Pioneer Families - REEVE
Extracted From
Chapter XVII
Early history of the town of Hopkinton :
history of East Village (Nicholville) and vicinity,
diaries of Elisha Risdon and Artemas Kent,
soldiers of the Civil War,
genealogical record of sixty of the pioneer families

Carlton E. Sanford
Boston: Bartlett Press, 1903

[Transcribed by Dave Swerdfeger]

IN this chapter is given the genealogical records of many of the pioneers of the town, of all that I have been able to gather sufficient data and information to make a fairly full record. The preparation of these records has required much time, labor, correspondence, persistence and patience. Had I had in the beginning a full comprehension of the tedious labor required, I now feel sure I should not have undertaken it. That there are some errors in dates and possibly a few in names I am quite satisfied, since considerable of my information came from elderly people who wrote feebly and indistinctly. I think it will be readily understood, if the reader will bear in mind that it is in continuous order; that the first, second, third and fourth generations are each carried slightly to the right, and that each generation always has the same indentation. ERASTUS REEVE b. 1779; d. May 20, 1839; m. Betsey Peck. Came to Hopkinton in the spring of 1821 from Vermont and lived for some time where the Baptist parsonage now stands in Fort Jackson. He was a carpenter and millwright by trade. He later held a farm near "Beechertown" in Stockholm, which is now held by his grandson Erastus. Had seven children: Sylvia, b. February 26, 1805; d. August 23, 1871, Milwaukee, Wis.; m. Milton H. Sherwood, February 24, 1824, Cornwall, Vt.; b. February 17, 1804; d. February 10, 1872. Had twelve children: Mary A., b. February 25, 1825; d.; m. David Hall, February 13, 1843. (Incomplete.) Daughter, b. April 15, 1826; d. April 26, 1826. Porter N., b. November 16, 1827; d. December 1, 1896; m. Sarah V. Pinney, April 7, 1852; 1. Glencoe, Ill. (Incomplete.) Lenora B., b. August 12, 1829; m. James M. Piper, March 1, 1848. (Incomplete.) Alphon C., b. September 16, 1831; 1. Kenosha, Wis.; m. Lizzie C. Noyes, December 26, 1865. (Incomplete.) Oliver Ells, b. September 21, 1833; d. July 22, 1881; m. Julia Haughton, June 9, 1861. (Incomplete.) Elba Eugene, b. August 29, 1836; d. July 26, 1844. Erastus Wyman, b. August 9, 1838; m. Ellen Truesdell, April 8, 1862. (Incomplete.) Elma Jane, b. April 14, 1841; d. January 17, 1895; m. Henry H. Pinney, February 22, 1879. (Incomplete.) Milton H., Jr., b. February 14, 1844; d. November 30, 1853. Charles Elwyn, b. June 26, 1848; m. Mary A. Watson, November 10, 1869. (Incomplete.) Enna G., b. November 10, 1850; d. December 9, 1895; m. William M. Rowe, December 15, 1870. (Incomplete.) Benjamin, b. September 2, 1807; d. Obtober 9, 1879, Hopkinton; m. Mary Eastman, b. February 20, 1808; d. April 21, 1881. Had three children: S. Milton, b. Apr11 23, 1835; d. June 13, 1880; m. Harriet J. Bisbee, September 23, 1857; b. May 9, 1837; d. March 30, 1899. Had two children: Helen May, b. July 20, 1858. (See Orman Beecher.) Milo Ellsworth, b. May 24, 1867; 1. Toulon, I11.; m. Nellie