Dewitt Clinton REAS

Birth:
17 Jun 1835
Virgil, Cortland, New York
Death:
27 Mar 1927
Ferndale, Humboldt, California
Burial:
28 Mar 1927
Ferndale, Humboldt, California
Marriage:
3 Sep 1863
Hydesville, Humboldt, California
Father:
James REAS
Sources:
Along the Banks of Salt River, Pg. 145
Notes:
                   BIRTH: LTR 580-581- Family Bible of Dewitt Clinton Reas in possession of Larry Allen (Note that he spelled his first name with a small w, whereas his son, of the same name, was DeWitt in the bible with a capital W.)

DEATH: LTR 18- : Letter from Humboldt County recorder.
                  LTR 37- California death certigicate. Gives wife's name as well as parents names.
                  LTR 440- NEWSPAPER CLIPPING, GIVES BRIEF HISTORY OF HIS LIFE AND NAMES HIS                                          NINE SURVIVING CHILDREN.
                 
OTHER: Was named after DeWitt Clinton, Governor of New York, under whose direction the Erie Canal was built near the Reas home in New York State.
                  LTR 327-7- 1900 Census gives age, birth years, realtionships, etc of those still living at home.
                  LTR 326-3- 1870 Census
                  LTR 385- Gives prayers offered regularly by Dewitt Reas
Sultana Francis LANE
Birth:
1 Apr 1847
of Dubuque, Iowa
Death:
28 Oct 1926
Ferndale, Humboldt, California
Burial:
31 Oct 1926
Ferndale, Humboldt, California
Sources:
Along the Banks of Salt River, Pg. 142
Notes:
                   BIRTH-    LTR 8-  FROM LDS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY-GIVES ONLY DATE AND STATE
                      (OHIO, NOT IOWA), ALSO PARENTS
                      NICKNAME IS FROM MYRTLE BRIGGS SCHMIDT, HER GRANDDAUGHTER
                    LTR 327- 1900 CENSUS GIVE THE PLACES AS IOWA, OHIO AND INDIANA ??

MARRIAGE- LTR 81- RECORDS OF MYTRLE LUELLA BRIGGS SCHMIDT GIVEN TO   B. LARRY          ALLEN:    FAMILY BIBLE OF DEWITT C. REAS AND SULTANA F. LANE IN POSSESSION  OF B. LARRY ALLEN
DEATH-    LTR 36- CALIF DEATH CERT #26-046243, GIVES BIRTH DATE, BUT IT IS DIFFERENT BY    WO YEARS THAN OTHER RECORDS.
              LTR-8-  LDS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY CONFIRMS MARRIAGE
              LTR 81- DATE IS ONE DAY DIFFERENT, HOWEVER
LTR 440- NEWSPAPER CLIPPING, GIVING BRIEF HISTORY, NAMES OF SURVIVING CHILDREN AND     SIBLINGS.
TEMPLE-   LTR 221-BAPTISM, ENDOWMENT AND SEALING TO HUSBAND
OTHER-     LTR 326- CENSUS OF HUMBOLDT CO., CALIF FOR 1880 GIVE PLACE OF BIRTH AS                                 IOWA-- WITH FATHER'S PLACE OF BIRTH AS ILLINOIS AND  MOTHER'S PLACE OF                              BIRTH AS KENTUCKY
                      BOOK-    ALONG THE BANKS OF SALT CREEK BY DENIS PL EDELINE, Pg 145 GIVES                               BOTH GENEALOGICAL AND FAMILY HISTORY INFORMATION

