Reeves, Benjamin Franklin

Summary

Father: Green Reeves
Mother: Mary E. Gibson, "Polly"

Birth: 30 Apr 1835, Jasper County, Georgia
Birth Source: 1850 Census

Death: 21 Apr 1903, Meriwether County, Georgia
Death Source: Burial in Corley-Cumbie-Bishop-Reaves Cemetery

Spouse1: Mary Melissa Nichols

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Narrative

Children of Benjamin F. Reeves and Mary Melissa Nichols:

1. William A. Reeves, b. 1860, d. 10 Oct 1933
2. Thomas Reeves, b. 1862
3. Susan Reeves, b. 1866

Benjamin Reeves served as a private in Co. F, 55th Regiment of Georgia Infantry, CSA, during the Civil War. He was taken a prisoner of war at Cumberland Gap on 9 Sep 1863 and taken to a military prison at Louisville, Kentucky then on to Camp Douglas, Illinois on 24 Sep 1863. He was discharged on 15 June 1865.

His CSA records state that he was 5 ft. 6 in. tall with brown hair and hazel eyes.

Sources

1850 Census - Meriwether County, Georgia
1860 Census - Meriwether County, Georgia
1870 Census - Meriwether County, Georgia
1880 Census - Meriwether County, Georgia
Confederate Military Records