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CHARLES A. REESE.

    Charles A. Reese, who passed away July 24, 1919, was prominently
 identified with
public interests of Logan, where he was well known for a long period as
 a representative
and substantial citizen. He was born at Green Plains, Wales, November
 16, 1859, a son of
Charles and Sarah G. (Griffiths) Reese, who in 1860 came to the new
 world, making their
way first to Missouri, where they resided until 1861 and then continued
 their westward
journey to Utah, establishing their home at Hyde Park, where they
 remained until 1871.In
that, year they took up their abode on a homestead claim on the banks
 of the Bear river
at what is now known as Benson.

    Charles A. Reese obtained his education in the schools of Hyde Park
 and Benson and in
the Brigham Young College. He afterward took up the occupation of
 farming, with which he
combined the buying and selling of cattle, continuing active along
 those lines for
thirteen years, meeting with a fair measure of success in his
 undertakings. He afterward
engaged for a time in the butchering business and he became identified
 with the
development of the oil interests of the state. He began the drilling of
 a well under the
name of the Utah Oil & Gas Company and the work is still being
 promoted. 

    On the 9th of October, 1882, Mr. Reese was married to Miss Mary A.
 Reese, a daughter
of David and Ellen (Gustavson) Reese, the former a native of Wales,
 while the latter was
born in Sweden. They arrived in Utah, April 12, 1859, and the father
 was among the first
settlers of Logan. He engaged in ranching and stock raising and was
 otherwise prominently
identified with the business development of his section of the state.
 He conducted the
first livery stable and also opened the first opera house in Logan. He
 bought cattle,
which he drove over the trail to Cheyenne, and he was prominently
 identified with public
activities and interests. In the church he proved a loyal-and
 consistent member and
became a high priest. His death occurred in 1904. To Mr. and Mrs.
 Charles A. Reese were
born ten children, eight of whom are still living. Their son, George
 W., became a member
of the Forty-eighth Field Artillery on the 3d of September, 1918, and
 was at Camp Kearney
until after the armistice was signed, receiving his discharge February
 19, 1919. The
family is well known in Logan, where the stepmother of Mrs. Reese is
 still living at the
age of eighty-six years, so that three generations of the family are
 here represented.
They occupy an enviable position in social circles and the hospitality
 of the best homes
is freely accorded them.

Extracted from:

UTAH SINCE STATEHOOD
HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL

ILLUSTRATED
VOLUME IV
CHICAGO-SALT LAKE: THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY
1920