Hartford City News Times on Tuesday, April 19, 1927
REV. REEVES IS BURIED TODAY
One of the more largely attended funeral services conducted in this city were those for Rev. Lewis Reeves, widely known church man, Civil War veteran and former county clerk who died suddenly Saturday morning at age 79 years 9 months 22 days, held Tuesday morning at 10:30 o'clock from the Grace M. E. Church, in charge of Rev. L. W. Kemper. Pallbearers who officiated were as previously announced. Burial was made in the I. O. O. F cemetery. Among the out of town relatives and friends in attendance were: Ollie Jenkins, Emma Gruber, Dave Morris, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Flatter and Mr. and Mrs. Russell, of Union City: Dr. Hawkins, Mrs. Ammons, Mrs. George Fry, of Swayzee, Mable Brown of Clinton, Ind.: Effie Traux of Kokomo, Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Knight, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Knight, Melvin Knight, of Elkhart, Ken Knight, of Ft. Wayne, Mrs. E. O. Overhultz, Mrs. L. J. Reeves, John Reeves and family, George Vincent and family, of Converse, Marble Reeves and family of Detroit, Mich., Lawrence Shroyer, Ralph Robbins and family, Bert Robbins and Family, William Robbins, all of Millgrove, Rev. Ed Greenwalt, of WInchester, Portia Reeves of Muncie, Frank Weaver and family, Asbury Robbins of Como, Ind, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Cline, of Upland, William Bobo, of Muncie, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Robbins of Marion, Mrs. Walter Sprong and Luzerne and Mable James of Cincinnati, O. Various officials of the Northern Indiana Methodist conference were also in attendance.
LEGIONNAIRES STAND GUARD OVER BODY OF REV. LEWIS REEVES
Robert Hart and Clifford Fees, members of the local post of the American Legion, stood guard at the casket of Rev. Lewis Reeves Tuesday morning while the body lay in state at the Grace M. E. church. The Legionnaires were in uniform and armed, one representing the navy and the other the army. Rev. Reeves was a Civil War veteran. Members of the Legion attended the funeral services in a body.
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REV. LEWIS REEVES. Known and revered for his long and faithful service as a clergyman of the Methodist Episcopal church, Mr. Reeves has now retired from active pastoral work of specific order and is the able incumbent of the office of deputy county clerk of Blackford county, where his circle of friends is limited only by that of his acquaintances.
Mr. Reeves was born on a farm near Union City, Darke county, Ohio, on the 24th of June, 1847, and his lineage is traced back to staunch English origin. He was named in honor of his grandfather, Lewis Reeves, who was born near Bridgeton, Cumberland county, New Jersey, between 1790 and 1795, and who served for a time as a soldier in the war of 1812. At Bridgeton, New Jersey, in February, 1818, he married Hannah Miller, who likewise was born in New Jersey, of German ancestry. Mr. Reeves was a shoemaker by trade and he continued to follow his vocation in New Jersey for a number of years. Soon after his marriage, however, he came to the West and first established his home at Warren, Trumbull county, Ohio, were he engaged in the work of his trade and became one of the pioneer business men of the town, his residence having there been established within the year 1818. In the earlier ‘40s he removed with his family to Darke county, Ohio, and a few miles north of the village of Union City he purchased a farm of forty acres, to the development and cultivation of which he directed his energies, the while he maintained a profitable business in making boots and shoes for the people of the vicinity, keeping his work bench in his home. Both he and his wife passed the residue of their lives in Darke county, honored by all who knew them, and each passed the psalmist's allotted span of "three score years and ten." Mr. Reeves was a Whig in his political adherency, and both he and his wife were devout members of the Methodist Episcopal church. They became the Lemmuel M. Reeves, father of Rev. Lewis Reeves, was born at Warren, Trumbull county, Ohio, on the 18th of December, 1818. Reared to maturity in his native town, he there gained his early education in the pioneer schools and there also he served a seven years' apprenticeship to the trade of cabinetmaking. He continued to follow his trade after his removal to Darke county, Ohio, where also he purchased and sold two or more farms. In 1868 he removed with his family to Converse, Miami county, Indiana, and there he passed the residue of his long and active life, his death having occurred January 17, 1902, his cherished and devoted wife having been summoned to the life eternal on the 1st of July, 1892. Her maiden name was Julia Bradford, and she was born in Portage county, Ohio, July 12, 1819, their marriage having been solemnized in Windom, that county, on the 25th of January, 1842. Mrs. Reeves was a representative of the historic old Bradford family of New England, and was a daughter of Joel and Millie (Loveland) Bradford, the former a native of New Hampshire and the latter of Vermont, their marriage having been solemnized in Ohio. They were pioneers of Darke county, Ohio, and there each attained to advanced age, Mr. Bradford having been past seventy at the time of death and his widow having attained to the age of eighty-four years; both were devout adherents of the Christian church and in politics Mr. Bradford was a Whig. Lemuel M. and Julia (Bradford) Reeves became the parents of four sons and one daughter, and at the present time three of the sons are living, all having married, as did also the sister. Two of the sons still retain their residence at Converse, Miami county, this State.
