Reeves, Madison

Summary

Father: Asa Reeves
Mother: Sarah E. Barnes

Birth: 15 January 1835, Meriwether County, Georgia
Birth Source: 1850 Census and tombstone

Death: 10 January 1904, Meriwether County, Georgia
Death Source: Tombstone

Spouse1: Mary Render, m. 9 Nov 1858 in Meriwether County, Georgia

Narrative

Children of Madison and Mary Frances Render Reeves:

1. Robert Render Reeves, b. 2 December 1861, Meriwether County, Georgia, d. 24 April 1863, Meriwether County, Georgia
2. Wiley Asa Reeves
3. Walter Reeves. He was of Tupelo, MS, in 1924.
4. Madison Reeves, b. 21 November 1867, Meriwether County, Georgia, d. 5 July 1924, Tupelo, MS
5. Henry Reeves
6. Elizabeth Mary Reeves

Madison ("Pad") Reeves moved from Meriwether County to Troup County, Georgia, late in life. Although he died in LaGrange, he was returned to Meriwether County for burial in the Robert L. Render Cemetery, beside his wife Malie and son Robert. His wife, Mary Frances ("Malie") Render was a graduate of Southern Female College in LaGrange, Georgia, at age 16. She was born 24 December 1836 in Meriwether County, Georgia, and died there 20 November 1886, a daughter of Robert Lewis Render (1810-1853) and Elizabeth Harris Anderson (1812-1892).

Research Notes

Mary Elizabeth Reeves's Reeves Lineage and Related Lines, Anderson, Anthony, Render (Privately Printed, LaGrange, GA, 1990) is primarily a collection of photocopied or transcribed documents relating to the family of Asa Reeves and his son Madison Reeves which were preserved among the family papers inherited by her father Judge Henry Reeves, with almost no accompanying narrative text. Miss Reeves includes photocopies of original handwritten documents belonging to her late father, Judge Henry Reeves, among them letters to Asa Reeves written in 1860 concerning the sale of cotton and a commission dated 2 February 1863 in which Madison Reeves was formally appointed executor of the last will and testament of Sarah E. Reeves. Also included is a photocopied letter from Mollie Reeves to "My Much-loved Pad," receipts from the Griffin Banking Company (1873), a commission appointed Madison Reeves to the Meriwether County Board of Education (1874), and various other items concerning Madison Reeves and his financial dealings. Among these is a transcript from his "Cotton Records Notebook" detailing cotton picked by Wiley, Walter, and Madison Reeves. Also included is a newspaper article explaining how Madison Reeves prompted a young Meriwether County resident named Joseph Terrell to run for his first political office; Terrell later became U.S. Senator, Georgia's Attorney General, and Governor of Georgia. Also included are obituaries for Madison and Malie Reeves as well as a copy of an invitation to Malie Reeves's funeral. Also included is a 1924 obituary for Madison Reeves, II, who died childless in Tupelo, MS.

Sources

Reeves, Mary Elizabeth. Reeves Lineage and Related Lines, Anderson, Anthony, Render (Privately Printed, LaGrange, GA, 1990). Note that the original manuscript was written by Miss Reeves in 1990, retyped for her in 1989 by Thomas Daniel Knight, and then printed and distributed by Miss Reeves in January 1990. A copy is housed at the Troup County Archives, LaGrange, Georgia.