A Wilson Family Tree
Notes for Benjamin Patton Reeves
"A Biographical History of Fremont and Mills Counties, Iowa", The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1901, pp. 366–367:
B. P. REEVES.
One of the intelligent, enterprising and progressive farmers of Washington township, Fremont county, is B. P. Reeves, who has made his home in this locality since 1872. He was born in Howard county, Missouri, near Fayette, October 8, 1857, and is a son of Colonel Benjamin Reeves, a leading and influential citizen of Fremont county, who has been actively identified with the interests here for twenty-eight years. He married Martha Patton, a lady of intelligence and culture, whose people were long residents of Howard county, Missouri.
B. P. Reeves is the eldest son of their family of five children. He was reared in Howard county, Missouri, until fifteen years of age, when he came with his parents to Fremont county, where he has since remained. His youthful labors were practical, for he early became familiar with the work of field and meadow and was taught the value of industry and honesty in the affairs of life. He pursued his education both in Missouri and in this state. As a companion and helpmeet on life’s journey he chose Miss Cora Hatten, a daughter of J. R. Hatten, one of the well-known pioneer settlers of Fremont county, now living in Hamburg. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Reeves have been born two sons : Bruce H., who was born in June, 1887, and Myron, whose birth occurred in June, 1889.
In 1898 Mr. Reeves purchased his present farm in Washington township, comprising one hundred and twenty acres of very productive land, and the fields yield to him a golden return for the care and labor he bestows upon them. His home is a pleasant one, and the outbuildings upon the place include a substantial barn, good sheds and cribs : the rich pasturelands provide excellent feeding places for the stock through the summer and the fields give promise of abundant harvests, while the orchard yields its fruits in the season. Mr. Reeves carries on farming quite extensively, for in addition to his own land he cultivates a portion of the Carpenter farm. His political support is given to the Republican party and of its principles he is a zealous and earnest advocate. He belongs to Hamburg Lodge, No. 217, K. of P., and to Hamburg Lodge, 187, I. O. O. F. His manner is genial and cordial and he enjoys the respect of all with whom he is associated.
From the Wanamaker manuscript:
Benjamin Patton (Pat) Reeves served two terms as Fremont Co. supervisor, and was a bridge builder for the county for many years. He retired from the farm “around the bluff” and moved to Hamburg in 1913. His obituary stated that he was “a true friend of all and a man who was held in high respect by all”, and that “the community has lost a true pioneer, for he came to Fremont County when a lad of sixteen.” He died in 1939 at the age of 81 years. His wife Cora (Hatten) Reeves died in 1943.
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