Reeve, Daniel Wells

Summary

Father: Selah Reeve
Mother:

Birth: 12 Sep 1822, New York
Birth Source: Headstone

Death: 31 Jan 1896, Mattituck, Long Island, New York
Death Source: Headstone

Spouse1: Rhoda Jane Downs

Narrative

Children of Daniel Wells Reeve and Rhoda Jane Downs:

1. George Reeve, b. c1841
2. Josephine Reeve, b. 24 Feb 1846
3. Daniel W. Reeve, b. c1853
4. Alonzo Tuthill Reeve, b. 1854

The New York Times, 1 Feb 1896
D. WELLS REEVE KILLED
The Lawyer Run Down by a Railway Train at Mattituck, L. I.
RIVERHEAD, L. I., Jan. 31 - D. Wells Reeve, a lawyer, seventy-four years old, was killed by an east-bound special train on the Long Island Railroad, about 6 o'clock this evening, at the North Road crossing, in Mattituck.
Mr. Reeve's carriage was struck by the engine when he was crossing the track. He lived only a short time after the accident.
He lived at Aquabogue, near Riverhead. When he was killed he was driving from his Riverhead law office to Mattituck on some law business.
Mr. Reeves was the oldest member of the Suffolk County Bar in active practice. For many years he resided in Riverhead, and at one time had a law office in Brooklyn. His wife, two sons, and a daughter survive him.

Research Notes

Sources

Death:        The New York Times, 1 Feb 1896
Burial:       Findagrave - Riverhead Cemetery, Riverhead, Suffolk County, New York

1850 Census:  Southold, Suffolk County, New York
1860 Census:  Southold, Suffolk County, New York
1870 Census:  Southold, Suffolk County, New York
1880 Census:  Brooklyn, Kings County, New York