OTHER: News clipping regarding running a needle into her hand.
Children
Marriage
1
Mary Jane REAS
Birth:
21 Jun 1864
Ferndale, Humboldt, California
Death:
17 Dec 1965
Eureka, Humboldt, California
Notes:
                   BIRTH-      LTR 511-  COPY OF FAMILY BIBLE OF DEWITT CLINTON REAS IN POSSESSION OF   B. LARRY ALLEN
                      LTR 081- FAMILY RECORDS AS WRITTEN BY MYRTLE BRIGGS SCHMIDT
MARRIAGE- LTR  21- HUMBOLDT CO, CA BOOK OF MARRIAGES G, PG 363  ( HIRAM D.SCHELL).
SEE ALSO LTR 81.  MARRIAGE TO OSCAR LINDLEY IS NOT LISTED, BUT CONFIRMED BY MY GRANDMOTHER (MYRTLE SCHMIDT).  ALSO, SEE DEATH CERT WHICH SHOWS HER AS WIDOWED WITH SURNAME OF LINDLEY
                      LTR 72- Humboldt County Record of marriage to Hiram D. Schell (May 6-I had used May 4th)
DEATH-     LTR 132- HUMBOLDT CO., CA BOOK OF DEATHS 9, PG 390
                      LTR 718-Humboldt County Death Record- gives location of death. Also obituary notice
                      LTR 265- CALIF DEATH CERT #65-137438
                      LTR 386- NEWSPAPER OBITUARY AND NEWS CLIPPING
2
George Henry REAS
Birth:
12 Jun 1865
Ferndale, Humboldt, California
Death:
25 Dec 1952
Fieldbrook, Humboldt, California
Mary E. MANN 
Marr:
12 Jul 1890
Port Kenyon, Humboldt, Califor 
Notes:
                   BIRTH- LTR 511-COPY OF PAGE IN FAMILY BIBLE OF DEWITT CLINTON REAS IN POSESSION OF    B. LARRY ALLEN
                   LTR-81- RECORDS OF MYRTLE LUELLA BRIGGS SCHMIDT
MARRIAGE- LTR 21-HUMBOLDT CO. CA BOOK OF MARRIAGES G PG 184
                          LTR 71- Copy of Marriage record 
DEATH- LTR 18-HUMBOLDT CO, CA DEATH RECORDS
                  LTR 622- Ancestry.com Database of Calif Deaths, 1940-1997 (Note: birth year is off by 1 year)
                  LTR 714- Obituary Notice from the Ferndale Enterprise, 2 Jan 1953 and County Death Record.
TEMPLE- LTR 219 LOS ANGELES TEMPLE RECORD (ALSO SEE LTR 221)

OCCUPATION: Farmer and Millworker
3
Ella Harriet REAS
Birth:
22 Aug 1867
Ferndale, Humboldt, California
Death:
27 Feb 1956
Eureka, Humboldt, California
William Thomas HALWICK 
Marr:
2 Sep 1911
Eureka, Humboldt, California 
Notes:
                   BIRTH- LTR 511- COPY OF PAGE IN FAMILY BIBLE OF DEWITT CLINTON REAS IN POSSESSION OF B. LARRY ALLEN
                 LTR 81- FAMILY RECORDS OF MYRTLE LUELLA SCHMIDT
MARRIAGE- LTR 21- HUMBOLDT CO.CA BOOK OF MARRIAGES F, PG 494   (TO BENJAMIN ELLINGWOOD)             
                 
DEATH-  LTR 165-CALIF DEATH CERT #56-014114
BURIAL:  LTR 664A- Obituary Notice
TEMPLE- LTR 200-BAP,ENDOWMENT AND SEALING TO PARENTS FROM LDS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
FAMILY:  LTR 664A- Obituary notice, Ferndale Enterprise, 2 March 1956
4
William Clinton REAS
Birth:
28 Sep 1868
Ferndale, Humboldt, California
Death:
11 Oct 1868
Ferndale, Humboldt, California
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   BIRTH- FAMILY BIBLE OF DEWITT CLINTON REAS, IN POSSESSION OF  B. LARRY ALLEN
           SEE ALSO LTR 81
DEATH- LTR 81- FAMILY RECORDS IN POSSESSION OF MYRTLE LUELLA BRIGGS
           SCHMIDT GIVEN TO B. LARRY ALLEN
           LTR 68- CLARIFIES BURIAL LOCATION, BUT NOT DATE
TEMPLE-LTR 219-FOR ALL NECESSARY ORDINANCES (REPEATED AT LTR 221)

