James Buchanan Rees and Elizabeth (Furr) Rees family

Photograph

Greene Connections

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2022.8.9

Description

James Buchanan Rees family, pictured: 1) James Buchanan 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 Buchanan 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 Anna Rees - daughter of Rev. William Davis Rees & Harriet Ann Johnson 7) James Harold Rees - son of James Buchanan Rees & Elizabeth "Bettie" Furr; 8) Harriet Ellsworth (Rees) Harlow - daughter of James Buchanan Rees & Elizabeth "Bettie" Furr; 9) Jessica Isabelle (Rees) Huston - daughter of James Buchanan Rees & Elizabeth "Bettie" Furr; 10) Edna Furr Rees [1884-1903] - daughter of James Buchanan Rees & Elizabeth "Bettie" Furr; 11) Elsie Huffman (Rees) Toothman [1890-1982] - daughter of James Buchanan Rees & Elizabeth "Bettie" Furr. Reproduction, no photographer listed.

Photograph Details

Subject Person or Organization

Rees, Elsie Huffman [1890-1982], Rees, James Buchanan [1858-1930], Furr, Elizabeth "Bettie" [1857-1903], ?, Armazinda [1825-1915], McClaughery, Hannah [1826-], Rees, William Davis [1821-1899], Rees, Sarah Anna [1869-1952], Rees, James Harold [1896-1956], Rees, Harriet Ellsworth [1887-1992], Rees, Jessica Isabelle [1893-1966], Rees, Edna Furr [1884-1903]

Collection

Melvin Lee Toothman Collection

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1898

Lexicon

Search Terms

Furr family, Rees family

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

TOOL_AN002_0001

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; circa 1898; item no. TOOL_AN002_0001, Rees Series, Melvin Lee Toothman Collection, Greene Connections Archives Project (www.GreeneConnections.com).