Samuel Reber II

Colonel Samuel Reber, Sr. (October 16, 1864 - April 16, 1933) was an aviation pioneer in the Signal Corps.

Biography
He was born on October 16, 1864 in Missouri. Reber attended the United States Military Academy and graduated on July 1, 1882. He was promoted to second lieutenant in the 4th Cavalry Regiment on July 1, 1886. He married Cecilia Sherman Miles, the daughter of General Nelson Appleton Miles and Mary Hoyt Sherman, on January 10, 1900 in Washington, D.C.. They had as their son, Samuel Reber, Jr.

He died on April 16, 1933. He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery on April 16, 1933.