↑ 1.01.1 List written by Mary Elizabeth Reece Dickman Kruse.
Birthdates of my Sisters Brothers and myself as told to me by Father and Mother Reece when we had a photographer come out to the Home Ranch and take a picture of all of us and when their recollection and records from memory seemed to be clear of all of the following data.
Guy E Reece Birth: 1890, Missouri, USA Death: Jan., 1894, Missouri, USA Burial: Saint John Cemetery West, Putnam County, Missouri, USA
Son of F.B. and Bell Reece. Age 3Y 11M 10D
[NOTE: Photo shows a weathered marker of a stele style poplar at the time of Guy's death. The actual day of death has been broken and is unreadable, but could be "15" Jan. Age at time of death is part of the inscription.]
↑ 4.04.14.24.3 The difference between the two sources of information regarding dates of birth and death seem to be by one year, probably almost exactly. Although the gravestone is a derivative source for birth and death dates, it appears to have been created at or near the time of death, making it much closer in time than later reports, and tentatively more reliable. Spacing in birth order of siblings would support either birth year.
