Bio of REEVES, Gardiner H., Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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Vol II, pg 128, 129
GARDINER H. REEVES
Each step in the career of Gardiner H. Reeves has been a forward one and each
change in his business connections has marked an advance. He is now numbered
among the successful coal operators of Minneapolis and a large commercial
enterprise stands as a monument to his progressive spirit and executive ability.
A native of Maine, he attended the public schools of the Pine Tree state to the
age of twelve years, when he came to the Northwest, Minnesota being his
destination. On starting out in life for himself he took up the study of
telegraphy and became night operator for the old St. Paul & Duluth Railroad
Company. He remained in the service of that corporation for fifteen years and
during that period was steadily advanced from one position to another of greater
importance and responsibility, becoming successively ticket, freight and
passenger agent. While still in the employ of that road he had embarked in the
coal business and in 1896 he joined the Lehigh Valley Coal Company as sales
agent, continuing with that concern until 1905. He then became executive head of
the Northwest Retail Coal Dealers Association and in 1910 established himself in
business in Minneapolis, organizing the Reeves Coal & Dock Company, of which he
is the president and principal stockholder. Since its inception the undertaking
has enjoyed a rapid growth and the business has become one of large proportions,
one hundred persons being employed in its conduct, while the operations of the
firm extend over Iowa, North and South Dakota, Wisconsin and Minnesota. Mr.
Reeves has made a close study of the business in which he is engaged and in its
management displays enterprise, foresight and marked capability. His commercial
transactions have ever been characterized by strict and unswerving integrity and
his standing in business circles of the city is an enviable one.
On November 14, 1908, at Minneapolis, Mr. Reeves was united in marriage to Miss
Annie Hart of Henderson, Kentucky, and they have become the parents of two
children, Mabel and Gregory. Mr. Reeves is a member of St. Paul's Episcopal
church and he gives his political support to the republican party because he
believes that its policy best conserves national progress and promotes public
stability. He stands high in Masonry, having attained the thirty-second degree
in the Scottish Rite Consistory and the Shrine, and is also a member of the
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the Athletic Club, the Minneapolis Golf
Club and the Union League Club of Chicago. He spends as much time as possible in
the open and finds recreation in fishing and hunting. His life from early
boyhood has been one of untiring activity and to him has come the crown of
earnest, conscientious effort-success and an honored name.