E. Hendrick, March 6, 1894. Had one child: Majol C., b. November , 1896. Helen R., b. October 3, 1838; d. May 12, 1881; m. Phelps S. Wells, March 31, 1857; b. October 23, 1829; 1. Winthrop. Had two children: Carrie E., b. April 15, 1861; 1. Fort Jackson; m. Varrick A. Cutler, March 11, 1880. No issue. Carroll, b. December 1, 1874; 1. W. Stockholm; m. Grace Brown, September 19, 1901. Erastus, b. June 13, 1843; 1. Winthrop, N.Y.; m. Lois A. Nichols, May 8, 1865. Had two children: Rose E., b. December 11, 1865; teacher East Orange, N.J. Mary A., b. August 15, 1869; 1. Lawrenceville, N.Y.; m. Guy McEwen. Had three children: Harold, b. February 25, 1896. Donald, b. March 17, 1899; d. February 25, 1900. Merrill, b. September 7, 1900. Champion J., b. May 22, 1810; d. September 4, 1896, Bristol, Wis.; m. Harriet W. Warriner, b. February 20, 1815; d. March 7, 1856, Salem, Wis. Champion J. worked for Mr. Risdon and his first son was named after him. Mr. Risdon speaks of the babe in his diary. Had four children: Mary A., b. June 9, 1836; d. July 15, 1836. Elisha Risdon, b. August 18, 1838; 1. Albia, Iowa; m. Helen E. Newman, June 8, 1879; b. November 20, 1841, New Berlin, N.Y. Had one child: Grace Lulu, b. August 18, 1880; teacher. Leonora M., b. March 31, 1847; single; 1. Lincoln, Neb. Martha F., b. December 31, 1850; 1. Peoria, Ill.; m. George A. Robinson. Had two children: Mary and Percy. Stephen D., b. January, 1811, Montpelier; d. February, 1868, Salem, Wis.; m. Rosell Lunt, 1836, Montpelier; b. 1812; d. June, 1883, Chicago. Had three children: Orlin 0., b. December 20, 1840; 1. Marinette, Wis.; m. Lucinda C. Bandy, November 27, 1863. Had four children: Minnie Esther, b. April 7, 1866; m. Frank A. Sillman, February 22, 1888. Had four children: Harold Arthur, b. January 9, 1889. Gertrude B., b. March 4, 1890. Grant Dana, b. April 28, 1895. Marion Ester, b. February 27, 1897. Charles Sanford, b. April 11, 1869; m. Elizabeth A. McIntyre, August 14, 1895. Had two children: Kenneth Sanford, b. February 14, 1900. Lois Elizabeth, b. February 14, 1902. Catherine R., b. October 9, 1874; m. John S. Cooley, October 20, 1898. Had two children: Doris Catherine, b. January 27, 1899. Grace Scribner, b. June 22, 1900. Claud O., b. January 9, 1877. Sanford D., b. January 17, 1844; 1. 103 Loomis Street, Chicago, Ill.; m. Catherine Cutler. Had four children: Lottie, Effie, Retta and Yolandus. Eugene A., b. November 30, 1848; 1. Marinette, Wis.; m. Bridget Hoolihan, 1872. Had three children: William Sheldon, b. July 14, 1879. Mary Louise, b. November 9, 1887. Thomas Raymond, b. May 25, 1889. Tapping, b. January 7, 1816; d November 14, 1878, Crete, Neb.; m. Anna Nay, b. July 22, 1814; d. November 15, 1881, Edgar, Neb. Had nine children: Winfield S., b. April 1, 1839; 1. Howard, S.D.; m. Harriet Coles, b. February 7, 1843; d. 1877 at Riceville, Iowa; m. 2d, Anna Thompson, b. July 23, 1851. Had three children by first and two by second marriage: Fred G., b. October 29, 1863; 1. Howard, S.D.; m. Mertie M. Phillips. Had one child: Clell Earl, b. October 13, 1885. Bert T., b. August 5, 1869; 1. Howard, S.D.; m. Susie Whiteley. Had