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Born 1866
From History of Linn County Iowa : from its earliest settlement to the present time (1911)
CURTIS D. REECE
Curtis D. Reece was born on the home farm in Spring Grove township in 1866 and his education, begun in the district schools, was completed in Epworth Seminary at Epworth, Iowa. He was reared on the home farm, the period of his boyhood and youth passing uneventfully. He is now managing the homestead for his aged father and his progressive and enterprising methods are resulting in abundant crops each year.
Mr. Reece was married in September, 1896, to Miss Eveline Renfer, a daughter of Jacob D. and Martha II. Renfer, the former a native of Switzerland and the latter of Ohio. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Reece has been blessed with four children, Hulda I., Anna P., Celia F. and Charles F., aged respectively thirteen, eleven, eight and five years. Mr. Reece is trustee of Spring Grove township and in carrying on his business affairs fully sustains the reputation that has always been borne by his honored father.
As printed in History of Linn County Iowa : from its earliest settlement to the present time (1911). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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