Samuel Reber II

{{Short description|American military officer}}

File:Lt. Col. Samuel Reber circa 1915.jpg

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

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. John J. Pershing, along with Charles T. Menoher, George B. Duncan, Julius Penn, and several others, were among his classmates. 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 two sons, Miles and Samuel Reber, Jr.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/12/26/archives/samuel-reber-career-diplomat-for-the-state-department-dies.html |title=Samuel Reber, Career Diplomat For the State Department, Dies |date=December 26, 1971 |access-date=2015-03-29 |newspaper=New York Times }}

He died on April 16, 1933.{{cite news |title=Col. S. Reber Dead. Wireless Expert. Developed it as Means of Army Communication in 25 Years Service in Signal Corps. Was Pioneer in Aviation. Served In Spanish and World Wars and Was Delegate to Many International Conferences |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9805E5DA1438E333A2575BC1A9629C946294D6CF |newspaper=New York Times |date=April 18, 1933 |access-date=2015-03-29 }} He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery on April 16, 1933.{{cite web |url=http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/sreber.htm |title=Samuel Reber, Sr. |access-date=2015-03-29 |publisher=Arlington National Cemetery }}