Rev. Lewis Reeves was the eldest of the children and he gained his early education in his native county, later attending school at Union City, Randolph county, Indiana. Endowed with alert and receptive mentality, he devoted himself earnestly to study and reading, and at the age of thirty-eight years he began his ministerial labors in the Methodist Episcopal church. He held a pastoral charge at Mentone, Indiana, for three years; his next incumbency of equal duration was at Fremont, Steuben county; later he was pastor of a church at Harlan, Allen county, where he remained five years; he next held for five years a pastorate at Swayzee, Grant county; was four years at Russiaville, Howard county; and in 1906, after years of earnest and fruitful endeavor in the ministry, he was retired by his church and placed on the superannuated list. He has found satisfaction in employing his time and attention in connection with his present office, that of deputy county clerk of Blackford county, a position of which he has been the incumbent since January 1, 1914, and he is one of the best known and most highly esteemed citizens of Hartford City.
Mr. Reeves is a supporter of the cause of the Republican party and is prominently affiliated with the Masonic fraternity, in which he is past master of the lodge. He is identified also with the Knights of Pythias, and is past commander of Coultor Post, Grand Army of the Republic, at Russiaville, as he had served nearly two years as a valiant soldier in the Civil war, in which he was a member of the Seventh Indiana Volunteer Cavalry. He enlisted about six months prior to his seventeenth birthday anniversary and with his command he saw hard service, including participation in a number of sanguinary engagements. At the close of the war he received his honorable discharge, having been mustered out with his regiment, in which he was a member of Company B. He took part in fully twelve battles and during his military career was only slightly wounded. At Lincoln's first call for volunteers the father of Mr. Reeves enlisted in the Seventeenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with which he served four months. Mr. Reeves and his wife are most zealous and valued members of the First Methodist Episcopal church of Hartford City, and he still finds more or less requisition for his services as a minister of this denomination.
In 1870, at Mill Grove, Blackford county, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Reeves to Miss Mary Robbins, who was born in Wayne county, this State, on the 10th of November, 1852. Mr. and Mrs. Reeves have no children of their own, but as foster parents they have reared in their home the following named person: Etta Thorpe, who is now the wife of William Lanning, of Grant county; William Stewart, who resides at Mill Grove, Blackford county; and Ursie Morehead, who was with her foster parents from the time she was four years of age until her marriage.
REV. REEVES IS BURIED TODAY
One of the more largely attended funeral services conducted in this city were those for Rev. Lewis Reeves, widely known church man, Civil War veteran and former county clerk who died suddenly Saturday morning at age 79 years 9 months 22 days, held Tuesday morning at 10:30 o'clock from the Grace M. E. Church, in charge of Rev. L. W. Kemper. Pallbearers who officiated were as previously announced. Burial was made in the I. O. O. F cemetery. Among the out of town relatives and friends in attendance were: Ollie Jenkins, Emma Gruber, Dave Morris, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Flatter and Mr. and Mrs. Russell, of Union City: Dr. Hawkins, Mrs. Ammons, Mrs. George Fry, of Swayzee, Mable Brown of Clinton, Ind.: Effie Traux of Kokomo, Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Knight, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Knight, Melvin Knight, of Elkhart, Ken Knight, of Ft. Wayne, Mrs. E. O. Overhultz, Mrs. L. J. Reeves, John Reeves and family, George Vincent and family, of Converse, Marble Reeves and family of Detroit, Mich., Lawrence Shroyer, Ralph Robbins and family, Bert Robbins and Family, William Robbins, all of Millgrove, Rev. Ed Greenwalt, of WInchester, Portia Reeves of Muncie, Frank Weaver and family, Asbury Robbins of Como, Ind, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Cline, of Upland, William Bobo, of Muncie, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Robbins of Marion, Mrs. Walter Sprong and Luzerne and Mable James of Cincinnati, O. Various officials of the Northern Indiana Methodist conference were also in attendance.
