James Buchanan Rees and Elizabeth Bettie (Furr) Rees family

Photograph

Greene Connections

Name/Title

James Buchanan Rees and Elizabeth "Bettie" (Furr) Rees family

Entry/Object ID

2022.8.12

Description

James Buchanan Rees and Elizabeth "Bettie" (Furr) Rees family, pictured [Left-Right]: STANDING IN BACK – Harriet Ellsworth (Rees) Harlow, Melvin Davis Rees; SEATED IN FRONT - Elsie Huffman (Rees) Toothman, James Harold Rees, Jessica Isabelle (Rees) Huston. Original, no photographer listed.

Photograph Details

Subject Person or Organization

Rees, Elsie Huffman [1890-1982], Rees, Harriet Ellsworth [1887-1992], Rees, Jessica Isabelle [1893-1966], Rees, Melvin Davis [1899-1978], Rees, James Harold [1896-1956]

Collection

Melvin Lee Toothman Collection

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1915

Lexicon

Search Terms

Rees family

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

TOOL_AN002_0004

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Rees Series - Melvin Lee Toothman Collection

Notes

The Rees Series was passed from James Buchanan 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 [1922-2015], who owned and shared the photographs with the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project in 2007. SOURCE CITATION: James Buchanan Rees and Elizabeth "Bettie" (Furr) Rees family, pictured [Left-Right]: STANDING IN BACK – Harriet Ellsworth (Rees) Harlow, Melvin Davis Rees, SEATED IN FRONT - Elsie Huffman (Rees) Toothman, James Harold Rees, Jessica Isabelle (Rees) Huston; circa 1915; item no. TOOL_AN002_0004, Rees Series, Melvin Lee Toothman Collection, Greene Connections Archives Project (www.GreeneConnections.com).