Jeremiah E. Reeves
Mr. Reeves was born in Dorsetshire, England in 1845, spent several years in Wales, and emigrated to America in 1867. While living in Wales with his family, he mastered the trade of boiler maker and structural iron worker. In 1869 in Connellsville, Pennsylvania, Reeves married Jane Rees, a native of Carmarthenshire, South Wales.
With his brothers, he organized the Reeves Boiler Works in Niles, Ohio in 1873. In 1882 Jeremiah and his brother, Jabez, became interested in the Dover Rolling Mill, which had begun operation in the 1860s, but had an unstable, up and down operation. The two Reeves brothers sold their interest in the family boiler works and moved to Dover. They remodeled the Dover mill in 1883 and operations of the new Reeves Iron Company were begun with Jeremiah Reeves heading the firm and Jabez as plant superintendent. By 1896 the Reeves firm had 850 workers and was one of the largest industrial employers in the area.
In the early 1900s Jeremiah Reeves and his son, Samuel Reeves, Sr., sold the local mill to the American Sheet and Tin Plate Company, a subsidiary of U.S. Steel.
But the family was not out of the iron and steel business. Early in 1901 the Reeves Manufacturing Company was formed by Samuel Reeves, Sr. and a business partner, A. J. Krantz. Within a short time Samuel Reeves, Sr. had died and his father assumed a more active role in the firm. The manufacturing company made galvanized sheet steel, metal building materials and sheet metal specialties.
Jeremiah E. Reeves continued to branch out into other endeavors, which included the founding of the Reeves Banking and Trust Company (now the local Huntington Bank) in 1903, continuation of his late son's interest in the streetcar line (acquiring control in 1905), and the purchase of a hotel in New Philadelphia, operated as the Hotel Reeves.
In 1904 Mr. Reeves donated land on Iron Avenue for Union Hospital which was planned to serve the communities of Dover and New Philadelphia.
In 1912 the Reeves Manufacturing Company bought the Dover Forge and Iron Company. Four new mills were erected and the new fabricating plants were added.
In later years, the Reeves traveled frequently including many trips to Europe. They also acquired a winter home in Palm Beach, Florida.
Mr. Reeves died on July 11, 1920 in his Dover home at the age of 75. At the time of his death the assets in Mr. Reeves' estate were estimated at $1,414,668.
With his brothers, he organized the Reeves Boiler Works in Niles, Ohio in 1873. In 1882 Jeremiah and his brother, Jabez, became interested in the Dover Rolling Mill, which had begun operation in the 1860s, but had an unstable, up and down operation. The two Reeves brothers sold their interest in the family boiler works and moved to Dover. They remodeled the Dover mill in 1883 and operations of the new Reeves Iron Company were begun with Jeremiah Reeves heading the firm and Jabez as plant superintendent. By 1896 the Reeves firm had 850 workers and was one of the largest industrial employers in the area.
In the early 1900s Jeremiah Reeves and his son, Samuel Reeves, Sr., sold the local mill to the American Sheet and Tin Plate Company, a subsidiary of U.S. Steel.
But the family was not out of the iron and steel business. Early in 1901 the Reeves Manufacturing Company was formed by Samuel Reeves, Sr. and a business partner, A. J. Krantz. Within a short time Samuel Reeves, Sr. had died and his father assumed a more active role in the firm. The manufacturing company made galvanized sheet steel, metal building materials and sheet metal specialties.
Jeremiah E. Reeves continued to branch out into other endeavors, which included the founding of the Reeves Banking and Trust Company (now the local Huntington Bank) in 1903, continuation of his late son's interest in the streetcar line (acquiring control in 1905), and the purchase of a hotel in New Philadelphia, operated as the Hotel Reeves.
In 1904 Mr. Reeves donated land on Iron Avenue for Union Hospital which was planned to serve the communities of Dover and New Philadelphia.
In 1912 the Reeves Manufacturing Company bought the Dover Forge and Iron Company. Four new mills were erected and the new fabricating plants were added.
In later years, the Reeves traveled frequently including many trips to Europe. They also acquired a winter home in Palm Beach, Florida.
Mr. Reeves died on July 11, 1920 in his Dover home at the age of 75. At the time of his death the assets in Mr. Reeves' estate were estimated at $1,414,668.
Jane E. Rees Reeves
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Samuel J. Reeves Sr.
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Agnes Reeves Greer, Louise Reeves Scheffer, Lillian Reeves Fernsell, Jane E. Reeves
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