LEGIONNAIRES STAND GUARD OVER BODY OF REV. LEWIS REEVES
Robert Hart and Clifford Fees, members of the local post of the American Legion, stood guard at the casket of Rev. Lewis Reeves Tuesday morning while the body lay in state at the Grace M. E. church. The Legionnaires were in uniform and armed, one representing the navy and the other the army. Rev. Reeves was a Civil War veteran. Members of the Legion attended the funeral services in a body.
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REV. LEWIS REEVES. Known and revered for his long and faithful service as a clergyman of the Methodist Episcopal church, Mr. Reeves has now retired from active pastoral work of specific order and is the able incumbent of the office of deputy county clerk of Blackford county, where his circle of friends is limited only by that of his acquaintances.
Mr. Reeves was born on a farm near Union City, Darke county, Ohio, on the 24th of June, 1847, and his lineage is traced back to staunch English origin. He was named in honor of his grandfather, Lewis Reeves, who was born near Bridgeton, Cumberland county, New Jersey, between 1790 and 1795, and who served for a time as a soldier in the war of 1812. At Bridgeton, New Jersey, in February, 1818, he married Hannah Miller, who likewise was born in New Jersey, of German ancestry. Mr. Reeves was a shoemaker by trade and he continued to follow his vocation in New Jersey for a number of years. Soon after his marriage, however, he came to the West and first established his home at Warren, Trumbull county, Ohio, were he engaged in the work of his trade and became one of the pioneer business men of the town, his residence having there been established within the year 1818. In the earlier ‘40s he removed with his family to Darke county, Ohio, and a few miles north of the village of Union City he purchased a farm of forty acres, to the development and cultivation of which he directed his energies, the while he maintained a profitable business in making boots and shoes for the people of the vicinity, keeping his work bench in his home. Both he and his wife passed the residue of their lives in Darke county, honored by all who knew them, and each passed the psalmist's allotted span of "three score years and ten." Mr. Reeves was a Whig in his political adherency, and both he and his wife were devout members of the Methodist Episcopal church. They became the Lemmuel M. Reeves, father of Rev. Lewis Reeves, was born at Warren, Trumbull county, Ohio, on the 18th of December, 1818. Reared to maturity in his native town, he there gained his early education in the pioneer schools and there also he served a seven years' apprenticeship to the trade of cabinetmaking. He continued to follow his trade after his removal to Darke county, Ohio, where also he purchased and sold two or more farms. In 1868 he removed with his family to Converse, Miami county, Indiana, and there he passed the residue of his long and active life, his death having occurred January 17, 1902, his cherished and devoted wife having been summoned to the life eternal on the 1st of July, 1892. Her maiden name was Julia Bradford, and she was born in Portage county, Ohio, July 12, 1819, their marriage having been solemnized in Windom, that county, on the 25th of January, 1842. Mrs. Reeves was a representative of the historic old Bradford family of New England, and was a daughter of Joel and Millie (Loveland) Bradford, the former a native of New Hampshire and the latter of Vermont, their marriage having been solemnized in Ohio. They were pioneers of Darke county, Ohio, and there each attained to advanced age, Mr. Bradford having been past seventy at the time of death and his widow having attained to the age of eighty-four years; both were devout adherents of the Christian church and in politics Mr. Bradford was a Whig. Lemuel M. and Julia (Bradford) Reeves became the parents of four sons and one daughter, and at the present time three of the sons are living, all having married, as did also the sister. Two of the sons still retain their residence at Converse, Miami county, this State.
