John B. Reese

John B. Reese was a clergyman identified in his 1920 book as Rev. John B. Reese, A.M., B.D. He edited and published Some Pioneers and Pilgrims on the Prairies of Dakota: Or, From the Ox Team to the Aeroplane, with assistance from H. B. Reese.

That book was created to keep the stories of immigrant pioneers from being forgotten. Its focus is not just on major events, but on the texture of frontier life: settlement, labor, blizzards, prairie fires, religion, and the long effort of building homes and communities on the Dakota plains.

Although easily confirmed biographical details about his wider life are limited, the surviving record shows him as someone deeply concerned with memory, place, and the spiritual and practical lives of early settlers. His work remains valuable as a firsthand-era effort to gather local history before it disappeared.