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Reeves, George (c1792 KY - 1853 OH)

Reeves, George

Reeves, George


Summary

Father: Austin Smith Reeves
Mother: Abigail Mason

Birth: 9 Mar 1794, Mason County, Kentucky
Birth Source: Headstone

Death: 14 Oct 1853, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio
Death Source: Obituary

Spouse1: Elizabeth Brown, m. 10 Feb 1824 in Warren County, Ohio (Ministers return shows date as 10 Feb but County Clerk lists 11 Feb 1824)



Narrative

Children of George Reeves and Elizabeth Brown:
  1. Emaline Matilda Reeves, b. 1824, d. 1825
  2. Austin Smith Reeves, b. 23 Jan 1826
  3. George Haywood Reeves, b. 1827, d. 1877
  4. Mary Elizabeth, b.1829, d. 1834
  5. John Brown Reeves, b. 1833, d. 1870
  6. Sarah Caroline Reeves, b. 1831 or 1834?
  7. Mary Ellen Reeves, b. 1835, d. 1889, m. Newland
  8. Therza Arabella Reeves, b. 1838, d. 1913
In an 1847 deed from Mason County, Kentucky, "George Reeves and Elizabeth his wife, of the City of Cincinatti Hamilton County, and State of Ohio" sold to John Reeves of the same city his portion of he land of his father, Austin Smith Reeves, in Mason County.

Warren County, Ohio Marriage Announcements -
REEVES-BROWN
On Wednesday eve last by the Rev. John P. Durbin, Mr. George Reeves, to Miss Elizabeth Brown, all of this place.
[Source: The Western Star, Lebanon, Feb 14 1824]

Cincinnatti Daily Gazette, 15 Oct 1853
On Friday, the 14th inst. at 8 3/4 o'clock, P. M., Mr. George Reeves, of Terre Haute, Ind., in the 60th year of his age.
"The friends of the family are invited to attend his funeral from the residence of his brother, John Reeves, Esq., (No. 350 Seventh street, between Mound and Cutter.) on Sunday, the 16th inst., at 2 o'clock, P. M.

Headstone marker year reads 1854.

Sources

Birth:       Headstone, Wesleyan Cemetery, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio
Marriage: Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013 (FamilySearch)
Death:       Cincinnatti Daily Gazette, 15 Oct 1853
                   Headstone, Wesleyan Cemetery, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio
Census:     1840 Census - Cincinnati Ward 2, Hamilton, Ohio
                   1850 Census - Cincinnati Ward 7, Hamilton, Ohio

1847 Deed - George & Elizabeth Reeves to John Reeves - Mason County, Kentucky Deed Book 56, p227