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James D. Rees (Kenton County, Kentucky, farmer and carpenter.)

b. 1825? d. 1895-01-18

Kenton County, Kentucky, farmer and carpenter. Virginia native. Son of Joseph Rees and Maria Rees. Married to Elizabeth Rees. Father of Martha Rees and Bettie Rees. Married to Mary Hughes Rees. Stepfather of Victoria Hughes, Edward Hughes, Granville Hughes, John Hughes, Caledonia Hughes, and Clay Hughes. Farmer in Ludlow, Ohio, in 1850. Carpenter in Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky in 1860. Juror in the case of William Nichols in Kenton County.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Ohio, Washington County, Ludlow, p. 500A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington Ward 6, p. 850.

Birth and Death Records: Covington, Lexington, Louisville, and Newport – Microfilm (before 1911), KDLA, Roll # 7012982: Covington, Certificates 1-738 (1895), File #53, p. 58 of microfilm.

KYR-0001-020-1453.

Citation

Rees, James D.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32199186 (November 12, 2026).

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