Wapello County IA Archives Biographies.....Reeve, William 1836 - 
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Author: S. J. Clarke, Publisher

WILLIAM REEVE.

William Reeve, who devoted his attention to general agricultural pursuits in
Wapello county throughout his active business career, has lived in honorable
retirement at Agency for the past four years, enjoying the evening of life in
well earned ease. His birth occurred in Ohio on the 5th of November, 1836, his
parents being William and Susan (Murphy) Reeve, the former a native of New York,
born in 1797, and the latter of Virginia. During his youth William Reeve learned
the trade of a cooper. In 1851 he brought his family to Wapello county, Iowa,
and on March 22 of that year purchased a farm in Agency township, where both he
and his wife spent the remainder of their lives. They became the parents of ten
children, as follows: Sarah, James A., Mary A., Lydia and Lucretia J., all of
whom have passed away; William, of this review; Joseph, Susanah and Caroline,
who are deceased; and Minerva J., who is the wife of James H. Jay of this county.

William Reeve, Jr., attended the common schools in the acquirement of an
education and remained on the home farm until he had attained the age of
twenty-two years. Subsequently he cultivated a tract of rented land until 1862,
when he enlisted for service in the Civil war, joining Company E, Twenty-second
Iowa Volunteer Infantry, on the 7th of August of that year. He participated in
the battles of Champion's Hill and Black River Bridge, the siege of Vicksburg
and the engagement at Jackson, Mississippi. He was wounded while on a steamboat
on the Mississippi, being on their way to Millikin Bend. He was afterward
detailed teamster until the cessation of hostilities and received his honorable
discharge at Savannah, Georgia, in August, 1865. Returning to Wapello county he
settled on a tract of seventy acres on section 19, Agency township, where he
successfully carried on general farming and stockraising throughout the
remainder of his active business career. In 1910 he put aside the active work of
the fields and took up his abode in the town of Agency, where he has lived
retired to the present time.

On the 5th of January, 1859, Mr. Reeve was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth
Ann Magee, who was born in Ohio, April 14, 1838, her parents being Ephraim and
Rebecca (Ward) Magee, likewise natives of the Buckeye state. They came to this
county in 1850 and here spent the remainder of their lives. In their family were
six children. Mr. and Mrs. Reeve have no children of their own but adopted
three, as follows: Joseph C., who is a son of William G. Smith and is now a
resident of Missouri; Cora E., a daughter of William G. Smith, who gave her hand
in marriage to Axtel Nelson, of Osceola, Iowa; and Frank, now living in
Portland, Oregon.

Mr. Reeve gives his political allegiance to the republican party and for a
number of years served as a school director in Agency township. Both he and his
wife are consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal church, exemplifying its
teachings in their daily lives. Mr. Reeve still maintains pleasant relations
with his old army comrades as a member of Agency Post, No. 107, G. A. R. The
period of his residence in Wapello county covers more than six decades, and he
has long been numbered among its substantial and representative citizens. He has
now passed the seventy-seventh milestone on life's journey and enjoys the
respect and veneration which should ever be accorded one who has traveled thus
far on this earthly pilgrimage and whose career has been at all times upright
and honorable.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:
HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY IOWA
ILLUSTRATED
VOLUME II
CHICAGO
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1914


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