REECE, Rev. John
Date of death: 24 Jul 1894 – Shelbyville, Shelby County, Indiana
The Franklin Democrat, Friday, July 27, 1894,
Volume XXXV Number 3, page 1 column 4
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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.
The Franklin Democrat, Friday, July 27, 1894,
Volume XXXV Number 3, page 6 column 2
FROM OVER THE COUNTY.
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SUGAR CREEK.
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Rev. John Reece died at his home Tuesday morning. Funeral services at Shelbyville Thursday.
Link to Rev. John Reece’s grave
Submitted by Mark McCrady and Cathea Curry