Reaves, James A.

Summary

Father: William Reaves
Mother: Ellender Johnson

Birth: c1820, Allen County, Kentucky
Birth Source: 1850 Census

Death: 16 Jul 1862, Louisville, Kentucky
Death Source: Gravestone inscription (photo) in Cave Hill National Cemetery

Spouse1: Elizabeth Wolf, m. 8 Jul 1841, Allen County, Kentucky

Narrative

Children of James A. Reaves and Elizabeth Wolf:

1. Emily F. Reaves, b. 1842
2. Joseph Wesley Reaves, b. 1848
3. George Taylor Reaves, b. 16 Oct 1851
4. William J. Reaves, b. 1855
5. Serilda Caroline Reeves, b. 1858
6. James H. H. Reeves, b. 1860

Research Notes

Some Union Civil War records give him DOB incorrectly as circa 1833 but most do not.

Sources

1850 Census - Allen County, Kentucky
1860 Census - New Roe, Allen County, Kentucky
Kentucky, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1783-1965, Ancestry.com
U.S., Civil War Pension Index, Ancestry.com