Fourth Generation

12. Edward Hampton REES (1) was born in 1785 in Spartanburg, SC. He died on 23 Apr 1823 in Rees Creek, Perry Co., IL. Died of Typhoid beside a boulder on Rees Creek while going to the deathbed of his father. The family took sick 10 miles from home. Two little boys came to Judge Layman's home and said that they could not rouse their parents or the two little sisters. He was buried in Beside Rees Creek, Perry Co., IL. Linda Wetzel has his name as Hampton Marion Reese.
From Fred Reese's grandmother:
"Edward Hampton Reese married Catherine Lindsay and lived in Christian County, Ky in 1815. They came to Illinois, first settled in Jackson County, Illinois. Later they moved to Perry County near Old DuQuoin, Illinois and made camp near a creek now known as Reese Creek. Their children were James Lindsay, Edward Hampton , Rueben Ross, Ephriam Timothy, John Douglas , Virginia and Nancy. The story goes that the Reese family had decided to return to Kentucky and was only about two days traveling by wagon train when two small boys rapped on a farmers door and asked for help, that their parents were sick. This country at that date was a wilderness. Traveling by wagons covered and horse drawn. When the farmer and boys arrived at the camp, they found the parents, Edward Hampton and wife Catherine Reese and their twin infant girls were dead. They were buried near the Reese Creek where a large stone marked their graves. They died of milk fever, now know as typhoid. Their five sons were sent to Kentucky to live with their grandparents, Edward Hampton Reese. This was in 1823. Notice the name James Lindsay Reese born 1814 in above story was Brail's grandfather married Mary Elizabeth Biddle. They lived in a log house 1 mile west on Elkville, Illinois , Jackson County. The log house is replaced now in 1989 with another house. There are five Edward Hamptons in the Reese generations. The camp where the deaths occurred is a section east of Old DuQuoin, Illinois called Blue Bell, where the blue bell flowers grow abundantly yet. This day and time there is a foot bridge crossing Reese Creek near where the Reese graves are located, northeast of DuQuoin, Illinois."

Edward Hampton REES (1) and Catherine LINDSAY were married in 1807 in Montgomery Co., TN. May have been in Christian Co., KY. Rod Rees has 1808. Catherine LINDSAY was born in 1792 in KY. She died in Apr 1823 in Rees Creek, Perry Co., IL. Died of Typhoid beside a boulder on Rees Creek while going to the deathbed of her father-in-law. (See husband's note.) She was buried in Beside Rees Creek, Perry Co., IL. Edward Hampton REES (1) and Catherine LINDSAY had the following children:

+45	i.	James Lindsay REES.
+46	ii.	Ephraim Timothy REES (3).
+47	iii.	Reuben Ross REES (1).
48	iv.	Catherine REES (2) was born in 1816 in Christian Co., KY.
49	v.	Emaline REES was born in 1819 in Perry Co., IL.
+50	vi.	John Daniel "Jack" REES.
+51	vii.	Edward Hampton REES (2).
52	viii.	Nancy REES was born before 1823. She died in 1823 in Perry Co., IL. Died of Typhoid beside a boulder on Rees Creek while going to the deathbed of her grandfather. (See father's note)
53	ix.	Virginia (Elizabeth) REES was born before 1823. She died in 1823 in Perry Co., IL. Died of Typhoid beside a boulder on Rees Creek while going to the deathbed of her grandfather. (See father's note)