Husband David Reel 1 2
Born: 22 Jan 1798 - Ross Twp, Allegheny Co, PA 1 3
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Died: 15 Sep 1868 4
Buried: - Hiland Church, Allegheny Co, PA
Father: Casper Reel (1742-1824) 5 6 7
Mother: Elizabeth Wise (1760-1843) 2 8
Marriage:
Wife Isabella Wiley 3 4
Born:
Christened:
Died: 1875 4
Buried: - Hiland Church, Allegheny Co, PA
Children
1 M William Valentine Reel 9 10
Born: 1 Feb 1831 - Allegheny Co, PA 11
Christened:
Died: Aft 1904
Buried:
Spouse: Elizabeth Spence ( - ) 10 11
Spouse: Elizabeth Jackman ( - ) 11 12
2 M George Washington Reel 4 10
Born: - Ross Twp, Allegheny Co, PA
Christened:
Died: 2 Dec 1864 - Andersonville Confederate Prison, Andersonville, GA 13
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3 M David Reel, Jr. 4 14
Born: 1 Jan 1837 - Ross Twp, Allegheny Co, PA 4 12
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Anna Redpath ( - ) 4 12
Marr: 13 Sep 1866 12
4 F Mary Reel 10
Born: - Ross Twp, Allegheny Co, PA
Christened:
Died: in infancy
Buried:
Spouse: Did Not Marry
5 M Wiley Reel 4 10
Born: - Ross Twp, Allegheny Co, PA
Christened:
Died: 4 Mar 1865 - near Fortress Monroe, VA 13
Cause of Death: Drowning
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General Notes: Husband - David Reel
He was born several hours before his twin brother, Casper. This places him, instead of Casper, as the first white child born north of the Allegheny river.
When he had grown to manhood, he engaged in the shipping of merchandise from Philadelphia by wagon. He became one of the most successful men in the business, being entrusted with large sums of money to pay for goods bought in Philadelphia. The business of shipping goods to and from Philadelphia by wagons became immense, but when the canal was built it ceased altogether. The next business to engage his attention was delivering mail between Pittsburgh and Butler by stage-coach. After continuing the business successfully for some years, he married, and after the death of his father he returned to the old homestead, to improve and cultivate that portion of it received from his father, nearly all of which was heavily timbered. He built a log house in the midst of the forest, and, like his father, began life in the woods. As charcoal was in great demand at that time in Pittsburgh, he manufactured much of his timber into it. By this he was enabled not only to clear off the ground for cultivation, but to make some money besides.
Being successful in his labors on the farm, he built a more modern house on another part of it. This house was noted for the superior quality of lumber from which it was built, and he moved into it in July, 1852. After having lived in the new house for a few years, he purchased a house and lot in the town of Perrysville. This he greatly improved and moved into, having retired from actual labor upon the farm. After spending some years of peaceful rest from toil and care, he died in his seventieth year.