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The 1850 Census shows Peter Reel, age 1, living in Beccaria, Clearfield, Pennsylvania with his parents, Samuel J. Reel, age 31 and Abigal S. Reel, age 21. His father is listed as a blacksmith, born in Pennsylvania. His mother is also listed as born in Pennsylvania. The image of the 1850 census:

My mom and I went to Kansas some years ago to investigate family stories. We knew that Samuel Jeremiah Reel, his wife Polly, and their children lived in Eudora, KS, a small German settlement near Lawrence. We were pretty frustrated when we could not find them in the 1860 census microfilm at the university. After […]

The attached image shows Mary Jane Reel listed in the 1870 Census. She is number 24, listed as a housekeeper for a local farmer, James Coussey. Mary Jane is the sister of Peter Alexander Reel. Their mother died in a landslide when Mary Jane was two years old and her brother was about four years […]