Reeve, David M.

Summary

Father: Zadoc Reeve
Mother: Mary M. Colton

Birth: c1818
Birth Source: In Memoriam News Item

Death: 19 Oct 1861
Death Source: In Memoriam News Item

Spouse1: Isabel Soloman, m. 23 Apr 1840, Lost Creek, Vigo County, Indiana
Spouse2: Louisa Jane Reeves Wilson, m. 6 May 1855, Vigo County, Indiana

Narrative

Children of David M. Reeve and Isabel Soloman:

1. Mary Reeve, b. c1843
2. Albert Reeve, b. c1845
3. Amalisa Reeve, b. c1849
4. Hyram Reeve, d. 10 Sep 1854

Children of David M. Reeves and Louisa Jane Reeves:

1. Frank Reeves, b. c1859

In 1850, David was a carpenter, living with his family next door to Zadoc Reeve in Vigo County. The 1883 will of Zadoc includes an item "To the wife of William McNutt (a former wife of my son Daniel M Reeve deceased)." The wife of William McNutt was David's widow Lousia. His will (at least the recorded version) incorrectly refers to his son as Daniel instead of David.

The family apparently moved to Bloomington, Illinois for a short period, where his first wife died.

The Weekly Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois), 13 Sep 1854
At her residence in this city, August 31, of Cholera Morbus, ISABEL REEVE, consort of DAVID M. REEVE, formerly of Indiana.
Also, September 10, HYRAM, infant son of the above
- Terre Haute papers please copy.

The following was published on 22 Oct 1861 in the The Daily Wabash Express:

In Memoriam.
HALL of FT. HARRISON LODGE No. 157 I. O. O. F. Oct 21st, 1861.
WHEREAS, David M. Reeve, a member of our Lodge, departed this life on the 19th inst., in the 43d year of his age, after a long sickness; and that, being a true and honest man, a devoted husband and father, a faithful citizen and Odd Fellow, respected for his worth; and to show our feelings and sympathies,
Resolved. That we will bury the deceased brother with the honors of the Order, and that the Lidge shall be clothed and the members will wear the usual badge of mourning for thirty days.
Resolved. That our sympathies are hereby tendered to his bereaved family in the affliction.
T. W. WATKINS }
J. C. WALTERS   }
A. J. RILEY       }

Research Notes

Sources

Marriage1:  Indiana, U.S., Marriages, 1810-2001 (Ancestry)
Marriage2:  FamilySearch - Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019
Death:        The Daily Wabash Express, 22 Oct 1861

1840 Census:  Lost Creek, Vigo County, Indiana
1850 Census:  Lost Creek, Vigo County, Indiana
1860 Census:  Terre Haute Ward 5, Vigo County, Indiana

Isabel Reeve Obituary, The Weekly Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois), 13 Sep 1854