(from Flashback, Nov. 1951, "The Dedication of the Plaque on the Henry Rieff House" by Miss Jobelle Holcombe)
John Rieff, was a son of Christopher Rieff,(who was) born of German descent in Pennsylvania where he lived during the Revolutionary War; thence he moved to Wilson County, Tennessee in 1800. He died in 1824. (Christopher's wife) Mary Wilschannah, was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
John Rieff was born in Winchester, Virginia, in 1787. He later lived in Wilson County, Tennessee. He married Hannah Ross, who was born in North Carolina. Her father, Henry Ross, having come from Ireland in 1750, fought in the Revolutionary War and guarded prisoners at Guilford Court House. John Rieff's brothers, as well as those of Hannah Ross, fought in the Creek Indian War and in the Mexican War under General Jackson.
John and Hannah Rieff sold their farm in Wilson County, Tennessee, and set out for Arkansas in 1838. They took up their abode about six miles south of Fayetteville. They and their sons seem to have owned a large acreage - the Kelly place, Kessler Mountain, and what is now known as Trent Mountain. The family owned properties also in Fayetteville. John & Hannah's son, Henry Rieff, owned one of the finest homes in Fayetteville - which had the dedication of an historical plaque in 1951.
In platting the land, John Rieff reserved an acre of ground for the Rieff cemetery and an acre for Rieff's Chapel. The chapel was built and used as a church for many years. It was destroyed by a cyclone. There are still remains of it.
Here at Rieffs Chapel Cemetery, John Rieff, the patriarch from Wilson County, Tennessee, is surrounded in death, as he was in life, by numerous members of his family. It is now apparent that five of the six Rieff children who grew to maturity are buried in the plot: Orren M., Washington G., Polly, Henry, and Elizabeth.
John Rieff, was a son of Christopher Rieff,(who was) born of German descent in Pennsylvania where he lived during the Revolutionary War; thence he moved to Wilson County, Tennessee in 1800. He died in 1824. (Christopher's wife) Mary Wilschannah, was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
John Rieff was born in Winchester, Virginia, in 1787. He later lived in Wilson County, Tennessee. He married Hannah Ross, who was born in North Carolina. Her father, Henry Ross, having come from Ireland in 1750, fought in the Revolutionary War and guarded prisoners at Guilford Court House. John Rieff's brothers, as well as those of Hannah Ross, fought in the Creek Indian War and in the Mexican War under General Jackson.
John and Hannah Rieff sold their farm in Wilson County, Tennessee, and set out for Arkansas in 1838. They took up their abode about six miles south of Fayetteville. They and their sons seem to have owned a large acreage - the Kelly place, Kessler Mountain, and what is now known as Trent Mountain. The family owned properties also in Fayetteville. John & Hannah's son, Henry Rieff, owned one of the finest homes in Fayetteville - which had the dedication of an historical plaque in 1951.
In platting the land, John Rieff reserved an acre of ground for the Rieff cemetery and an acre for Rieff's Chapel. The chapel was built and used as a church for many years. It was destroyed by a cyclone. There are still remains of it.
Here at Rieffs Chapel Cemetery, John Rieff, the patriarch from Wilson County, Tennessee, is surrounded in death, as he was in life, by numerous members of his family. It is now apparent that five of the six Rieff children who grew to maturity are buried in the plot: Orren M., Washington G., Polly, Henry, and Elizabeth.
(from Flashback, Nov. 1951, "The Dedication of the Plaque on the Henry Rieff House" by Miss Jobelle Holcombe)
John Rieff, was a son of Christopher Rieff,(who was) born of German descent in Pennsylvania where he lived during the Revolutionary War; thence he moved to Wilson County, Tennessee in 1800. He died in 1824. (Christopher's wife) Mary Wilschannah, was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
John Rieff was born in Winchester, Virginia, in 1787. He later lived in Wilson County, Tennessee. He married Hannah Ross, who was born in North Carolina. Her father, Henry Ross, having come from Ireland in 1750, fought in the Revolutionary War and guarded prisoners at Guilford Court House. John Rieff's brothers, as well as those of Hannah Ross, fought in the Creek Indian War and in the Mexican War under General Jackson.
John and Hannah Rieff sold their farm in Wilson County, Tennessee, and set out for Arkansas in 1838. They took up their abode about six miles south of Fayetteville. They and their sons seem to have owned a large acreage - the Kelly place, Kessler Mountain, and what is now known as Trent Mountain. The family owned properties also in Fayetteville. John & Hannah's son, Henry Rieff, owned one of the finest homes in Fayetteville - which had the dedication of an historical plaque in 1951.
In platting the land, John Rieff reserved an acre of ground for the Rieff cemetery and an acre for Rieff's Chapel. The chapel was built and used as a church for many years. It was destroyed by a cyclone. There are still remains of it.
Here at Rieffs Chapel Cemetery, John Rieff, the patriarch from Wilson County, Tennessee, is surrounded in death, as he was in life, by numerous members of his family. It is now apparent that five of the six Rieff children who grew to maturity are buried in the plot: Orren M., Washington G., Polly, Henry, and Elizabeth.
John Rieff, was a son of Christopher Rieff,(who was) born of German descent in Pennsylvania where he lived during the Revolutionary War; thence he moved to Wilson County, Tennessee in 1800. He died in 1824. (Christopher's wife) Mary Wilschannah, was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
John Rieff was born in Winchester, Virginia, in 1787. He later lived in Wilson County, Tennessee. He married Hannah Ross, who was born in North Carolina. Her father, Henry Ross, having come from Ireland in 1750, fought in the Revolutionary War and guarded prisoners at Guilford Court House. John Rieff's brothers, as well as those of Hannah Ross, fought in the Creek Indian War and in the Mexican War under General Jackson.
John and Hannah Rieff sold their farm in Wilson County, Tennessee, and set out for Arkansas in 1838. They took up their abode about six miles south of Fayetteville. They and their sons seem to have owned a large acreage - the Kelly place, Kessler Mountain, and what is now known as Trent Mountain. The family owned properties also in Fayetteville. John & Hannah's son, Henry Rieff, owned one of the finest homes in Fayetteville - which had the dedication of an historical plaque in 1951.
In platting the land, John Rieff reserved an acre of ground for the Rieff cemetery and an acre for Rieff's Chapel. The chapel was built and used as a church for many years. It was destroyed by a cyclone. There are still remains of it.
Here at Rieffs Chapel Cemetery, John Rieff, the patriarch from Wilson County, Tennessee, is surrounded in death, as he was in life, by numerous members of his family. It is now apparent that five of the six Rieff children who grew to maturity are buried in the plot: Orren M., Washington G., Polly, Henry, and Elizabeth.
Inscription
fragment of original tombstone reads, "J.R., aged 82 yrs. 11 mos. 14 days."
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