Mary D. Williams
Mary D. Williams was born on December 26, 1837, in Wales. She immigrated to America around 1855 and settled in Pennsylvania. She married William D. Rees on October 8, 1861, and they had no children. Her husband served in the Union army, and he died on August 25, 1862. She applied for a widow’s pension the following month and eventually received one.
 
She married Henry Rees, and they had at least three children: Thomas, born around 1869; Samuel, born around 1870; and Margaret, born around 1876. They lived in Broad Top, Pennsylvania, and her husband worked as a coal miner. By 1870, they owned $400 of real estate and $150 of personal property. Her husband died on November 30, 1896, and by 1900, she was living in her son Thomas’s household in Broad Top. She died on November 14, 1918.
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(4016)Williams, Mary D. ~ Rees, Mary D.1837-12-261918-11-14
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Civilian
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  • Gender: Female
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 29

  • (11329) [recipient] ~ William Rees to Mary D. Williams, 11 October 1861
  • (11330) [recipient] ~ William Rees to Mary D. Williams, 22 October 1861
  • (11331) [recipient] ~ William Rees to Mary D. Williams, 31 October 1861
  • (11332) [recipient] ~ William Rees to Mary D. Williams, 7 November 1861
  • (11333) [recipient] ~ William Rees to Mary D. Williams, 30 November 1861
  • (11334) [recipient] ~ William Rees to Mary D. Williams, 6 December 1861
  • (11335) [recipient] ~ William Rees to Mary D. Williams, 23 December 1861
  • (11336) [recipient] ~ William Rees to Mary D. Williams, 31 December 1861
  • (11337) [recipient] ~ William Rees to Mary D. Williams, 10 January 1862
  • (11338) [recipient] ~ William Rees to Mary D. Williams, 27 January 1862
  • (11339) [recipient] ~ William Rees to Mary D. Williams, 17 January 1862
  • (11387) [recipient] ~ William Rees to Mary D. Williams, 21 January 1862
  • (11388) [recipient] ~ William Rees to Mary D. Williams, 3 February 1862
  • (11389) [recipient] ~ William Rees to Mary D. Williams, 12 February 1862
  • (11390) [recipient] ~ William Rees to Mary D. Williams, 21 February 1862
  • (11391) [recipient] ~ William Rees to Mary D. Williams, 26 February 1862
  • (11392) [recipient] ~ William Rees to Mary D. Williams, 4 March 1862
  • (11393) [recipient] ~ William Rees to Mary D. Williams, 8 March 1862
  • (11394) [recipient] ~ William Rees to Mary D. Williams, 13 March 1862
  • (11395) [recipient] ~ William Rees to Mary D. Williams, 24 March 1862
  • (11396) [recipient] ~ William Rees to Mary D. Williams, 30 March 1862
  • (11397) [recipient] ~ William Rees to Mary D. Williams, 7 April 1862
  • (11398) [recipient] ~ William Rees to Mary D. Williams, 28 April 1862
  • (11399) [recipient] ~ William Rees to Mary D. Williams, 12 May 1862
  • (11400) [recipient] ~ William Rees to Mary D. Williams, 16 May 1862
  • (11401) [recipient] ~ William Rees to Mary D. Williams, 30 July 1862
  • (11402) [recipient] ~ William Rees to Mary D. Williams, undated
  • (11403) [recipient] ~ "The Riogran," William Rees Poem, undated
  • (11408) [recipient] ~ "Prayer of the Young Soldiers Wife," William Rees Poem, 2 November 1861

People - Records: 1

  • (4016) Williams, Mary D. is the [wife of] (4015) Rees, William

Places - Records: 2

  • (662) [birth] ~ Wales
  • (277) [death] ~ Pennsylvania

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SOURCES

1870, 1880, 1900, and 1910 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Widow’s Pension Records of Mary D. Rees, available from Fold3.com