David Reese

Obituary

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DEATH SUMMONS NORTHERN SHERIFF

Sacramento County Official Succumbs After Long Service to Community

[Special Dispatch to The Call] SACRAMENTO.-Feb. 6.— After an illness extending over a period of several months Sheriff David Reese, one of the best known officers in the state died at his home in this city tonight. His condition for the last few days had been critical and the members of his family had been summoned to his bedside. Sheriff Reese was 61 years old. He had served Sacramento county as sheriff for eight years and as under sheriff for the same length of time. During this time he became well-acquainted with people in the Sacramento valley and was respected by all. He was a prominent member of the sheriff's association and various fraternal orders. A widow and five children survive him. The children are: Edward E. Reese, under sheriff; Percy Reese; John Reese, a student in the University of California; Frank Reese, a student in the Kansas veterinary college, and Elizabeth Reese. Frank Reese reached his father's bedside from Kansas just a few hours before his death. Sheriff Reese died a wealthy man, having extensive property holdings in this and Colusa counties, besides mining interests in California and Nevada.

San Francisco Call (2/7/1910)

Biography

History of Sacramento County, California: With Biographical Sketches of the ... By William Ladd Willis. Page 604. < GoogleBooks >

Business activities and personal friendships cemented by years of intimate association brought also to David Reese their share of political prominence and local leadership in the Republican party. During 1902 he was elected sheriff of Sacramento county on the Republican ticket. At the expiration of the first term he was reelected, this time on an independent ticket. Prior to the expiration of the second term his death occurred in February, of 1910. In fraternal affairs he had been prominent, holding an influential position with the Elks, Improved Order of Red Men, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Grange and the Fraternal Brotherhood. Crowned with success in his personal affairs, he left at his death a valuable estate, which included twelve hundred acres of land located in various parts of California.

At the time of his removal to the state David Reese was unmarried and later he was united with Miss Mira Kilgore, a native daughter of California, and now a resident of Sacramento. They became the parents of four sons and two daughters, the youngest of whom, Miss Nellie, remains at the old home with her mother. The other daughter, Ethel, is the wife of Frank Didion, who holds a position in the D. 0. Mills bank in Sacramento. Percy D. is associated with the Palm iron works in the capital city. John K., also a resident here, is engaged in the real-estate business. Frank L. is a veterinary surgeon in Colusa. Edward E., who was the oldest child of the family, was born in Sacramento county August 2, 1880. He entered the University of California and completed his educational preparation for business responsibilities, graduating in 1903 with the degree of LL. B. He then returned to Sacramento to serve as a deputy sheriff under his father. After three years in that capacity he was made under-sheriff and continued as such until the death of his father, whom he succeeded by appointment, filling out the unexpired term of one year. Since his father's death he has managed the estate. During the session of the state legislature in the thirty-ninth general assembly and the special session following he was employed as a bookkeeper to the sergeant-at-arms. Like his father he is staunchly Republican in political views and like him also he has membership with the Fraternal Brotherhood, Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. In addition he is connected with Sunset Parlor No. 26, N. S. G. W.