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    James Rees De Zeng

    Birth: 1819

    Death: 8-8-1884

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"James Rees, a Major during the War of 1812, was the first cashier of the Bank of Geneva which was chartered in March 1817, and is now called the National Bank of Geneva. Mr. Rees built and resided in the house that is now the rectory of Trinity Episcopal Church, 528 South Main Street. This house was the first site of the bank and was both the residence of Mr. Rees and his family and of the bank. His daughter Caroline, Josephine's mother, married William S. deZeng and continued to live in this house with her family." James Rees De Zeng lived as a bachelor in Geneva, where he died in 1884. 

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"James Rees, a Major during the War of 1812, was the first cashier of the Bank of Geneva which was chartered in March 1817, and is now called the National Bank of Geneva. Mr. Rees built and resided in the house that is now the rectory of Trinity Episcopal Church, 528 South Main Street. This house was the first site of the bank and was both the residence of Mr. Rees and his family and of the bank. His daughter Caroline, Josephine's mother, married William S. deZeng and continued to live in this house with her family." James Rees De Zeng lived as a bachelor in Geneva, where he died in 1884.
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New York State Census, 1855
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1855
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Unpublished Manuscript
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New York Death Index, 1852-1956
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1884
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