Reaves, John

Summary

Father: Zebedee Reaves
Mother: Jane Leach

Birth: 1 Mar 1887 (1888), Kentucky
Birth Source: Kentucky Death Record, U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 gives DOB as 1887

Death: 3 Mar 1923, Whitley County, Kentucky
Death Source: Kentucky Death Record

Spouse1: Laura Sparks, m. 11 Feb 1908 in Campbell County TN

Narrative

Children of John Reaves and Laura Sparks:

1. William Jesse Reeves, b. 8 Dec 1908, d. 18 Jan 1962
2. Henry Arthur Reeves, b. 1912

The death certificate of John Reaves gives the cause of death as "homicide by shooting," but no further information.

Research Notes

Sources

1900 Census - Mountain Ash, Whitley County, Kentucky
1910 Census - Saxton, Whitley County, Kentucky
1920 Census - Saxton, Whitley County, Kentucky
U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1965, online at Ancestry.com
Line of Descent information taken from the historical Reeves DNA Project web pages on Rootsweb — 31 Dec 2019