Sarah Emilene Maples

Abt 1859 - 1943  (~ 84 years)

• Name	Sarah Emilene Maples
  Birth	Abt 1859	Washintgon County, , , Tennessee
  Gender	Female
  Death	23 Mar 1943	Washintgon County, , , Tennessee
  Notes	"Johnson County News," Thursday, March 25, 1943 LONG ILLNESS FATAL TO MRS. J. I. REECE Mrs. Sarah Emmaline Maples Reece, mother of Congressman B. Carroll Reece, died last Tuesday at 8:00 p.m. at her home in Johnson City. Born at Broylesville in Washington County, she was the great-great-granddaughter of Col. Jacob Brown founder of the Settlement of Nolichuckey and a member of the board of commissioners of the Watauga Settlement, which played such a significant part in the early history of the Appalachian area. Her father was the Rev. L. L. Maples, organizer of the Watauga Baptist Association and at one time Carter-Johnson representative in the state legislature. Her husband John Isaac Reece died in 1918. She was a member of the Butler Baptist Church. She spent most of her life in Johnson County but moved to Johnson City in 1924. Mrs. Reece had the distinction of sending sons to three wars: Wilson and John, the latter deceased, to the Spanish-American War; B. Carroll and Lemiel to World War I, and Major Raleigh Reece, serving in the Army Air Corps at Kansas City, in World War II. Of her 14 children – 11 sons and three daughters, 11 survive. The daughters are, Mrs. Robert Thompson of LaFayette, Ind., and Mrs. H. B. Cupp of Johnson City. The sons are James, Wisson and Millard of Chattanooga, Jacob of Butler, Joseph of Pickens, S. C., Asa of Clearwater, Fla., Lemiel of Elizabethton, and B. Carroll and Raleigh of Johnson City. Two sons, John and Fraher, and a daughter, Amanda, are deceased. Twenty-two grandsons and 11 great-grandchildren survive. Funeral services were held Thursday at 10:00 a.m. with Dr. W. R. Rigen, pastor of the Central Baptist Church in charge. Burial in the Dugger Cemetery at Sugar Grove on the Watauga River near Butler.
  Person ID	I33605	DeLoach Ancestry
  Last Modified	16 Jan 2011

  
  

  Father	Lemuel Lafayette Maples,   b. Abt 1835
  Mother	Amanda A. Brown,   b. Abt 1822, , Giles County, Tennessee,
  Marriage	Abt 1857	Johnson County, , , Tennessee
  Family ID	F11056	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Isaac Reece,   b. Abt 1854, Johnson County, , , Tennessee
  Marriage	14 Oct 1875	Johnson County, , , Tennessee
  Children	1. James Lafayette Reece,   b. 18 Aug 1876, Johnson County, , , Tennessee d. 2 Mar 1962 (Age 85 years)   2. Wilson Landrine Reece,   b. 2 Dec 1877, Johnson County, , , Tennessee   3. John Eggers Reece,   b. 7 Sep 1878, Johnson County, , , Tennessee d. 23 May 1937 (Age 58 years)   4. Walter Jacob Reece,   b. 8 Aug 1881, Johnson County, , , Tennessee d. 30 Oct 1968, Washintgon County, , , Tennessee (Age 87 years)   5. Joseph Isaac Reece,   b. 15 Oct 1883, Johnson County, , , Tennessee   6. Amanda Catharine Reece,   b. 20 Aug 1885, Johnson County, , , Tennessee   7. Asa Clayton Reece,   b. 17 Oct 1887, Johnson County, , , Tennessee   8. Brazilla Carroll Reece,   b. 22 Dec 1889, Johnson County, , , Tennessee d. 19 Mar 1961, Bethesda, , Montgomery County, Maryland (Age 71 years)   9. Lemuel L. Reece,   b. 31 Jul 1892, Johnson County, , , Tennessee   10. Millard Brown Reece,   b. 20 Apr 1894, Johnson County, , , Tennessee   11. Anna Elizabeth Reece,   b. 20 Mar 1896, Johnson County, , , Tennessee   12. Laura Ruth Reece,   b. 18 Jan 1898, Johnson County, , , Tennessee   13. Raleigh Valentine Reece,   b. 8 Sep 1901, Johnson County, , , Tennessee
  Family ID	F10147	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart