Reeve, Tapping

Summary

Father: Lorenzo Reeves
Mother: Maria

Birth: 7 Mar 1832, New York
Birth Source: Headstone

Death: 9 Jul 1885
Death Source: Headstone

Spouse1: Lydia Isabelle

Narrative

Children of Tapping Reeve and Lydia Isabelle:

1. Edna Reeves

In 1850, he was with Benn B. and Maria Curry in Owego, New York. It may be that Maria was his mother and had remarried.

In 1880, his sister Lucinda was living with him in Ukiah, California.

Petaluma Daily Morning Courier (Petaluma, CA), 26 Jan 1926
Mrs. Isabelle Reeves-Carothers Dies At Ukiah Home.
Mrs. Isabelle Reeves-Carothers, one of the best known residents of Mendocino County, and known here where she had relatives, died at her home in Ukiah Sunday. Mrs. Carothers had been married twice. Her first husband Tapping Reeves owned the first saw mill in Mendocino County. Her second husband was a prominent lawyer in Ukiah. The family home was located on Third Street, the property now owned by Mrs. Emma Burtorf.

Mendocino Coast Beacon (Mendocino, CA), 30 Jan 1926
MRS. T. L CAROTHERS PASSES
UKIAH Jan. 29 - Mrs. T. L. Carothers died at her home here Sunday evening following a short illness. Always somewhat frail, suffered an attack of flu last summer which somewhat sapped her vitality and hastened the end.

Mrs. Carothers, who was the widow of the late Tapping Reeves, prominent as one of the county's early lumbermen interested in mills at Ukiah and Little River on the coast, was born at Oswego, New York State and came of a family of note. A brother was a celebrated musician and composer and a sister was an artist of ability.

Mrs. Carothers had lived in this city for a great many years and had endeared herself to a great number of people by her gentle ways and many fine qualities. She was a charter member of the Presbyterian Church and an active worker in the church. She was also a member of Kingsley Chapter Order of Eastern Star.

Funeral services were held from the family home Rev. W. W. Breckenbridge officiating. Mrs. Carothers is survived by one daughter Miss Edna Reeves who for some years past has been a member of the faculty of the Girls High School in San Francisco.

Research Notes

Sources

Burial:       Findagrave - Ukiah Cemetery, Ukiah, Mendocino County, California

1850 Census:  Owego, Tioga County, New York
1860 Census:  
1870 Census:  Big River, Mendocino County, California
1880 Census:  Ukiah, Mendocino County, California

Isabelle Reeves Obituary, Petaluma Daily Morning Courier (Petaluma, CA), 26 Jan 1926
Isabelle Reeves Obituary, Mendocino Coast Beacon (Mendocino, CA), 30 Jan 1926