Reas

Peter Reas
Oakwood Cemetery, Somers, Wisconsin
(Source:  Photo courtesy of Larry & Linda Kopet, USGenWebArchiveProjectWisconsin)

Catherine Reas, wife of Peter Reas
Oakwood Cemtery, Somers, Wisconsin
(Source: Photo courtesy of Larry & Linda Kopet, USGenWebArchiveProjectWisconsin)

Partial 1887 Map of Somers Township
Section 4, 228 acre parcel of D.W. Reas Estate
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Daniel Webster Reas
Died Oct 20, 1885 at 47 years old
Oakwood Cemetery, Somers, Wisconsin
(Source: Photo courtesy of Larry & Linda Kopet, USGenWebArchiveProjectWisconsin)

Partial 1861 Map of Somers Township, Section 4
Peter Reas parcel of 160 acres
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U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907
Peter Reas purchased (document #5367) 160 acres on March 3, 1843.



U.S. 1850 Federal Census
Peter Rease, age 51 (born about 1799) in New York
lived in Kenosha Ward 2, Kenosha, Wisconsin
Wife:  Catherine Rease, age 43 (born about 1807)
Others in Household:
Daniel W. Rease, age 12 (born about 1838 in New York)
     NOTE:  The family believes James Reas (Rease) was Daniel W. Reas' father and that Daniel was living with Peter (an uncle) at the time of the census.  Take this into consideration while conducting research.
Mary E. Rease, age 9 (born about 1841 in Wisconsin)
       NOTE:  Mary E. Rease married Horace T. DeLong October 13, 1861 in Kenosha County, Wisconsin.  Horace was born June 20, 1837 in Utica, New York and the was son of Geroge and Pamela DeLong, also Somers Township pioneers, owning 189 acres in Section 6 West of Somers Township (neighbors of the Rease family).  See 1861 map above.  Mary and Horace had five children.
Click here for more about Mary Reas DeLong.


U.S. 1860 Federal Census
Peter, Catherine, Daniel W. and Mary E. lived in Somers Township (see 1861 map above)

U.S. 1870 Federal Census
Peter and Catherine live in Somers Township

U.S. 1880 Federal Census
Peter (age 81) and Catherine (age 72) live in Racine.

Information about Daniel W. Rease
"Daniel W. Rease, farmer, Section 4; P.O. Somers; born in Cortland No., N.Y., in 1837; his father, James Rease, came to Wisconsin in 1839; returned East, and in 1840 brought his family and settled in what is now Somers, Kenosha Co.; he engaged in farming until the death of his wife in 1846, when he engaged in sign and house painting in Kenosha until 1861, when he went to California, where he now resides, leaving Daniel to manage the farm; Daniel also went to California, but only remained a year, when he returned to his farm where he is at present.  He is a member of the Presbyterian Church.  He married, in Cortland Co., in January 1865, Miss Maria A. Brooks, a native of Cortland Co., N.Y. and has three children:  Clayton B. born April 9, 1866; Harvey V., February 28, 1873; Edith M. January 21, 1877."
(Source:  History of Racine and Kenosha County, Western Historical Co. 1879)