REES, WILLIAM

REES, TACKABERRY

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 6/30/2019 at 14:45:58

Keokuk City
(P.O. Keokuk)

REES, WILLIAM, of the firm of William Rees & Co., steam printers ; born in New York City Dec. 16, 1835 ; from 1850 to 1853, he was engaged in learning his trade of printer, in Pittsburgh, Penn ; came to Keokuk in 1853 ; in 1857, he conducted the Daily Post of Keokuk, for a short time ; for one year, he was proprietor of the Doniphan Post, in Doniphan Co., Kan.; since 1860, he has been engaged in the general printing business in Keokuk. Oct. 15, 1863, he married Miss Dale Tackaberry, a native of the State of New York.

Source: BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY
HISTORY OF LEE COUNTY IOWA
CHICAGO: WESTERN HISTORICAL COMPANY, 1879

Transcription typed/proofed as article was originally published in 1879