John Rees

1840 - 1864  (24 years)

• Name	John Rees
  Birth	6 Dec 1840	West Mulberry, Lincoln Co., TN
  Gender	Male
  _UID	EE9DDAF2EC0FD511B568BD47275DDA4E05EF
  Death	9 Dec 1864	Franklin, TN
  Person ID	I4856	sorrells
  Last Modified	4 Jun 1999

  
  

  Father	Joel Rees,   b. 4 Feb 1804, Bedford Co., VA d. 31 Oct 1861, Moore Co., TN (Age 57 years)
  Mother	Patience Edde,   b. 17 May 1817   d. 23 Mar 1883, Moore Co., TN (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	16 Jan 1840	Lincoln Co., TN
  Family ID	F1864	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Jane Bryant,   b. 25 Oct 1846, Tipton Co., TN d. 5 Sep 1921, Lynchburg, TN (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	22 Jun 1863	West Mulberry, Lincoln Co., TN
  Children	1. Johnnie Edna Rees,   b. 16 Jul 1864, Lincoln Co., TN d. 11 May 1943, Winchester, TN (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F1929	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Oct 2024

  
  

• Notes

  John Rees was fatally wounded while he and others from Lincoln Co., TN were storming the last breastworks of the Union Army during the Battle of Franklin. Among those that were wounded was Henry Bradshaw Morgan who lost an arm. John Rees was accompanied by a servant, Phil, who rode from Franklin to Lynchburg without stopping to notify Mary Jane of her husband's wound. Mary Jane took her very young daughter, Johnnie Edna, and went to Franklin driving a buggy with Phil in company. She returned with the body of her husband and also brought back Henry Morgan. Mary Jane later married Henry. Phil, the servant, upon receiving his freedom took the family name of Rees and became one of the most respected men in that area.