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Chapman (1880), Liberty Township biographies
b. 22 Dec. 1811, Grainger Co., Tenn. (as transcribed “Granger”), son of Charles and Mary (Glascow) Reece (p. 729). Log-school education described; went to Fayette Co., Ind., in 1832, lived there until 1842; c. 1835 came to this township and purchased a farm, visiting it occasionally; moved onto it in 1842 (p. 729). M. 26 Apr. 1838 Nancy M. Wilson, daughter of Jeremiah A. and Rebecca (Stubblefield) Wilson; eight children, six living, named — incl. James N. Reece (p. 729). Held various township offices, among them Trustee, at pointer here (p. 729). He and his wife are members of the M. E. Church (p. 729). Narrative: a principal founder-aider of the North Liberty Methodist church in 1851 and a leading farmer (pp. 719–720). [REGISTER] Carrying fact: father of the school principal J. N. Reece (§6) and a Methodist founding-aider — the family that gives the town both a church founder and a principal.