Rev. Lewis Reeves was the eldest of the children and he gained his early education in his native county, later attending school at Union City, Randolph county, Indiana. Endowed with alert and receptive mentality, he devoted himself earnestly to study and reading, and at the age of thirty-eight years he began his ministerial labors in the Methodist Episcopal church. He held a pastoral charge at Mentone, Indiana, for three years; his next incumbency of equal duration was at Fremont, Steuben county; later he was pastor of a church at Harlan, Allen county, where he remained five years; he next held for five years a pastorate at Swayzee, Grant county; was four years at Russiaville, Howard county; and in 1906, after years of earnest and fruitful endeavor in the ministry, he was retired by his church and placed on the superannuated list. He has found satisfaction in employing his time and attention in connection with his present office, that of deputy county clerk of Blackford county, a position of which he has been the incumbent since January 1, 1914, and he is one of the best known and most highly esteemed citizens of Hartford City.
Mr. Reeves is a supporter of the cause of the Republican party and is prominently affiliated with the Masonic fraternity, in which he is past master of the lodge. He is identified also with the Knights of Pythias, and is past commander of Coultor Post, Grand Army of the Republic, at Russiaville, as he had served nearly two years as a valiant soldier in the Civil war, in which he was a member of the Seventh Indiana Volunteer Cavalry. He enlisted about six months prior to his seventeenth birthday anniversary and with his command he saw hard service, including participation in a number of sanguinary engagements. At the close of the war he received his honorable discharge, having been mustered out with his regiment, in which he was a member of Company B. He took part in fully twelve battles and during his military career was only slightly wounded. At Lincoln's first call for volunteers the father of Mr. Reeves enlisted in the Seventeenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with which he served four months. Mr. Reeves and his wife are most zealous and valued members of the First Methodist Episcopal church of Hartford City, and he still finds more or less requisition for his services as a minister of this denomination.
In 1870, at Mill Grove, Blackford county, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Reeves to Miss Mary Robbins, who was born in Wayne county, this State, on the 10th of November, 1852. Mr. and Mrs. Reeves have no children of their own, but as foster parents they have reared in their home the following named person: Etta Thorpe, who is now the wife of William Lanning, of Grant county; William Stewart, who resides at Mill Grove, Blackford county; and Ursie Morehead, who was with her foster parents from the time she was four years of age until her marriage.
Hartford City News Times on Tuesday, April 19, 1927
REV. REEVES IS BURIED TODAY
One of the more largely attended funeral services conducted in this city were those for Rev. Lewis Reeves, widely known church man, Civil War veteran and former county clerk who died suddenly Saturday morning at age 79 years 9 months 22 days, held Tuesday morning at 10:30 o'clock from the Grace M. E. Church, in charge of Rev. L. W. Kemper. Pallbearers who officiated were as previously announced. Burial was made in the I. O. O. F cemetery. Among the out of town relatives and friends in attendance were: Ollie Jenkins, Emma Gruber, Dave Morris, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Flatter and Mr. and Mrs. Russell, of Union City: Dr. Hawkins, Mrs. Ammons, Mrs. George Fry, of Swayzee, Mable Brown of Clinton, Ind.: Effie Traux of Kokomo, Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Knight, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Knight, Melvin Knight, of Elkhart, Ken Knight, of Ft. Wayne, Mrs. E. O. Overhultz, Mrs. L. J. Reeves, John Reeves and family, George Vincent and family, of Converse, Marble Reeves and family of Detroit, Mich., Lawrence Shroyer, Ralph Robbins and family, Bert Robbins and Family, William Robbins, all of Millgrove, Rev. Ed Greenwalt, of WInchester, Portia Reeves of Muncie, Frank Weaver and family, Asbury Robbins of Como, Ind, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Cline, of Upland, William Bobo, of Muncie, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Robbins of Marion, Mrs. Walter Sprong and Luzerne and Mable James of Cincinnati, O. Various officials of the Northern Indiana Methodist conference were also in attendance.
LEGIONNAIRES STAND GUARD OVER BODY OF REV. LEWIS REEVES
Robert Hart and Clifford Fees, members of the local post of the American Legion, stood guard at the casket of Rev. Lewis Reeves Tuesday morning while the body lay in state at the Grace M. E. church. The Legionnaires were in uniform and armed, one representing the navy and the other the army. Rev. Reeves was a Civil War veteran. Members of the Legion attended the funeral services in a body.
