Reeve, Isaac

Summary

Father:
Mother:

Birth: 4 Jul 1784, Newburgh, New York
Birth Source: Headstone

Death: 23 Dec 1863, at his residence near Laporte, Indiana
Death Source: Headstone

Spouse1: Harriet
Spouse2: Ann F. Arnold, m. 3 Nov 1831, Milo, New York

Narrative

Children of Isaac Reeve and Ann F. Arnold:

1. John A. Reeve, b. c1832
2. Harriet H. Reeve, b. 7 Feb 1835, m. Henry Higgins
3. James Selah Reeve, b. 5 Jul 1838
4. Budd Reeve, b. c1842
5. Emma Reeve, b. c1844

Son James's death certificate states he was born in Newberg, New York.

Wife Harriet died 15 Nov 1829 and is buried in the Pioneer Burial Ground, Bath, Steuben County, New York.

Daughter Harriet H. Higgins (7 Feb 1835 - 31 Sep 1863) is buried in the cemetery with them and states she was the daughter of Isaac & Ann F. Reeve.

Dawson's Daily Times, 29 Dec 1863
Died, at his residence near Laporte, Indiana, on the 23d of December 1863, Isaac Reeve, in the 80th year of his age.
Mr. Reeve was born at Newburgh, Orange County, New York, on the 4th day of July, 1784, and removed to Laporte in the early days of that county. His father was one of the earliest settlers on the Walkilln river, and was one of the founders of the now beautiful city of Newburgh on the Hudson, - having been driven from his home on Long Island by the British, during the revolution, after losing his property by confiscation, because he would not take the oath of allegiance to George III, but preferred to cast his lot with the good men of that time who were determined to have for themselves and leave their children a government of their own based on principles of justice and liberty. The subject of this obituary was a firm believer in the doctrines of the immortal Jefferson, and a hater of tyranny and oppression in its every shape. A lover of the Constitution, and a defender of the rights of the people under it, he gave his vote and his influence for the preservation of the one and the fullest exercise of the other. He died a good and true man, - had always acted from a sense of duty, doing right because it was right to do right, - knowing neither selfishness nor unkindness. Born when men were patriots, and when our young country was struggling to existence, he has lived beyond the days of its prosperity, and breathed out his own life as that country is departing her glory. Knowing that fanaticism had been our ruin, he eschewed it, despised it, - and took the part of his country and her constitution, bringing down upon himself, in this day and generation, the avowed vengeance of "loyal" bigots, who threatened the life of the old man because he did not believe with them, and would not worship at the shrine of the fanatic's Baal. He was buried at Plymouth, on the 26th day of December, inst.

Research Notes

The marker in the Stringer Cemetery may be a more recent placement.

This appears to be the son of Selah Reeve but this needs verification. In addition, Isaac appears to have had some older children by his first wife.

Sources

Birth:          Headstone, Stringer Cemetery, Marshall County, Indiana
Marriage1:  Yates County, New York, U.S., Swann Vital Records Collection, 1723-2009 (Ancestry)
Death:        Headstone, Stringer Cemetery, Marshall County, Indiana
                    Dawson's Daily Times, 29 Dec 1863

1840 Census:  LaPorte County, Indiana
1850 Census:  Pleasant, LaPorte County, Indiana
1860 Census:  Pleasant, LaPorte County, Indiana