BIO: E. A. REESE, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, historical editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, York Borough, Pg 40

E. A. REESE, foreman of the smith and plow department at Farquhar’s, was born in 
Eutaw, Ala., February 1, 1851; he is a son of Edward and Charlotte (McKinstry) 
Reese, and is of Scotch-Irish descent.  After receiving a common school 
education he learned coach and carriage-making, and continued that work in his 
native State until 1874, when he came to York, and for a time worked at pattern 
making for A. B. Farquhar, and about two years later he was made foreman of the 
smith and plow department, where he has since continued.  He has under him about 
fifty men.  In 1859 he married Miss Louisa M. Buckingham, a native of Piqua, 
Ohio, and a daughter of Ferdinand Buckingham.  They have one child, Edwin B.  
Politically Mr. Reese is a Democrat.  Mrs. Reese is a member of the Trinity 
Reformed Church.