Reeves, David

Summary

Father: Thomas Reeves
Mother: Keziah Brown

Birth: 14 Feb 1793
Birth Source: Family Bible

Death: 16 Mar 1871, Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
Death Source: Family Bible

Spouse1: Clarissa M. James, m. 20 Mar 1817, Salem County, New Jersey
Spouse2: Hester Hall James
Spouse2: Sarah Scull James

Narrative

Children of David Reeves and Clarissa M. James:

1. Rebekah Reeves, b. c1823
2. Emily Reeves, b. c1836

A deed from 1832 shows David and Clarissa were living in Bridgeton, Cumberland County, New Jersey. This appears to be the David listed on the 1830 census in Hopewell, Cumberland County.

David and Clara were living in Philadelphia in 1839 when they, along with David's siblings, sold land that had belonged to his brother John.

Alexandria Gazette (Virginia), 18 Mar 1871
Yesterday David Reeves, well known as being prominently connected with the iron business for a great number of years, and also as President of the Poenix Iron Company, died at his residence in Phoenixville, Pa., aged seventy-nine.

David is buried in the Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia.

Research Notes

Sources

Birth:          Thomas Reeves Family Bible
                    Headstone, Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Marriage1:  FamilySearch - New Jersey, County Marriages, 1682-1956
Death:        Thomas Reeves Family Bible
                    Headstone, Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
                    FamilySearch - Philadelphia Death Certificate, David Reeves, 1871
                    Obituary, Alexandria Gazette (Virginia), 18 Mar 1871

1830 Census:  Hopewell, Cumberland County, New Jersey
1840 Census:  Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
1850 Census:  Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
1860 Census:  Chester County, Pennsylvania
1870 Census:  Chester County, Pennsylvania

1832 Deed - David & Clara M. Reeves to Samuel Alben - Cumberland County, New Jersey Deed Book 55, p358