Biography:Marion Reece
Marion Reece
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| Given name: | William |
| Middle name: | Marion |
| Family name: | Reece |
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| Place of death: | Zionville, Watauga County, western North Carolina |
| Year of birth: | 1874 |
| Year of death: | 1939 |
| Profile: | Musician |
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Biographical notes
From Joe Wilson: he played the older Watauga County repertoire very well
according to the older fiddlers of the area. His home and shop was north
of Boone, a few miles from the state line with Johnson County, Tenn.
He was not a young man when recorded. He can be found in census records if
his age is important to you. He was also a fifer and performed on an
instrument his father or grandfather brought home from the Civil War. (The
"Mountain Yankee" 13th Tenn. Cavalry and 4th Tenn. Infantry units were
raised nearby and the Reece family was largely supporters of the Union.)
It is 99 percent likely he was a descendant of Valentine Reece, who came
to this western side of the Blue Ridge from Germany before the American
Revolution with his wife Christina Harmon (Harmann).