one child: Evert, b. February 8, 1896. Maud, b. June 26, 1876; 1. Madison, S.D.; m. Marion Adkins. Had four children: Lucile, Leuella, Hattie and Mattie. John Earl, b. August 22, 1886; 1. Howard. Amy Zenia, b. August 3, 1888; 1. Howard. Luthera A., b. July 23, 1841; d. August 14, 1900; m. Charles H. Bundy; 1. Milford, Neb. Had two children: Edith, 1. Milford, Neb.; m. ----- Badgley. Had one daughter. Guy, 1. Milford; m. Had one child. Jane A., b. April 4, 1843; d. August 5, 1895, Milford, Neb.; m. Edward Healy; 1. Milford, Neb. Had three children: Edna Jane, b. 1865; d. October 31, 1878. Charles A., b. February, 1877; d. March 28, 1878. Anna Belle, b. October 29, 1881; 1. Waverly, Neb.; m. John Munn, February 1, 1900. Had one child: Kathryn L., b. March 9, 1901. William T., b. January 19, 1845; 1. Sioux City, Iowa; m. Laura I. Damron, February 29, 1872. Served in Civil War from June 1, 1864, to March 14, 1866. Had one child: Zenia, b. June 26, 1873; 1. Sioux City. Loretta P., b. December 17, 1847; 1. Burlington, Iowa; m. David F. Sinclair. No issue. Laetitia A., b. March I, 1850; 1. Fairfield, Iowa; m. Rev. William V. Whitten, February 11, 1873. Had five children: Ethel Julia, b. January 16, 1877; d. March 12, 1877. Ethel Julia, 2d, b. April 9, 1884; 1. Fairfield, Iowa. Vesey Reeve, d. January 10, 1887. Laetitia Mae, b. March 29, 1888. Anna M. L., b. April 11, 1893. Zenia R., b. February 13, 1852; d. September 23, 1873; m. Leander McCummings. No issue. Worth B., b. April, 19, 1854; 1. Aurelia, Iowa; m. Clare Paddock. No issue. Edna H., b. July 18, 1856; d. October 1, 1857, Hopkinton. Charles J. F., b. August 19, 1818, in Vermont; d. May 9, 1896, in Gravity, Iowa; m. Irene A. Bastin, December 22, 1841; b. July 18, 1818, Lawrence, N.Y.; d. March l2, 1896. Had three children: Daniel C., b. January 12, 1844; 1. Gravity, Iowa; m. Jane S. Fitchell; b. March 9, 1851, Ogdensburg; d. October 23, 1888. Had five children: Charles E., b. October 17, 1868; single; 1. Horton, Wy. Agnes N., b. August 30, 1870; 1. Guss, Iowa; m. Walter Langer, October 5, 1899; b. August 1, 1871. Had one child: Forest D., b. September iz, 1901. Frank Roy, b. April 18, 1872; d. February 19, 1896. John J., b. October 25, 1874; single; 1. Horton, Wy. Milton H., b. February 2, 1877; single; 1. Gravity, Iowa. Ellen I., b. August 26, 1846; m. Singleton B. Smith, June 7, 1868; b. December 20, 1846. No issue. Jerome C., b. March 30, 1851, Stockholm; 1. Gravity, Iowa; m. Celesta Barton, February 19, 1890; b. May 7, 1868. Had one child: Herbert L., b. June 6, 1891. Sheldon P., b. 1821, Cornwall, Vt.; d. 1883, Kenosha, Wis.; m. Harriet M. Burditt, November 1, 1849; b. 1824; 1. Englewood, Ill. She was a stepdaughter of Horace Train. They had three children: Etta, b. May 20, 1850, Cornwall, Vt.; 1. Kenosha, Wis.; m. George Lugar, November 1, 1874; b. 1851. Had one child: Ray, b. September 6, 1874. Ella, b. September 16, 1855, Salem, Wis.; 1. Slater, Mo.; m. Alsup B. Lane, July 16, 1874; d. March 18, 1902. Had two children: Ethel, b. July 14, 1881. Dustin, b. 1895. Belle, b. 1861; 1. Grand Island, Neb.; m. A. L. Austin, April 3, 1890. No issue.     INDEX