BIRTH: LTR 511-   Copy of record from Dewitt Clinton Reas bible
5
Lillian Catherine REAS
Birth:
10 Dec 1870
Ferndale, Humboldt, California
Death:
2 Oct 1968
Eureka, Humboldt, California
Clarence Henry MATTHEWS 
Marr:
3 Aug 1893
Port Kenyon, Humboldt, Califor 
Notes:
                   BIRTH- FAMILY BIBLE OF DEWITT CLINTON REAS IN POSESSION OF B. LARRY ALLEN
                   LTR 81- FAMILY RECORDS OF MYRTLE LUELLA BRIGGS SCHMIDT
                   LTR 511-   Copy of record from Dewitt Clinton Reas bible
MARRIAGE-LTR 21-HUMBOLDT CO. CA BOOK OF MARRIAGES H, PG 158
DEATH-  LTR 206-CALIF DEATH CERT #68-119204
                    LTR 139- LETTER TO B. LARRY ALLEN FROM MYRTLE SCHMIDT
                   LTR 666A- Obituary  notices in the Ferndale Enterprise (10 Oct 1968) and the Humboldt Times- Standard, 4 Oct 1968 (gives burial information as well)
TEMPLE-LTR 210-LDS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY FOR BAPT, ENDOWMENTS AND SEALING TO PARENTS
6
Maggie May REAS
Birth:
23 Jan 1873
Ferndale, Humboldt, California
Death:
31 Oct 1962
Eureka, Humboldt, California
Robert Eugene HAYWOOD 
Marr:
25 Dec 1892
Port Kenyon, Humboldt, Califor 
Notes:
                   BIRTH-     LTR 511 COPY OF FAMILY BIBLE OF DEWITT CLINTON REAS IN POSSESSION OF  B. LARRY ALLEN
                      LTR 081- FAMILY RECORDS OF MYRTLE LUELLA BRIGGS SCHMIDT GIVEN TO B. LARRY ALLEN
DEATH-      LTR 134- CALIF DEATH CERT #62-111393
                       LTR 386- NEWSPAPER OBITUARY
TEMPLE-    LTR 239- LDS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY FOR BAPTISM, ENDOWMENT AND                   SEALING TO PARENTS
7
Netty Sofrona REAS
Birth:
5 Dec 1874
Ferndale, Humboldt, California
Death:
23 Aug 1969
Sonoma, Sonoma, California
Henry Luce BRIGGS 
Marr:
14 Dec 1899
Port Kenyon, Humboldt, Califor 
Notes:
                   BIRTH- LTR 511- COPY OF PAGE OF  FAMILY BIBLE OF DEWITT CLINTON REAS IN POSSESSION     OF B. LARRY ALLEN
              LTR 081- IN HANDWRITING OF HER DAUGHTER MYRTLE LUELLA SCHMIDT
              LTR 385, SAME
MARRIAGE- LTR 024- HUMBOLDT CO., CA BOOK OF MARRIAGES I PG. 39
              LTR 384- BRIGGS FAMILY BIBLE RECORD
DEATH-    LTR 137- FUNERAL REMEMBRANCE (ALSO GIVES BIRTH DATA)
              LTR 384- PG 3, NEWSPAPER OBITUARY
              LTR 384- PG 3, FROM BRIGGS FAMILY BIBLE, IN THE HANDWRITING  OF MY GRANDMOTHER MYRTLE LUELLA BRIGGS SCHMIDT
               LTR 460- California Death Record as found at www.rootsweb.com/ca/death/search
TEMPLE-   LTR 191- LDS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
               LTR 213- SEALING TO SPOUSE
OTHER-    LTR 398- NEWS CLIPPINGS
8
Charly Allin REAS
Birth:
27 May 1878
Ferndale, Humboldt, California
Death:
2 Jul 1948
Eureka, Humboldt, California
Notes:
                   BIRTH- : LTR 511-  Copy of record from Dewitt Clinton Reas biblein the possession of B. Larry Allen    
                   LTR 81-RECORDS OF MYRTLE LUELLA BRIGGS SCHMIDT GIVEN TO  B. LARRY ALLEN

MARRIAGE- LTR 22- HUMBOLDT CO., CA BOOK OF MARRIAGES X PG 56
                           SEE ALSO LTR 21 (IT HAS WRONG DATE)

DEATH- LTR 18-HUMBOLDT CO, CALIF RECORDERS OFFICE
                   LTR 620- ANCESTRY.COM DATABASE OF CALIF DEATHS, 1940-1997
                   LTR 665A- Obituary from the Ferndale Enterprise, 9 July 1948

BURIAL: LTR 665A- Newspaper obituary

TEMPLE- LTR 219-LOS ANGELES TEMPLE RECORD ( SEE ALSO LTR 221)

