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HUSBAND: Jesse BREES
Birthdate: 28 Jan 1806
Birthplace: Pennsylvania or Ohio
Death date: 10 Jul 1896
Place of death: Knoxville, Marion county, Iowa
Burial date:
Burial place: Greenwood Cemetery, Knoxville, Marion county, Iowa
Father: Timothy BREES
Mother: Elizabeth DOTY

Marriage date: 6 Nov 1828
Marriage place: Preble county, Ohio

WIFE: Martha Eleanor MARSH
Birthdate: 25 Feb 1811
Birthplace: Warren, Warren county, Pennsylvania
Death date: 7 Mar 1885
Place of death: Knoxville, Marion county, Iowa
Burial date:
Burial place: Greenwood Cemetery, Knoxville, Marion county, Iowa
Father: Mulford MARSH
Mother: Catherine "Caty" CLARK (also 3rd wife of Jesse's father, Timothy)

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Timothy J. BREES
Sex: male
Birthdate: 25 Nov 1830
Birthplace: Preble county, Ohio
Death date: 15 Oct 1912
Place of death: Knoxville, Marion county, Iowa
Burial date:
Burial place: Greenwood Cemetery, Knoxville, Marion county, Iowa
Spouse's name: Charlotte Annis Sophia BROOKS
Marriage date: 19 Apr 1858
Marriage place: Knoxville, Marion county, Iowa

Child No. 2: Catherine BREES
Sex: female
Birthdate: 8 Aug 1832
Birthplace: Preble county, Ohio
Death date: 13 Sep 1878
Place of death: Newton, Harvey county, Kansas
Burial date:
Burial place: Greenwood Cemetery, Newton, Harvey county, Kansas
Spouse's name: Jarius Edward NEAL (Catherine was his second marriage of three)
Marriage date: 5 Oct 1851
Marriage place: Lee county, Iowa

Child No. 3: Elizabeth BREES
Sex: female
Birthdate: 21 Jul 1834
Birthplace: Preble county, Ohio
Death date: 9 Apr 1895
Place of death: Knoxville, Marion county, Iowa
Burial date:
Burial place: Greenwood Cemetery, Knoxville, Marion county, Iowa
Spouse's name: Francis CURTIS
Marriage date: 4 Aug 1853
Marriage place: Marion county, Iowa

Child No. 4: Joseph BREES
Sex: male
Birthdate: 29 Jun 1836
Birthplace: Preble county, Ohio
Death date: 12 Dec 1913
Place of death: Knoxville, Marion county, Iowa
Burial date:
Burial place: Greenwood Cemetery, Knoxville, Marion county, Iowa
Spouse's name: Sarah WILCUT
Marriage date: 7 Aug 1855
Marriage place: Marion county, Iowa

Child No. 5: Benjamin BREES
Sex: male
Birthdate: Sep 1839
Birthplace: Preble county, Ohio
Death date: 10 Nov 1869
Place of death: Knoxville, Marion county, Iowa
Burial date:
Burial place: Greenwood Cemetery, Knoxville, Marion county, Iowa
Spouse's name: Sarah Elizabeth ANDREWS
Marriage date: 14 Aug 1862
Marriage place: Marion county, Iowa

Child No. 6: Isaac BREES
Sex: male
Birthdate: 22 Mar 1841
Birthplace: Iowa
Death date: 26 Oct 1865
Place of death: Decatur county, Iowa
Burial date:
Burial place:
Spouse's name:
Marriage date:
Marriage place:

Child No. 7: Simeon BREES
Sex: male
Birthdate: 28 Apr 1844
Birthplace: Lee county, Iowa
Death date: 7 Apr 1908
Place of death: Knoxville, Marion county, Iowa
Burial date:
Burial place: Greenwood Cemetery, Knoxville, Marion county, Iowa
Spouse's name: (1) Melissa J. CARLE, (2) Berthena Elizabeth JONES
Marriage date: (1) 11 Mar 1868, (2) 7 Oct 1888
Marriage place: (2) Knoxville, Marion county, Iowa

Child No. 8: Stephen Douglas BREES
Sex: male
Birthdate: 10 Jul 1845
Birthplace: Lee county, Iowa
Death date: 9 Jul 1924
Place of death: Knoxville, Marion county, Iowa
Burial date:
Burial place: Greenwood Cemetery, Knoxville, Marion county, Iowa
Spouse's name: Ellender MILLER
Marriage date: 10 Oct 1869
Marriage place: Marion county, Iowa

Child No. 9: John BREES
Sex: male
Birthdate: 9 Mar 1848
Birthplace: Franklin county, Indiana
Death date: 30 May 1933
Place of death: Knoxville, Marion county, Iowa
Burial date:
Burial place: Greenwood Cemetery, Knoxville, Marion county, Iowa
Spouse's name: Mary Ellen MILLER
Marriage date: 5 Mar 1869
Marriage place: Marion county, Iowa

Child No. 10: Jarius BREES
Sex: male
Birthdate: 10 Sep 1850
Birthplace: Lee county, Iowa
Death date: 16 Dec 1927
Place of death: Knoxville, Marion county, Iowa
Burial date:
Burial place: Greenwood Cemetery, Knoxville, Marion county, Iowa
Spouse's name: Isabelle Casander BROOKS
Marriage date: 3 Feb 1878
Marriage place: Knoxville, Marion county, Iowa
 

Documentation
"Revolutionary War Soldiers and Patriots Buried in Iowa", Iowa Society,
DAR, 1978, and as updated by Michael Mulford, 2004.
Brees genealogy of LAM.
Brees genealogy of RMB.
Brees genealogy of MFS.
Marion county Iowa birth, death, and marriage records.
Knoxville, Iowa-area cemetery records.
Knoxville, Iowa newspaper obituaries.
Lee county Iowa marriage records.
Harvey county Kansas marriage records.
Newton, Kansas cemetery records.
Newton, Kansas newspaper obituaries.
Charlotte A. S. Brooks and Isabelle Casander Brooks are sisters. They are
the daughters of Martin P. Brooks and Mary Jane Brees. Mary Jane Brees is the
daughter of Henry Brees, who is the brother of Jesse Brees.