Greene County PA Archives Biographies.....Reeves, Joseph November 23, 1816 - ????
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Source: Biographical History of Greene County, Nelson, Rishforth, and Co, Chicago, 1888
Author: Samuel P. Bates

      Joseph Reeves, farmer and stock grower, was born in 
Cumberland Township, Greene County, Penna, November 23, 
1816, and is a son of John B Reeves and Sarah Luse Reeves, 
natives of Pennsylvania. His father was a farmer and lived 
to be eighty five years of age. His family consisted of 
twelve children: six sons and six daughters. Joseph Reeves 
was the sixth in the family, received his education in the 
common schools and chose farming as his business, which he 
has followed all his life. He started out in the world with 
nothing but a willing mind and strong muscle, first working 
by the day and month. He has met with marked success, and is 
now the owner of 550 acres of well improved land where he 
resides.
  
     In 1840 he married Miss Rebecca Clawson, daughter of 
Phineas Clawson and Hannah Ross Clawson, who were of English 
descent. Mr and Mrs Reeves were the parents of six children, 
five living: Hannah J Reeves, wife of Wesley Evans; Sarah 
Ellen Reeves, wife of J B Sharp; Eliza M Reeves, wife of 
James Chafen; Phineas C Reeves, and John L Reves. Their 
mother was a faithful member of the Baptist Church. 
  
     Mr Reeves's first son, Phineas C Reeves, is a farmer 
and at present resides with his parents. He was born in 
Greene Township, January 9, 1850, and received a common 
education. In 1875 he was united in marriage with Miss Anna 
Davis. They have five children: Charles R Reeves, Rosa Pearl 
Reeves, Earnest J Reeves, Joseph B Reeves, and F A Reeves. 
In politics their father is a Republican, and is a leading 
member in the Methodist Episcopal Church. 

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