Reeves, John

Summary

Father: Abner Reeves
Mother:

Birth: 5 or 6 Jun 1781, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Birth Source: Bios, Census

Death: 20 Nov 1851
Death Source: Grave Reg.

Spouse1: Sarah Quinby

Narrative

Children of John Reeves and Sarah Quinby:

1. Arthur Reeves
2. Samuel Q. Reeves, 10 Mar 1804
3. Abner Reeves, b. c1806
4. Jesse Reeves
5. Ephraim Q. Reeves
6. Joseph P. Reeves, d. by mid 1852
7. John Reeves, b. c1815
8. Lewis R. Reeves, b. 21 May 1817
9. Sarah A. Reeves
10. Eugenia M. Reeves, b. c1825
11. Nancy L. Reeves
12. Hannah B. Reeves

John is named as a son in the will of Abner Reeves of Rostraver, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.

Daughter Nancy and granddaugher Laura were living with them in 1850.

John is buried in the Ewalt Cemetery in Howland. He enlisted 24 Aug 1812 and was discharged 24 Sep 1812.

From History of Trumbull & Mahoning Counties, Ohio:

JOHN REEVES, Sr. was a permanent settler, having located on lot twelve in 1803. His son John still lives upon the old farm. Other sons were Jesse, Abner, Ephraim, and Samuel Q. There were three daughters, Sarah, Eugenia, and Nancy.
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The first religious meeting in this township, or the first in which a sermon was preached, was held at the house of John Reeves in 1803. A Baptist minister conducted the services.
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The first child born in this township was Samuel Q. Reeves, March 10, 1804.
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JOHN REEVES, SR., came from Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, in the fall of 1803, and purchased the well known Reeves homestead farm, being part of lots twelve and thirteen, Howland township. He moved in the spring of 1804 and settled on this farm, having brought his goods down the Monongahela and up the Ohio, Beaver, and Mahoning rivers in a common canoe. He was born June 5, 1781, and died in 1851; was married April 16, 1801, to Miss Sarah Quinby, who was born April 30, 1786. Their children were Arthur, Samuel, Abner, Jesse, Ephraim Q., Joseph P., John, Lewis, Sarah (now Mrs. Reno, of Chicago), Eugenia (now Mrs. Little, of Chicago), Nancy (now Mrs. I. N. Dawson, of Warren), and Hannah B., deceased. John Reeves, Jr., the seventh child, was born Tuesday, March 21, 1815, and was married in 1839 to Harriet Mason, who was born September 11, 1820. To them were born the following children: Ellesif, Abner M., Sarah, Mary, James, and John. Mr. Reeves was elected treasurer of Trumbull county in 1856, and served two years; has been several times elected justice of the peace of his township. During the late war he was actively engaged in enlisting soldiers, having recruited company B, One Hundred and Fifth Ohio volunteer infantry, in about nine days, and of which he was commissioned captain. He is now one of the well known, leading men of his township, engaged as a farmer on the homestead farm.

In addition to the above, the Biographical history of northeastern Ohio includes an entry for his son John which includes the following relevant information about his father and family:

John Reeves was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, March 21, 1815, son of John Reeves, Sr., one of the first settlers of the county. The senior Mr. Reeves was born in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, June 6, 1781, son of Abner Reeves, a native of New Jersey and a soldier in the Revolutionary war. John Reeves, Sr., was married in Washington county, Pennsylvania, April 16, 1801, to Sarah Quinby, a native of that county, born April 30, 1786, she, too, being the daughter of a Revolutionary soldier. In 1802, not long after their marriage, they came to Ohio and settled in the woods of Trumbull county, being surrounded on all sides by wolves, bears and Indians. Mr. Reeves was drafted for service in the war of 1812, but procured a substitute. Mr. Reeves came out here in a canoe, with guides, while his wife subsequently made the journey on horseback. During the war of 1812, they removed to Washington county, Pennsylvania, and when the war closed they returned to Trumbull county. For a number of years they kept hotel. After a long and useful life lie passed away November 20, 1851, and his good wife was called to her last home, February 3, 1880, she having reached the advanced age of ninety-four years. Both were zealous members of the Baptist Church, he being a Deacon for many years. Politically, he was a Whig. They had twelve children, as follows: Arthur, Samuel Q., Abner, Jesse, Ephraim, Joseph P., John, Lewis R., Sarah, Reno, Eugene Little, Nancy Dawson, and Hannah Barnes.

From Trumbull Probate docket records, 30 Mar 1852:
John Reeves late of Howland Decd
Will proved John Reeves, Jesse Reeves excs

Research Notes

Sources

Death:        Ohio, U.S., Soldier Grave Registrations, 1804-1958 (Ancestry)

1830 Census:  Trumbull County, Ohio
1840 Census:  Trumbull County, Ohio
1850 Census:  Trumbull County, Ohio

1850 Will - John Reeves - Trumbull County, Ohio Will Book 2, p156
Trumbull County, Ohio Probate Docket Book 2, p291
History of Trumbull & Mahoning Counties, Ohio, pp. 208, 210, 211, 219
Archive.org - (1893). Biographical history of northeastern Ohio, embracing the counties of Ashtabula, Trumball and Mahoning..., p376