OTHER-  IGI HAS NAME OF CHARLES REAS....B. LARRY ALLEN HAS FAMILY BIBLE IN HIS POSESSION.............NAME IN BIBLE IN CHARLY ALLIN REAS.
9
Dewitt Clinton REAS, (JR.)
Birth:
28 Mar 1881
Ferndale, Humboldt, California
Death:
17 Feb 1944
Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
Lillie Mary LALOLI 
Marr:
1 Oct 1917
Humboldt, California 
Notes:
                   BIRTH-LTR 511-   Copy of record from Dewitt Clinton Reas bible now in the possession of B. Larry Allen                         LTR 81- RECORDS OF MYRTLE LUELLA BRIGGS SCHMIDT

MARRIAGE- LTR 21-TO LILLIAN B. SANFORD-HUMBOLDT CO BOOK OF MARRIAGES O PG 264;                                       TO LILLIE M. LALOLI-HUMBOLDT CO BK OF MARRIAGES Q PG 492

DEATH- LTR 63-CALIF CEATH CERT #44-011305
                 SEE ALSO LTR 81
                  LTR 716- Obituary notice from the Ferndale Enterprise, 25 Feb 1944. No wife succeeding him.

BURIAL: LTR 665- Obituary notice from the Ferndale Enterprise, 25 Feb 1944
TEMPLE- LTR 219- LOS ANGELES TEMPLE RECORD (SEE ALSO LTR 221)
            FOR BAPTISM, ENDOWMENT AND SEALING TO PARENTS

OCCUPATION: Airplane Factory Employment

OTHER: A search of the records in Humbodt County and in local newspapers found no information that he was divorced from either of his two wives. Further, the same records plus census records show no parents/families of the wives nor any death information.
10
Frank Oscar REAS
Birth:
7 Mar 1882
Ferndale, Humboldt, California
Death:
2 Sep 1962
Hoopa, Humboldt, California
Pauline Marie STRUEBY 
Marr:
9 Mar 1906
Eureka, Humboldt, California 
Notes:
                   BIRTH-  LTR 511- COPY OF FAMILY BIBLE OF DEWITT CLINTON REAS IN POSESSION OF B. LARRY ALLEN
                  LTR 81-FAMILY RECORDS OF MYRTLE LUELLA BRIGGS SCHMIDT,  BUT SEE DIFFERENCE IN YEAR
                  LTR 222 and 242- CALIF DEATH CERT, ALSO HAS DIFFERENCE IN YEAR (I USED THE BIBLE RECORD AS BEING THE RECORD FIRST RECORDED)
MARRIAGE- LTR 21-HUMBOLDT CO BOOK OF MARRIAGES M PG 367
                  LTR 81-CORROBORATES
DEATH-LTR 222 and 242- CALIF DEATH CERT #62-090921
                  LTR 132- HUMBOLDT CO BOOK OF DEATHS 7 PG 26
TEMPLE-LTR 238-LDS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY FOR BAPTISM, ENDOWMENT AND SEALING TO PARENTS
TEMPLE- LTR 314- RECORD FROM IGI FOR DATES OF TEMPLE WORK

BURIAL: LTR 663B- Obituary notice

FAMILY: LTR 663C- Obituary notice gives names of children
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Dewitt Clinton Reas - Sultana Francis Lane

Dewitt Clinton Reas was born at Virgil, Cortland, New York 17 Jun 1835. His parents were James Reas and Elizabeth (Betsey) Shults.

He married Sultana Francis Lane 3 Sep 1863 at Hydesville, Humboldt, California . Sultana Francis Lane was born at of Dubuque, Iowa 1 Apr 1847 daughter of Asa William Lane and Harriett Nettie Trower .

They were the parents of 10 children:
Mary Jane Reas born 21 Jun 1864.
George Henry Reas born 12 Jun 1865.
Ella Harriet Reas born 22 Aug 1867.
William Clinton Reas born 28 Sep 1868.
Lillian Catherine Reas born 10 Dec 1870.
Maggie May Reas born 23 Jan 1873.
Netty Sofrona Reas born 5 Dec 1874.
Charly Allin Reas born 27 May 1878.
Dewitt Clinton Reas, (Jr.) born 28 Mar 1881.
Frank Oscar Reas born 7 Mar 1882.

Dewitt Clinton Reas died 27 Mar 1927 at Ferndale, Humboldt, California .

Sultana Francis Lane died 28 Oct 1926 at Ferndale, Humboldt, California .