Arthur C. Reeves Biography


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ARTHUR C. REEVES. Among the better class of agriculturists of Edmunds 
county, the gentleman whose name heads this article should be given a 
foremost rank. He is one of the first settlers of that region, and as 
such has given his time and attention toward the advancement of his 
community. He is the proprietor of a fine estate, and controls a large 
acreage, the acquisition of which is due alone to his energy and 
industry, supplemented by his honesty. He now makes his home on the 
southeast quarter of section 7, in Richland township. 

Our subject was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1862, and is the son of 
S. B. and Rachel (Bonnell) Reeves, the former a native of New Jersey 
and the latter a daughter of Ellis Bonnell, a sawyer by occupation, and 
proprietor of a sawmill in an early day. The grandfather of our 
subject, J. H. Reeves, was a native of New Jersey, and was a farmer by 
occupation. His death, at the age of ninety years, occurred in 1893. 
The parents of our subject were married in New Jersey, and our subject 
was the eldest in their family of three children. He attended the 
public schools, and was reared in different towns in New Jersey. He 
left home at the age of seventeen years, and worked on a farm, hiring 
by the year. He and his parents went to Edmunds county, South Dakota, 
in 1883, where the father located on section 15, in Union township, and 
erected a 12 x 14 shanty. Our subject took land, in 1884, in Cleveland 
township, erected a shanty, proved his claim, and afterward disposed of 
his property. Supplies, at that time, were hauled from Aberdeen, 
twenty-five miles distant. The wife of our subject filed on the 
southeast quarter of section 7, in Richland township, and the family 
now make that farm their home. The farm comprises three hundred and 
twenty acres, and our subject has erected a good set of farm buildings, 
and otherwise improved the property. One hundred acres is pasture, one 
hundred acres is under cultivation, and this, with the other farm and 
two hundred acres which he rents, comprises over five hundred acres, 
all of which is operated by our subject. When he landed in Dakota in 
1883, fifty dollars was all he possessed, but he has made a success of 
his vocation, and, although the first years resulted in failure of 
crops, he has since had a fair average yield per acre. He engages in 
mixed farming, and keeps about thirty four head of cattle, and good 
water is one of the features of the place. 

Our subject was married, December 8, 1887, to Miss Carrie F. Fisler, a 
native of New York, and a daughter of Jacob A.. and Regina (Thuman) 
Fisler, the former a native of Pennsylvania and the latter a native of 
New Market, Bavaria, Germany. Mrs. Reeves was a dressmaker previous to 
her marriage, and with her parents settled in Dakota during the pioneer 
days. Her death occurred March 31, 1898. 

Mr. Reeves is an ardent worker for the principles of the Republican 
party, and has attended as delegate many conventions in his county. He 
is prominent in local affairs, and takes more than a passing interest 
in public enterprises, aiding in advancing those for the good of his 
community. He has served as a member of the township board of 
supervisors, and is a gentleman who commands the respect of his 
fellows.