of Lee County, Illinois · documented from the public record
The family in the record
Mathias Reis d. 1894
Mathias Reis⚭ Catherine Theiss
childrenC. M. Reis · Paul Reis · F. C. Reis · Carolina (Reis) Schumacher · Lizzie (Reis) Walz · Mary Reis
Their story
What the record says
History of Lee County, Illinois.
German immigrant, first arrived in Sublette, Lee County, Illinois in 1845.
Worked splitting rails for Jacob Betz for 50 cents/day, later saved to buy 120 acres.
Married Catherine Theiss May 6, 1852.
Built house in section 28.
Prosperous farmer who raised his landholdings to 360 acres.
Died Oct. 7, 1894, still owning his original unmortgaged 120 acres.
Surviving children resided in Sublette, IL and Carroll, Iowa.
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