Reeves, Richard

REEVES

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Date: 7/9/2021 at 17:29:44

History of Warren County, Iowa; Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns & Etc., by Union Historical Company, 1879, p.696

REEVES, RICHARD, farmer, Union Township, Sec. 2; P. O. Sandyville; born in Mayo county, Ohio, Aug. 6, 1833, and was raised there, he came to this county in the spring of 1855, and located on his present homestead, which consists of 323 acres; he has engaged for the past few years in stock-raising and feeding. Mr. Reeves is a public-spirited man; honorable, of a social disposition, and is held in high esteem by all who know him; he enlisted in Co. C, Thirty-fourth Iowa Infantry, August 17, 1863, and was discharged May 3, 1864; he married Miss Mary Douglas, October 18, 1851; they have nine children: J. C., Callie C., Anor L., Amaziah M., David W., Phillip S., Elizabeth L., Effie B. and Stella Grace; lost one son, Hugh, died July 27, 1860.