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Reeves, Levi (1828 OH - 1890 IA)

Levi Reeves

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Reeves, Levi


Summary

Father: Solomon Reeves
Mother: Elizabeth Irwin

Birth: 16 Nov 1828
Birth Source: Obituary, Indianola Advocate Tribune; Tombstone

Death: 13 May 1890
Death Source: Obituary, Indianola Advocate Tribune; Tombstone; Iowa, County Death Records

Spouse1: Clarinda Douglas (his 1st cousin 1x removed)

Narrative

Children of Levi Reeves and Clarinda Douglas (his 1st cousin 1x removed):
  1. Franklin Fisher Reeves, b. 17 Aug 1851
  2. Charles McKay Reeves, b. 1854, d. 1855
  3. Letitia Reeves, b. 1854, d. 1856
  4. Augustus Wade Reeves, b. 14 April 1855
  5. Alonzo Reeves, b. 1858, d. 1858
  6. Austin N (or W?) Reeves, b. 1859
  7. Mary Elizabeth Reeves, b. 1861
  8. Morgan Morris Reeves, b. 1862
  9. Solomon Preston Reeves, b. 1865
  10. Allen Jerome Reeves, b. 1866
  11. Alice Salomia Reeves, b. 1868
  12. Issadora Norwood Reeves, b. 1872
  13. Ara Belle May Reeves, b. 1874
  14. Chester C. Reeves, b. 1877
  15. Tessie Anthony Reeves, b. 1887

Levi Reeves was born on 16 Nov 1828 in Meigs, Ohio. He appears in the 1850 Federal Census, still living with his parents and (numerous) siblings, in Scipio, Meigs, Ohio, with an occupation of "Farmer". In the 1860 Federal Census, he is living with his wife (and 1st cousin once removed), Clarinda Douglas Reeves, in Union, Warren, Iowa. They have three children living at the time - Franklin Fisher, Augustus W., and Austin (N. or W.?) Reeves. By 1870, they have eight children living with them, still in Union, Warren, Iowa. Finally, in 1880, the couple are living in the same place, with nine children living with them.

Levi Reeves died on 13 May 1890 during an accident on his farm. According to a notice of his death in the Sioux City Journal on 24 May 1890, "Levi Reeves, a well-to-do farmer living near Sandyville, Warren county, met death in a peculiar manner last Tuesday. He was milking, when another cow rushed up and attacked the one he was taking the milk from. A fight ensued, and in the scramble Mr. Reeves was trampled to death."

Research Notes


Sources

Birth:          See Burial

Marriage1:

Death:        Iowa, County Death Records, 1880-1992 - FamilySearch, Levi Reeves, 19 May 1890; citing Death, Sandyville, Warren, Iowa, United States, page 91, offices of county clerk from various counties; FHL microfilm 1,011,018.
Probate:  "Iowa, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1758-1997, Ancestry".

Burial:  Find-a-Grave Levi Reeves

1850 Census:  United States Census, Scipio Township, Meigs, Ohio, United States, 1850 - FamilySearch, Levi Reeves, 1850.
1860 Census:  United States Census, Union Township, Warren, Iowa, United States, 1860 - FamilySearch, Levi Reeves, 1860.
1870 Census:  United States Census, Union Township, Warren, Iowa, United States, 1870 - FamilySearch, Levi Reeves, 1870.
1880 Census:  United States Census, Union, Warren, Iowa, United States, 1880 - FamilySearch, Levi Reeves, Union, Warren, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district ED 230, sheet 332B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,368.
1885 Iowa State Census:  Iowa State Census, Union, Warren, Iowa, 1885 -FamilySearch, Levi Reeves, Union, Warren, Iowa; citing p. 12, 1885, State Historical Society, Des Moines; FHL microfilm 1,021,698. Note that Silvia is an error on the part of the Census transcriber for Levi.