Hi, I am not surprised to hear there were two Church of Christ preachers in the family. I am certain that your Reese line hooks in with the Reeses, Jones, Womacks, Crawfords, Watsons, Floyds, Campbells, Bacon, etc (there are about 14 surnames) who settled near Corinth Arkansas in the 1850's. Many lived in and around Center Point. They were known by some as Campbellites and were "sect" of the Church of Christ. Almost all these above surnames you will find associated with the Church of Christ in Howard and Pike Co. AR. I looked for your Thomas Jefferson Reese in my database but could not find him. If you know Thomas Jefferson's father's name I might be able to give you more info. email me at [email protected] if you would like a copy of the "Corinth" database I have put together (so far only those related to my Watson and Westbrook line) Tammy Judy Huber wrote: > Posted on: McCurtain County, Ok Query Forum > Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ok/McCurtain/1236 > > Surname: Reese > ------------------------- > > Hi Fred: > > My Mom is visiting me from CA. and is 83 yrs. old. She was born in Tom, > OK. and knew Wayne and Zenobia Reese. > > She does not remember them having any children. Wayne built the first gin > in Tom, OK. and lived there for a number of years. He then moved to Idabel. > > Wayne also had a brother Carl Reese that lived in Tom and he ran a grocery > store in Tom. Carl came to Tom from Foreman, AR. > > Mom thought they had two more brothers living in OK. that were both Church > of Christ ministers and they used to come often to Tom and preach there > at their Church of Christ when she was a kid growing up. > > Carl had two daughters by his first wife, Mattie and Effie Mae and then > he married Mrs. Malone from Foreman, AR. and she had two sons, lester and > John Clark Malone. Carl and Mrs. Malone had two sons and a daughter and > the oldest son's names was James Thomas and daughter Bertha Jane and Carl > was another son. > > Carl probably died in the early 1960's there in Tom and Wayne and Zenobia > were living in Idabel then and must have passed away in the later 60's > or early 1970's. > > James Thomas Reese was killed in the army and Bertha Jane lived in Broken > Bow area but doesn't know about Carl Jr. > > Lester and John Clark Malone are both deceased. John Clark > was living in Idabel, OK area. > > Mattie Reese married a man by name of Dunn and lived in TN. and came back > to Tom and bought on Baker farm and then went back to TN. > > Hope some of this helps! Happy hunting. > > ==== OKMCCURT Mailing List ==== > CONTACT the listowner at [email protected] > Visit the McCurtain county page at http://www.rootsweb.com/~okmccurt/mccurt.htm