colorado Co., TX (Age 39 years) |
Mother |
Keron Blanche Townsend, b. 4 Aug 1858, Colorado Co., Texas d. 13 Nov 1944, Columbus, Colorado Co., Texas (Age 86 years) |
Marriage |
27 Sep 1876 |
Rosenberg, Fort Bend Co., TX |
Family ID |
F8527 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Notes |
- accidently shot himself
Reese, Spencer Herbert
HERBERT REES KILLED
News reached this city this morning that Herb Rees, son of the
late Sam Rees of Colorado County, and nephew of F. S. Rees and
Mesdames W. S.Woolsey and J. P. Williams of this city was killed
last night about ten o'clock.
Details of the affair were unobtainable, but the statement is
that he was killed accidentally.
He was deputy sheriff of Colorado County and it is the theory of
friends here that he was tinkering with his pistol when it was
accidentally discharged.
Messrs. F. S. Rees and J. P. Williams will go to Columbus
tonight to attend the funeral.
Herbert Rees resided here with his mother a number of years and
has many friends here who will deeply deplore the tragedy that
resulted in his death.
..J. P. Williams and wife, F. S. Rees and daughter, Mrs. Beacham
and H. L. Wade left last night to attend the funeral of the late
Herbert Rees.
Yoakum Herald, March 12, 1912
Submitted by Deborah Smith
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