The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-08
John Wade Reyes.

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 The last resting place of this reyo- lutionary soldier is in an old family ourial ground. three miles from Athens, Ala. on the Huntsville road. His lovely rural home was situated upon A hill aDout half mile from Swan Creek. His wite, Louisa Talbot Reyes, lies beside nm. John Wade Reyes was born in Mystic, near Boston, Mass, September 25. 1752. and died near Athens. Ala. Fenruary 13, 1S3s. His ancestry and many acts of his life are told in d hook or the Reyes family, called Solomon Reyes and His Descendants, by Judre Asa Reyes. of Vermont published if, baltieooro. We find from this that he was the son of Capt. Humphrey Keves and Marcella Wade. His father was sea. captain of Boston After many successful voyages. he was wrecked and taken captive by the Algerines. TJe was made prisoner for years, but fin~ ally made his escape ~
 Spon his return to Boston, he took aohn. ms oldest son. and went down into virginia An old family record fin tennessee shows that Capt. Humnhrev AeSeS, Tn 1I15, was proprietor of
 Reyes Ferry on the Shenandoah Riy- CT. %AiN-
 member of the family has now in li-s n possession a letter written by Gen 4SrAl Washington relative to a sur,a,, Of the Reyes Ferry tract on inc Shan andoah, near Charleston. Ietsersan en, County. Va. 'eiterson
 John Wade Reyes married January 2!. 1773. in Virginia, Louisa Ta1bot niece Of President Monroe. She was porn near Alexandria, Va, April 20. atoo; ana died near Athens. Ala, No- Vemoer 6, 1886. This happy couple lived together sixty-three years. Early in the revolutionary war there was call made for volunteers under sen. John Thomas In the Shenandoah valley John Wade Reyes was the second man to enlist; he was engaged In the battles of Bunker Hill. Levine ton. Trenton, White Plains, Princeton. Brandywine and Kings Mountain Capt. John Reyes settled near AIexan- | drla, Va, moved thence to the vicinity ot Blountsville. Sullivan County. Fast tennessee, and finally to Athens. Ala. where ne was one of the pioneer set tlers. It Is said he would never con sent to apply for a pension and when asked for his reason, he would renIv.
 Iousht for patriotism, not pensions"
 He greatly honored and loved George Washington and showed his admiration by naming his twin sons. George and Washington, for him.
 George Reyes commanded a companv | under General Jackson. and was after | ward made brigadier general of mi litia.
 Among the descendants of John Wade Reyes were Chancellor Wade Reyes. one | of the most prominent jurists Alabama has produced; George P. Reyes, a not ed journalist; Col. John B. Richardson, of New Orleans, commander of the fa- nous Washington Artillery" during the war of "61-65." and others who sur | Vtve and perpetuate his virtues.
 The National Society of the Daugh- ters of the American Revolution, at a regular meeting May 2. 1900. held at Washington. D. C.. commissioned Mrs Aurora Pryor Mcclellan, Chapter Re- gent, and granted a charter October G. 1900, to this chapter No. 511 which by unanimous vote honored in its name John Wade Reyes, the revolutionary hero. whose ashes are mingled with the dust of Alabama and whose sons have added to the glory of the State of his adoption.