He was the son of Henry Thomas Hildreth and Alsy Miller. They moved from Wayne County, Kentucky to the newly opened Indian Territories of Indiana, but within 10 years moved on to Fentress County, Tennessee where they lived until they died.
Reese was a circuit court clerk for the county (1853-1858), then a lawyer. He became a member of the 33rd and 34th Tenessee General Assembly during the civil war (1859 - 1863). He was unable toserve as he was lame. Due to the tensions during the war he moved to Overton County, Tenn where he served also as a school teacher. In 1864 he was drug from the schoolroom and shot in front of his daughter Laura by the Union Home Guard. This information is documented in both the "Biographical Dictionary of Tenn General Assembly, Vol I 1796 - 1861" by McBride and also, in "Mark Twain's Obedstown and Knobs of Tennessee" by Hogue. He and his wife, Mary Ann McGee, had 3 sons and 2 daughters.
Reese was a circuit court clerk for the county (1853-1858), then a lawyer. He became a member of the 33rd and 34th Tenessee General Assembly during the civil war (1859 - 1863). He was unable toserve as he was lame. Due to the tensions during the war he moved to Overton County, Tenn where he served also as a school teacher. In 1864 he was drug from the schoolroom and shot in front of his daughter Laura by the Union Home Guard. This information is documented in both the "Biographical Dictionary of Tenn General Assembly, Vol I 1796 - 1861" by McBride and also, in "Mark Twain's Obedstown and Knobs of Tennessee" by Hogue. He and his wife, Mary Ann McGee, had 3 sons and 2 daughters.
He was the son of Henry Thomas Hildreth and Alsy Miller. They moved from Wayne County, Kentucky to the newly opened Indian Territories of Indiana, but within 10 years moved on to Fentress County, Tennessee where they lived until they died.
Reese was a circuit court clerk for the county (1853-1858), then a lawyer. He became a member of the 33rd and 34th Tenessee General Assembly during the civil war (1859 - 1863). He was unable toserve as he was lame. Due to the tensions during the war he moved to Overton County, Tenn where he served also as a school teacher. In 1864 he was drug from the schoolroom and shot in front of his daughter Laura by the Union Home Guard. This information is documented in both the "Biographical Dictionary of Tenn General Assembly, Vol I 1796 - 1861" by McBride and also, in "Mark Twain's Obedstown and Knobs of Tennessee" by Hogue. He and his wife, Mary Ann McGee, had 3 sons and 2 daughters.
Reese was a circuit court clerk for the county (1853-1858), then a lawyer. He became a member of the 33rd and 34th Tenessee General Assembly during the civil war (1859 - 1863). He was unable toserve as he was lame. Due to the tensions during the war he moved to Overton County, Tenn where he served also as a school teacher. In 1864 he was drug from the schoolroom and shot in front of his daughter Laura by the Union Home Guard. This information is documented in both the "Biographical Dictionary of Tenn General Assembly, Vol I 1796 - 1861" by McBride and also, in "Mark Twain's Obedstown and Knobs of Tennessee" by Hogue. He and his wife, Mary Ann McGee, had 3 sons and 2 daughters.
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