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REV. LEWIS REEVES. Known and revered for his long and faithful service as a clergyman of the Methodist Episcopal church, Mr. Reeves has now retired from active pastoral work of specific order and is the able incumbent of the office of deputy county clerk of Blackford county, where his circle of friends is limited only by that of his acquaintances.
Mr. Reeves was born on a farm near Union City, Darke county, Ohio, on the 24th of June, 1847, and his lineage is traced back to staunch English origin. He was named in honor of his grandfather, Lewis Reeves, who was born near Bridgeton, Cumberland county, New Jersey, between 1790 and 1795, and who served for a time as a soldier in the war of 1812. At Bridgeton, New Jersey, in February, 1818, he married Hannah Miller, who likewise was born in New Jersey, of German ancestry. Mr. Reeves was a shoemaker by trade and he continued to follow his vocation in New Jersey for a number of years. Soon after his marriage, however, he came to the West and first established his home at Warren, Trumbull county, Ohio, were he engaged in the work of his trade and became one of the pioneer business men of the town, his residence having there been established within the year 1818. In the earlier ‘40s he removed with his family to Darke county, Ohio, and a few miles north of the village of Union City he purchased a farm of forty acres, to the development and cultivation of which he directed his energies, the while he maintained a profitable business in making boots and shoes for the people of the vicinity, keeping his work bench in his home. Both he and his wife passed the residue of their lives in Darke county, honored by all who knew them, and each passed the psalmist's allotted span of "three score years and ten." Mr. Reeves was a Whig in his political adherency, and both he and his wife were devout members of the Methodist Episcopal church. They became the Lemmuel M. Reeves, father of Rev. Lewis Reeves, was born at Warren, Trumbull county, Ohio, on the 18th of December, 1818. Reared to maturity in his native town, he there gained his early education in the pioneer schools and there also he served a seven years' apprenticeship to the trade of cabinetmaking. He continued to follow his trade after his removal to Darke county, Ohio, where also he purchased and sold two or more farms. In 1868 he removed with his family to Converse, Miami county, Indiana, and there he passed the residue of his long and active life, his death having occurred January 17, 1902, his cherished and devoted wife having been summoned to the life eternal on the 1st of July, 1892. Her maiden name was Julia Bradford, and she was born in Portage county, Ohio, July 12, 1819, their marriage having been solemnized in Windom, that county, on the 25th of January, 1842. Mrs. Reeves was a representative of the historic old Bradford family of New England, and was a daughter of Joel and Millie (Loveland) Bradford, the former a native of New Hampshire and the latter of Vermont, their marriage having been solemnized in Ohio. They were pioneers of Darke county, Ohio, and there each attained to advanced age, Mr. Bradford having been past seventy at the time of death and his widow having attained to the age of eighty-four years; both were devout adherents of the Christian church and in politics Mr. Bradford was a Whig. Lemuel M. and Julia (Bradford) Reeves became the parents of four sons and one daughter, and at the present time three of the sons are living, all having married, as did also the sister. Two of the sons still retain their residence at Converse, Miami county, this State.
Rev. Lewis Reeves was the eldest of the children and he gained his early education in his native county, later attending school at Union City, Randolph county, Indiana. Endowed with alert and receptive mentality, he devoted himself earnestly to study and reading, and at the age of thirty-eight years he began his ministerial labors in the Methodist Episcopal church. He held a pastoral charge at Mentone, Indiana, for three years; his next incumbency of equal duration was at Fremont, Steuben county; later he was pastor of a church at Harlan, Allen county, where he remained five years; he next held for five years a pastorate at Swayzee, Grant county; was four years at Russiaville, Howard county; and in 1906, after years of earnest and fruitful endeavor in the ministry, he was retired by his church and placed on the superannuated list. He has found satisfaction in employing his time and attention in connection with his present office, that of deputy county clerk of Blackford county, a position of which he has been the incumbent since January 1, 1914, and he is one of the best known and most highly esteemed citizens of Hartford City.
