The Franklin Democrat, Friday, July 27, 1894, Volume XXXV, Number 3, page 1, column 4
Rev. John Reece, father of H. B. Reece of this city, died Wednesday at his home in Shelbyville. A special from that city July 24 says:
Rev. John Reece, the pioneer Baptist minister of southern Indiana, died at his home here this morning, aged seventy-five years. He was born in Clark county, of German parents, and was descended of several generations of preachers. Early in life he entered the Baptist ministry. He graduated from Franklin College. For more than a quarter of a century he was pastor of Mount Pisgah Church, in this county, and has preached in nearly every county in the State. He celebrated more than a thousand marriages and preached more funeral sermons than any man in the county. He was twice married and leaves a widow, quite aged, and two sons, Benjamin H. Reece, who resides in Franklin, and William V. Reece, of this city.
[Submitted by Mark McCrady and Cathea Curry]
Rev. John Reece, father of H. B. Reece of this city, died Wednesday at his home in Shelbyville. A special from that city July 24 says:
Rev. John Reece, the pioneer Baptist minister of southern Indiana, died at his home here this morning, aged seventy-five years. He was born in Clark county, of German parents, and was descended of several generations of preachers. Early in life he entered the Baptist ministry. He graduated from Franklin College. For more than a quarter of a century he was pastor of Mount Pisgah Church, in this county, and has preached in nearly every county in the State. He celebrated more than a thousand marriages and preached more funeral sermons than any man in the county. He was twice married and leaves a widow, quite aged, and two sons, Benjamin H. Reece, who resides in Franklin, and William V. Reece, of this city.
[Submitted by Mark McCrady and Cathea Curry]
The Franklin Democrat, Friday, July 27, 1894, Volume XXXV, Number 3, page 1, column 4
Rev. John Reece, father of H. B. Reece of this city, died Wednesday at his home in Shelbyville. A special from that city July 24 says:
Rev. John Reece, the pioneer Baptist minister of southern Indiana, died at his home here this morning, aged seventy-five years. He was born in Clark county, of German parents, and was descended of several generations of preachers. Early in life he entered the Baptist ministry. He graduated from Franklin College. For more than a quarter of a century he was pastor of Mount Pisgah Church, in this county, and has preached in nearly every county in the State. He celebrated more than a thousand marriages and preached more funeral sermons than any man in the county. He was twice married and leaves a widow, quite aged, and two sons, Benjamin H. Reece, who resides in Franklin, and William V. Reece, of this city.
[Submitted by Mark McCrady and Cathea Curry]
Rev. John Reece, father of H. B. Reece of this city, died Wednesday at his home in Shelbyville. A special from that city July 24 says:
Rev. John Reece, the pioneer Baptist minister of southern Indiana, died at his home here this morning, aged seventy-five years. He was born in Clark county, of German parents, and was descended of several generations of preachers. Early in life he entered the Baptist ministry. He graduated from Franklin College. For more than a quarter of a century he was pastor of Mount Pisgah Church, in this county, and has preached in nearly every county in the State. He celebrated more than a thousand marriages and preached more funeral sermons than any man in the county. He was twice married and leaves a widow, quite aged, and two sons, Benjamin H. Reece, who resides in Franklin, and William V. Reece, of this city.
[Submitted by Mark McCrady and Cathea Curry]
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