Reeves, Elijah Bloomer

Summary

Father: Jeremiah Reeves
Mother: Martha Cagle

Birth: c. 1849, GA
Birth Source: Census

Death: 15 May 1914, Pike Co., GA
Death Source: Tombstone

Spouse1: Josephine Elizabeth Reeves, daughter of Jasper N. Reeves and Anna Hoard.

Narrative

Children of Elijah Bloomer Reeves and Josephine MNU:

1. William N. Reeves, b. November 1876, GA.
2. Henry B. Reeves, b. 1878, GA. He was not shown in 1900.
3. Vida Reeves, b. August 1880, GA.
4. Odis Reeves, b. November 1882, GA.
5. Roy C. Reeves, b. August 1884, GA, at home in 1910.
6. Charley Reeves, b. August 1886, GA. He and wife Luella were living near his parents in 1910.
7. Nellie Reeves, b. 1 June 1887, GA, d. 1 November 1992, GA, m. George Lucius Eubanks.
8. Claude Reeves, b. September 1890, GA, at home in 1910.

Josephine reported in 1900 that she had been married for 25 years and that seven of her eight children were then living. She reported in 1910 that seven of her eight children were then living. Elijah and Josephine share a tombstone in the Wood Cemetery, Meansville, Pike Co., GA. She was born October 9, 1848, Butts Co., GA, and died February 3, 1925, Lamar Co., GA.

Sources

1880 Pike Co., GA, Census, GMD 551, HH 238.
1900 Pike Co., GA, Census, Meansville, HH 194/201.
1910 Pike Co., GA, Census, Meansville.