Reeves, Gideon B.

Summary

Father: Joseph M. Reeves
Mother: Statira B.

Birth: 1 May 1826, Portage County, Ohio
Birth Source: Obituary

Death: 16 Feb 1910, Greenbush, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota
Death Source: Obituary

Spouse1: Caroline A. Corbett, m. 8 Apr 1850, Portage, Ohio

Narrative

Children of Gideon B. Reeves and Caroline A. Corbett:

1. Agnes Reeves, b. 22 Feb 1851, d. 13 Mar 1851
2. Corlista? Ann Reeves, b. 22 May 1853, d. 23 Jul 1857
3. Mary Jane Reeve, b. 20 Aug 1855, m. E. B. Northway
4. Francis Marion Reeves, b. 29 Oct 1857
5. Amy Louisa Reves, b. 5 Dec 1858, d. 27 Sep 1864

The family Bible states his parents were "Josep M And Statira B Reeves."

In 1850, Gideon, was living alone, age 24, in Barry, Michigan. By 1870, he was in Greenbush, Minnesota.

The Portage Sentinel, 15 Apr 1850
In this village, on the 8th inst., by I. Forker, Esq., Mr. GIDEON B. REEVES and Miss CAROLINE A. CORBETT.

The Princeton Union, 24 Feb 1910
Gideon B. Reeves, an old settler of this county, died at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Williams in Greenbush on Wednesday, February 16, at 3 o’clock in the afternoon. Bright’s disease, from which he had suffered for about three months, was the cause of his death. Williams rented the farm upon which he lived from Mr. Reeves and had been caring for the old gentleman for about three weeks. He was 84 years of age.
Funeral services were held from the Norwegian Lutheran church, Greenbush, on Saturday morning at 11 o’clock, and the interment was in Mila cemetery.
Gideon B. Reeves was born in Portage county, Ohio, on May 1, 1826. He was there married to Caroline A. Corbett. In 1857 he came to Minnesota and settled on a farm at Hassan, Hennepin county, where he lived three years. He then went to Minneapolis and followed the painter’s trade for two years, when he returned to his farm and remained Until 1866. In that year he moved to Greenbush, where he continued to live until called by death. He is survived by two children, Frank of Greenbush, and Mrs. Eli Northway of Pleasant Lake, N. D. His wife died about eleven years ago and there are three children dead.
Mr. Reeves was an industrious, honest citizen who had many friends in the community where he lived. At one time he was a member of the Mille Lacs board of county commissioners.

Research Notes

Sources

Birth:          See Obituary
Marriage1:  FamilySearch - Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016
Death:        See Obituary

1850 Census:  Barry County, Michigan
1870 Census:  Greenbush, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota
1880 Census:  Greenbush, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota
1900 Census:  Greenbush, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota

Marriage Announcement, The Portage Sentinel, 15 Apr 1850
Obituary, The Princeton Union, 24 Feb 1910
Gideon B. Reeves Family Bible