John William Reeve, ^

1856 - 1928  (72 years)

• Name	John William Reeve  [1]
  Suffix	^
  Birth	3 Mar 1856	Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	28 May 1928	Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [2, 4]
  Burial	30 May 1928	Brookhaven (Oaklawn Cemetery), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [2]
  Person ID	I3397	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	10 Jun 2024

  
  

  Father	John David Reeve, ^,   b. 4 Aug 1826, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States d. 8 Nov 1901, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Henrietta Ruland, ^,   b. 19 Apr 1838   d. 2 Mar 1860, {Fire Place (now Brookhaven), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY} (Age 21 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1856  [5]
  Family ID	F1586	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Hattie Pritchard,   b. 1859, Connecticut, United States d. 2 Jun 1942, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age 83 years)
  Children	1. Ethel Louise Reeve,   b. 22 Nov 1896, Manhattan, New York, New York, USA d. 21 Jan 1921, Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York, USA (Age 24 years)   2. Pearl L Reeve,   b. 20 Jun 1884   d. 1975 (Age 90 years)   3. Edward O Reeve,   b. Aug 1877, New York
  Family ID	F1589	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 May 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Carrie Eva Oakley,   b. 21 Aug 1855, of East Moriches, Suffok, N.Y. d. 18 Feb 1894, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age 38 years)
  Marriage	1875	East Moriches,Suffolk,New York
  Children	1. Edwin Reeve, ^,   b. 1879   d. 1950 (Age 71 years)
  Family ID	F1590	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 May 2025

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. Washington, D.C.: National, p. 209. [S10] Oaklawn Cemetery, Hamlet of Brookhaven, Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, NY (includes gravestones and cemetery association records). [S3] Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. Washington, D.C.: National, p. 209. Age 4. [S49] Long Island Advance (Long Island Advance, 20 Medford Ave, Patchogue, NY), 29 May 1928, p. 3. JOHN WILLIAM REEVE John William Reeve, a prominent resident of Brookhaven, died yesterday morning at his home on Montauk highway [modern South Country road] after a ten days illness that had followed a long period of poor health. He was 72 years old and had spent practically all of his life in Brookhaven. He leaves his widow, Mrs. Harriett Reeve, and one son, Edward, a brother, Forrest, who is postmaster at Brookhaven, two half-brothers, Elbert Reeve of Port Jefferson and George Reeve of Brookhaven, and a sister, Mrs. George Gould of Bellport. He was a member of the Brookhaven Methodist Church where the services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock, with the Ku Klux Klan in charge of the funeral, and burial in Brookhaven cemetery. [S10] Oaklawn Cemetery, Hamlet of Brookhaven, Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, NY (includes gravestones and cemetery association records), Forrest Reeve gravestone.