Reeves, Biddle

Summary

Father: Joel Reeves
Mother: Hannah Gaskill

Birth: 31 Dec 1797, New Jersey
Birth Source: Quaker Records

Death: 2 Nov 1863, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Death Source: Death Certificate

Spouse1: Martha
Spouse2: Ruthanna

Narrative

Children of Biddle Reeves:

1. Charles Reeves, b. c1826
2. Mary Reeves, b. c1830
3. Ann Reeves, b. c1833
4. Beulah Reeves, b. c1836
5. Ella Reeves, b. c1855

The Quaker record which lists his birth indicates that he moved to Philadelphia.

Public Ledger (Philadelphia, PA), 20 Dec 1851
On the 18th inst., MARTHA W. REEVES, wife of Biddle Reeves, in the 50th year of her age.
The relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral, from the residence of her husband, No. 356 North Eighth street, on First-day, 21st inst., at 1 o'clock.

Only Ann and Ella of the children were in the household in 1860.

Philadelphia Inquirer, August 13, 1892
Reeves - On the 10th inst., Ruthanna, widow of the late Biddle Reeves, in her 68th year.
The relatives and friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, on Seventh-day, the 13th instant, at 10.30 A. M., at the residence of her son-in-law, Edgar G. Thomas, Wister street, near Clarkson avenue, Germantown. Take 9.55 A. M. train for Wister Station from Ninth and Green streets, Philadelphia. Interment private

Research Notes

Sources

Birth:          New Jersey, Ocean, Little Egg Harbor Monthly Meeting, Births, Burials and Marriage Certificates, p19 (Ancestry)
Death:        FamilySearch - Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates, 1803-1915
Burial:       Findgrave - Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

1850 Census:  Spring Garden, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
1860 Census:  Philadelphia Ward 13, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

Martha Reeves Obituary, Public Ledger (Philadelphia, PA), 20 Dec 1851
Ruthanna Reeves Obituary, Philadelphia Inquirer, August 13, 1892