Whiteside County IL Archives Biographies.....Reeves, Joseph C 
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Author: Portrait/Bio Album, Whiteside County IL 1885

Joseph. C. Reeves, farmer, section 20, Hahnaman Township, is a son of Howell 
and Phebe (Howell) Reeves, his father a native of New York and his mother of 
New Jersey. They passed their entire lives in the Empire State. They had eight 
children, as follows: Stephen, Hila, David, Amos, Fanny E., Joseph C., Harlan 
P. and Charles E. The subject of this sketch was born in Wayne Co., N. Y., 
April 26, 1840, and obtained his education at the common school until 17 years 
of age and then for two years at the Marion Collegiate Institute in Wayne Co., 
N. Y. In the fall of 1860 he came to Whiteside County; taught school in 
Hahnaman Township the following winter, and the next autumn returned to Wayne 
Co., N. Y., for the purpose of enlisting in the army. He enrolled Sept. 19, 
1861, in the Eighth N. Y. Cav., and served nearly four years, being in about 
60 general engagements, besides numerous skirmishes. At the battle of Five 
Forks, Va., in April, 1864, he was wounded in the neck by a minie ball, which 
incapacitated him for further service, and he remained in the hospital at 
Washington until the close of the war. After receiving his discharge he came 
directly to Whiteside County and, in company with his brother Amos, purchased 
200 acres of land in Hahnaman Township, since which time he has resided there 
with the exception of nearly six years, when he lived in the township of 
Tampico. He is now the owner of 160 acres on section 20, all of which is in 
cultivation. Mr. Reeves is a member of Samuel G. Steadman Post, No. 491, G. A. 
R., has held the office of Township Assessor one year, is a Republican in his 
political views, and both himself and wife are members of the Baptist Church. 
He was married in Washington, D. C., Nov. 30, 1869, to Fanny R. Brewer, 
daughter of Hiram and Clarrissa (Hollister) Brewer, natives of Massachusetts 
and now residing in Washington, D. C. Their children were six in number, and 
named Mason H., Auren S., Hiram H., Maria C., Fanny R. and Daniel E. Mrs. 
Reeves was born in Berkshire Co., Mass., Nov. 26, 1843. Mr. and Mrs. Reeves 
are the parents of four children, viz.: Auren C., J. Mason, H. Edson and 
Walter E.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Whiteside County, Illinois, Containing Full-
page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens of the County. Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1885.

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