Husband Daniel Reeves 1 2
Born: 1783 or 1785 - Mt. Holly, Burlington Co, NJ 1 2
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Died: 30 Nov 1837 - Beaver Co, PA 2
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Father: Joseph Reeves (1758- ) 1 2
Mother: Elizabeth Toy (1758- ) 1 2
Marriage: 1808 2
Wife Margaret Steen 2
Born: 4 Oct 1792 - Canonsburg, Washington Co, PA 2
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Father: Matthew Steen ( - ) 1
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1 F Jane Reeves 3
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2 F Eliza Reeves 4
Born: - Beaver Co, PA
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Spouse: Samuel Corbus ( - ) 1
3 F Mary Jane Reeves 1
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Spouse: David [2] Whitla (1811-1878) 5
Marr: Brighton, Beaver Co, PA
4 F Valeria Reeves 6
AKA: Balleria Reeves 1
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Spouse: William Carter (1802-1876) 7
5 F Esther Reeves 1
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Spouse: Henry Hipple ( - ) 1
6 M Matthew Reeves 1
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7 M Joseph Reeves 8
Born: 1818 - Beaver Falls, Beaver Co, PA 8
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Died: 2 Jun 1875 or 1876 8
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Spouse: Sarah McGachey ( - ) 9
Marr: 1845 8
8 M John Reeves 1 3 10
Born: 9 Feb 1825 - Beaver Falls, Beaver Co, PA 1 3
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Died: 1917 - Beaver Falls, Beaver Co, PA 3
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Spouse: Cynthia Murphy (1826-1907) 1 3 10
Marr: 25 Mar 1847 1 3
9 M Henry Taylor Reeves 1 2
Born: 14 Oct 1827 - Beaver Falls, Beaver Co, PA 1 11
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Died: 1889 - Jacksonville, Duval Co, FL 11
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Spouse: Sarah Jane Haines ( -1908) 9 11
Marr: 29 Oct 1857 9
General Notes: Husband - Daniel Reeves
Not liking the apprenticeship to the carpenter's trade at which he was put to work at home, he ran away to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, at the age of nineteen, and worked there as a carpenter and cabinet-maker. There he met Henry Sims, who had known both Mr. Reeves and Mr. Atkins east of the Allegheny Mountains. Mr. Sims promised not to reveal Daniel Reeves' whereabouts to Mr. Atkins if the young man would work for him in Beaver County; it was agreed. In this way, Daniel Reeves moved to New Brighton, now Beaver Falls, where he settled and worked for a time in the shop of Mr. Sims on the bank of the Beaver River. At twenty-two he married and established himself in business independently. He assisted in building the first court house in the county in the town of Beaver. He received for his work wages of sixty-two and a half cents a day, walking to and from his work eight miles. He erected a large number of houses and barns in Beaver County.
The family was of the Episcopalian faith.
Daniel Reeves enlisted for service in the War of 1812 and was about to leave for the front when his daughter, Jane, becoming seriously ill, was said to be on her deathbed. One of his employees, Benoni Wilkinson, offered to go to war in his stead, and Mr. Reeves accepted the offer.
He and his wife had four sons and three daughters.
He died by drowning in the Beaver River.
General Notes: Wife - Margaret Steen
From Washington County, Pennsylvania, she came to Beaver County with her parents in 1804.
She was a graduate of Jefferson College, and a noted scholar, able to read Latin, Hebrew and Greek with ease. A Seceder in religion, she was able to overcome in argument the preachers who discussed religious matter with her.