Individual Details
Thomas R. Bresee
(8 Jul 1833 - )
Per "Landmarks of Tompkins Co., NY" by John H. Selkreg, page 111, from Heritage Quest, a Thomas R. Bresee, merchant tailor of Groton Village, was born in Otsego Co. 8 July 1833, and married Mary Ann Pickens in 1868. This may be the same Thomas Bresee. See e-mail from Phuyllis Kinzie dated 20 Feb 2001 in the Wilmer Bresee file.
IGI shows birth abt 1833 in NY.
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Bresee, Thomas R., the well known merchant tailor and general clothier of Groton village, and one of the oldest business men of the town, was born in Otsego county, July 8, 1833. He learned the tailor's trade by serving an apprenticeship of six years, ands in 1855 located at Groton. In August, 1862, he enlisted in Co. K, 137th N. Y. Vols., and served six months. In 1863 he returned to Groton, and soon afterwards went west, remaining till 1868, when he returned to this village, beginning an active business career, which has since continued without interruption to the present time. In 1868 Mr. Bresee married Mary Ann Pickens, by whom he has had five children, only one of whom survives, Dell Bresee, who is responsibly connected with the Owego Bridge Company, having entire charge of the company's office.
From:
Landmarks of Tompkins County, New York
Including a History of Corness University
Edited by: John H. Selkreg
D. Mason & Co., Publishers
Syracuse, N. Y. 1894
IGI shows birth abt 1833 in NY.
MyCanvas Photo Books http://www.onlinebiographies.info/ny/tomp/bresee-tr.htm
Bresee, Thomas R., the well known merchant tailor and general clothier of Groton village, and one of the oldest business men of the town, was born in Otsego county, July 8, 1833. He learned the tailor's trade by serving an apprenticeship of six years, ands in 1855 located at Groton. In August, 1862, he enlisted in Co. K, 137th N. Y. Vols., and served six months. In 1863 he returned to Groton, and soon afterwards went west, remaining till 1868, when he returned to this village, beginning an active business career, which has since continued without interruption to the present time. In 1868 Mr. Bresee married Mary Ann Pickens, by whom he has had five children, only one of whom survives, Dell Bresee, who is responsibly connected with the Owego Bridge Company, having entire charge of the company's office.
From:
Landmarks of Tompkins County, New York
Including a History of Corness University
Edited by: John H. Selkreg
D. Mason & Co., Publishers
Syracuse, N. Y. 1894
Events
| Birth | 8 Jul 1833 | Otsego Co., New York, United States | |||
| Occupation | 1855 | tailor - Groton Village |  | ||
| Marriage | 1868 | Living |
Families
| Spouse | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Father | Harmon "Harmanus" Bresee (1788 - 1859) |
| Mother | Polly Post (1799 - 1883) |
| Sibling | Polly Bresee (1819 - ) |
| Sibling | Miriah Bresee ( - ) |
| Sibling | David Carl Bresee (1820 - 1901) |
| Sibling | Jeremiah "Jerry" Bresee (1822 - ) |
| Sibling | Daniel J. Bresee (1824 - ) |
| Sibling | Andrew Bresee (1830 - ) |
| Sibling | William Edgar Bresee (1836 - 1899) |