Mr. Reeves is a supporter of the cause of the Republican party and is prominently affiliated with the Masonic fraternity, in which he is past master of the lodge. He is identified also with the Knights of Pythias, and is past commander of Coultor Post, Grand Army of the Republic, at Russiaville, as he had served nearly two years as a valiant soldier in the Civil war, in which he was a member of the Seventh Indiana Volunteer Cavalry. He enlisted about six months prior to his seventeenth birthday anniversary and with his command he saw hard service, including participation in a number of sanguinary engagements. At the close of the war he received his honorable discharge, having been mustered out with his regiment, in which he was a member of Company B. He took part in fully twelve battles and during his military career was only slightly wounded. At Lincoln's first call for volunteers the father of Mr. Reeves enlisted in the Seventeenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with which he served four months. Mr. Reeves and his wife are most zealous and valued members of the First Methodist Episcopal church of Hartford City, and he still finds more or less requisition for his services as a minister of this denomination.
In 1870, at Mill Grove, Blackford county, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Reeves to Miss Mary Robbins, who was born in Wayne county, this State, on the 10th of November, 1852. Mr. and Mrs. Reeves have no children of their own, but as foster parents they have reared in their home the following named person: Etta Thorpe, who is now the wife of William Lanning, of Grant county; William Stewart, who resides at Mill Grove, Blackford county; and Ursie Morehead, who was with her foster parents from the time she was four years of age until her marriage.
REV. REEVES IS BURIED TODAY
One of the more largely attended funeral services conducted in this city were those for Rev. Lewis Reeves, widely known church man, Civil War veteran and former county clerk who died suddenly Saturday morning at age 79 years 9 months 22 days, held Tuesday morning at 10:30 o'clock from the Grace M. E. Church, in charge of Rev. L. W. Kemper. Pallbearers who officiated were as previously announced. Burial was made in the I. O. O. F cemetery. Among the out of town relatives and friends in attendance were: Ollie Jenkins, Emma Gruber, Dave Morris, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Flatter and Mr. and Mrs. Russell, of Union City: Dr. Hawkins, Mrs. Ammons, Mrs. George Fry, of Swayzee, Mable Brown of Clinton, Ind.: Effie Traux of Kokomo, Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Knight, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Knight, Melvin Knight, of Elkhart, Ken Knight, of Ft. Wayne, Mrs. E. O. Overhultz, Mrs. L. J. Reeves, John Reeves and family, George Vincent and family, of Converse, Marble Reeves and family of Detroit, Mich., Lawrence Shroyer, Ralph Robbins and family, Bert Robbins and Family, William Robbins, all of Millgrove, Rev. Ed Greenwalt, of WInchester, Portia Reeves of Muncie, Frank Weaver and family, Asbury Robbins of Como, Ind, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Cline, of Upland, William Bobo, of Muncie, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Robbins of Marion, Mrs. Walter Sprong and Luzerne and Mable James of Cincinnati, O. Various officials of the Northern Indiana Methodist conference were also in attendance.
LEGIONNAIRES STAND GUARD OVER BODY OF REV. LEWIS REEVES
Robert Hart and Clifford Fees, members of the local post of the American Legion, stood guard at the casket of Rev. Lewis Reeves Tuesday morning while the body lay in state at the Grace M. E. church. The Legionnaires were in uniform and armed, one representing the navy and the other the army. Rev. Reeves was a Civil War veteran. Members of the Legion attended the funeral services in a body.
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REV. LEWIS REEVES. Known and revered for his long and faithful service as a clergyman of the Methodist Episcopal church, Mr. Reeves has now retired from active pastoral work of specific order and is the able incumbent of the office of deputy county clerk of Blackford county, where his circle of friends is limited only by that of his acquaintances.
