Lang, H. O., ed.  "The History of the Willamette Valley, Being A Description 
of the Valley and its Resources, with an account of its Discovery and 
Settlement by White Men, and its Subsequent History; Together with Personal 
Reminiscences of its Early Pioneers."  Portland, OR, Geo. H. Himes, Book and 
Job Printer, 1885.  p. 628.

WILLARD H. REES

     Mr. Rees is a native of the State of Delaware, and was born in Dover, the
capital of the State, in 1819.  He was taken to Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1826, and
fifteen years later moved to Illinois.  He came very early to Oregon, arriving
with the immigration of 1844, and settled on the Willamette near Butteville,
taking a donation claim, which he still possesses.  His occupation is farming,
and in this patriarchal pursuit he has been very successful.  He served in the
Provisional Legislature in 1847 and 1848.  Went overland to California in 1848,
during the gold excitement, and returned the next year.  In 1850 he officially
took a census of Marion County.  He married in 1847, Amanda Hall, by whom he has
had five sons and seven daughters.
 
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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in May 2005 by Diana Smith.  Submitter
has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.