This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Reeves, Judd, Laird, Burnham Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4259 Message Board Post: THE SIDNEY ARGUS - HERALD. August 27, 1931. "Two Pioneers Called".-- Two of Sidney's aged residents were called by death within a very short time of each other Sunday, James H. Copeland and Hugh Reeves........Mr. Copeland died at his home at 5:00 o'clock Sunday morning and Mr. Reeves died about 5:00 the afternoon of the same day...... Hugh Reeves was born in Knox county, Illinois, December 26, 1848, came to Fremont county with his parents in 1853 and had lived his entire life, save five years in Nebraska, in this county. He was 82 years old. He was united in marriage to Martha P. Judd September 5, 1877, and to them was born one daughter who died at the age of four years. Besides the wife he is survived by two sisters, Mrs. F. M. Laird of Tabor and Mrs. A. L. Burnham of Griswold, in addition to a large number of nieces and nephews. He first became a member of the Methodist church, uniting in 1878, but upon moving to Sidney he became a member of the Presbyterian church. The funeral services were held at that church here Tuesday afternoon at 3:00 o'clock, conducted by the pastor, Rev. C.A. Speagh, and burial was in the Sidney cemtery.