Mr. Reeves was born on a farm near Union City, Darke county, Ohio, on the 24th of June, 1847, and his lineage is traced back to staunch English origin. He was named in honor of his grandfather, Lewis Reeves, who was born near Bridgeton, Cumberland county, New Jersey, between 1790 and 1795, and who served for a time as a soldier in the war of 1812. At Bridgeton, New Jersey, in February, 1818, he married Hannah Miller, who likewise was born in New Jersey, of German ancestry. Mr. Reeves was a shoemaker by trade and he continued to follow his vocation in New Jersey for a number of years. Soon after his marriage, however, he came to the West and first established his home at Warren, Trumbull county, Ohio, were he engaged in the work of his trade and became one of the pioneer business men of the town, his residence having there been established within the year 1818. In the earlier ‘40s he removed with his family to Darke county, Ohio, and a few miles north of the village of Union City he purchased a farm of forty acres, to the development and cultivation of which he directed his energies, the while he maintained a profitable business in making boots and shoes for the people of the vicinity, keeping his work bench in his home. Both he and his wife passed the residue of their lives in Darke county, honored by all who knew them, and each passed the psalmist's allotted span of "three score years and ten." Mr. Reeves was a Whig in his political adherency, and both he and his wife were devout members of the Methodist Episcopal church. They became the Lemmuel M. Reeves, father of Rev. Lewis Reeves, was born at Warren, Trumbull county, Ohio, on the 18th of December, 1818. Reared to maturity in his native town, he there gained his early education in the pioneer schools and there also he served a seven years' apprenticeship to the trade of cabinetmaking. He continued to follow his trade after his removal to Darke county, Ohio, where also he purchased and sold two or more farms. In 1868 he removed with his family to Converse, Miami county, Indiana, and there he passed the residue of his long and active life, his death having occurred January 17, 1902, his cherished and devoted wife having been summoned to the life eternal on the 1st of July, 1892. Her maiden name was Julia Bradford, and she was born in Portage county, Ohio, July 12, 1819, their marriage having been solemnized in Windom, that county, on the 25th of January, 1842. Mrs. Reeves was a representative of the historic old Bradford family of New England, and was a daughter of Joel and Millie (Loveland) Bradford, the former a native of New Hampshire and the latter of Vermont, their marriage having been solemnized in Ohio. They were pioneers of Darke county, Ohio, and there each attained to advanced age, Mr. Bradford having been past seventy at the time of death and his widow having attained to the age of eighty-four years; both were devout adherents of the Christian church and in politics Mr. Bradford was a Whig. Lemuel M. and Julia (Bradford) Reeves became the parents of four sons and one daughter, and at the present time three of the sons are living, all having married, as did also the sister. Two of the sons still retain their residence at Converse, Miami county, this State.
Rev. Lewis Reeves was the eldest of the children and he gained his early education in his native county, later attending school at Union City, Randolph county, Indiana. Endowed with alert and receptive mentality, he devoted himself earnestly to study and reading, and at the age of thirty-eight years he began his ministerial labors in the Methodist Episcopal church. He held a pastoral charge at Mentone, Indiana, for three years; his next incumbency of equal duration was at Fremont, Steuben county; later he was pastor of a church at Harlan, Allen county, where he remained five years; he next held for five years a pastorate at Swayzee, Grant county; was four years at Russiaville, Howard county; and in 1906, after years of earnest and fruitful endeavor in the ministry, he was retired by his church and placed on the superannuated list. He has found satisfaction in employing his time and attention in connection with his present office, that of deputy county clerk of Blackford county, a position of which he has been the incumbent since January 1, 1914, and he is one of the best known and most highly esteemed citizens of Hartford City.
Mr. Reeves is a supporter of the cause of the Republican party and is prominently affiliated with the Masonic fraternity, in which he is past master of the lodge. He is identified also with the Knights of Pythias, and is past commander of Coultor Post, Grand Army of the Republic, at Russiaville, as he had served nearly two years as a valiant soldier in the Civil war, in which he was a member of the Seventh Indiana Volunteer Cavalry. He enlisted about six months prior to his seventeenth birthday anniversary and with his command he saw hard service, including participation in a number of sanguinary engagements. At the close of the war he received his honorable discharge, having been mustered out with his regiment, in which he was a member of Company B. He took part in fully twelve battles and during his military career was only slightly wounded. At Lincoln's first call for volunteers the father of Mr. Reeves enlisted in the Seventeenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with which he served four months. Mr. Reeves and his wife are most zealous and valued members of the First Methodist Episcopal church of Hartford City, and he still finds more or less requisition for his services as a minister of this denomination.
In 1870, at Mill Grove, Blackford county, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Reeves to Miss Mary Robbins, who was born in Wayne county, this State, on the 10th of November, 1852. Mr. and Mrs. Reeves have no children of their own, but as foster parents they have reared in their home the following named person: Etta Thorpe, who is now the wife of William Lanning, of Grant county; William Stewart, who resides at Mill Grove, Blackford county; and Ursie Morehead, who was with her foster parents from the time she was four years of age until her marriage.
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