Reeves, Abigail 1832-1910

REEVES, MAGULPHIN

Posted By: Viv Reeves (email)
Date: 2/7/2006 at 20:44:39

LeMars Globe-Post, April 11, 1910

DEATH OF MRS. A. REEVES
Mother of Thirteen Children—Has Lived in Plymouth County

Mrs. Abigail Reeves, aged 78 years, died Wednesday morning at the home of
her granddaughter, Mrs. W. H. Drumm, in Sioux City, after a brief illness.
Death was due to weaknesses incident to old age. Mrs. Reeves returned last
Thursday from Marshalltown, where she spent the winter at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. M. H. Sheeley. She was taken ill Saturday morning at 11
o’clock and had been unconscious most of the time since then.

Thirteen children survive. They are Mrs. Geo. Darville, of Morningside; M.
S. and Albert M. Reeves, Hawarden; F. H. Reeves, Jasper, Minn.; W. S.
Reeves, Tea, S.D.; Samuel Reeves, LaSalle, Colo.; William H. Reeves,
Garretson, S.D.; Mrs. M. H. Sheeley, Marshalltown, Ia.; Mrs. S. M. Jenkins,
Akron, Ia.; Mrs. Charles Brooks, Quincy, Mich.; Mrs. I. S. Small, Hudson,
S.D.; and Joseph M. Reeves, Strathscona, Canada.

For several years Mrs. Reeves has been living at the various homes of her
children. She was born in Schenectady, N.Y., February 29, 1832, and came
west when she was a young woman. She was reared in a Christian family and
was a lifelong member of the Methodist church.

The funeral was held at the home of Mrs. Drumm at 2 o’clock on Friday
afternoon and interment made in Logan Park Cemetery beside the grave of Mrs.
Reeves’ husband, Stephen Reeves, who died in 1897. All of the children were
at the funeral.
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LeMars Sentinel, April 12, 1910:

Mrs. Abigail Reeves, aged 78 years died on Wednesday morning at the home of her grand daughter, Mrs. W. H. Drumm, in Sioux City, of old age. She leaves thirteen children. Her husband, Stephen Reeves, died in 1897. The funeral was held at the Drumm home and the interment made in Logan Park cemetery. Mrs. Reeves lived in Plymouth county at one time and has a number of relatives in this county.