SCHLEY COUNTY, GA - BIOS  Stinson J. Rees

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Memoirs of Georgia, Vol. II, Atlanta, Ga., page 822
Published by The Southern Historical Association in 1895


SCHLEY COUNTY

Stinson J. Rees, planter, La Crosse, Schley Co., Ga., son of
Joel and Carrie (Mahone) Rees, was born in Schley county, Feb.
18, 1857.  His paternal grandparents were Joel and Anna
(Stinson) Rees, and his grandfather was a soldier in the
patriot army during the revolutionary war.  His father was born
in Putnam county, Ga., but when he was small his parents
removed to Alabama, whence, about 1837, they returned to
Georgia.  They lived there until 1856, when, having a large
number of slaves, his father bought and settled a large
plantation in Schley county.  He enlisted as a private in the
Twelfth Georgia regiment, and went to the front; was promoted
to first lieutenant, served through the war, and contracted a
disease of which, he finally died.  His maternal grandfather
was Peter H. Mahone, a rich Talbot county planter, and
proprietor and landlord of the Mahone house, Talbotton, Ga.  He
was a soldier in the Seminole war.  Mr. Rees received a good
education; when a young man taught school, including four years
in Florida.  He has a large, fine plantation, and is a
prosperous planter of the progressive type.  He was married
Aug. 14, 1889, to Miss Mollie, daughter of James and Bettie
(Duncan) Cox.  Her father was a native Georgian and a large
planter.  He enlisted and lost his life in the late war.  Mrs.
Rees received a classical education and is a lady of varied and
many accomplishments, a graduate of the celebrated Lebanon
college, Ohio.  She is one of the leading instructors of Schley
county, and the popular principal of the La Crosse schools.
One child only, James S., has blessed this union.