Reavis, Enoch Jones

Summary

Father: William Reavis
Mother: Mary Ann Hendricks

Birth: 29 Mar 1830, North Carolina
Birth Source: Missouri Death Certificate

Death: 12 Dec 1911, Holt County, Missouri
Death Source: Missouri Death Certificate and Obituary from Jefferson County Times, pub 15 Dec 1911

Spouse1: Unknown
Spouse2: Hannah Cripe
Spouse3: Sarah Marker
Spouse4: Nancy Ella Hibbs Logston, m. 15 Nov 1889 in Jefferson, Kansas

Narrative

Probable child of Enoch Jones Reavis and unknown first wife:

1. Sarah Ellen Reavis, b. Sep 1855, m. Jacob M. Landers

Children of Enoch Jones Reavis and Hannah Cripe:

1. Mary Jane Reavis, b. Dec 1859, m. Albert Teats
2. Mahala Catherine Reavis, b. 19 Oct 1861, m. Pleasant A. Landers
3. Martha Reavis, b. Dec 1864, m. Joseph Coleman
4. George Washington Reavis, b. 17 Mar 1868

Children of Enoch Jones Reavis and Nancy E. Hibbs Logston:

1. James William Reavis. b. 8 Nov 1891
2. Harvey Andrew Reavis, b. 31 May 1894
3. Walter A. Reavis, b. 22 Mar 1896

The obituary of Enoch Jones Reavis records four (4) marriages however the name of the first spouse was unknown.

Research Notes

The obituary of Enoch Jones Reavis as published in The Farmers Vindicator names the last three wives of Enoch Jones Reavis and states that he was married 4 times however it does not give the name of his first wife. His daughter Sarah Ellen, born 1855, appears to have been the child of that first marriage. There is a gap of approximately 5 years between her birth and the next child who was born to Enoch J. Reavis and Hannah Cripe. Oddly, however, in the 1910 census of Cedar County, Missouri only 3 marriages are listed for Enoch.

The 1940 death certificate of Sarah Ellen Reavis Landers lists her mother as unknown; however the person who gave the information was aware that her father's name was Enoch indicating that the family was not even aware of her mother's name.

Sources

1860 Census - Monroe, Madison County, Indiana
1870 Census - Osawkee, Jefferson County, Kansas
1880 Census - Osawkie, Jefferson County, Kansas
1900 Census - Lewis, Holt County, Missouri
1910 Census - Linn, Cedar County, Missouri
Kansas Death Certificate
Obituary, Jefferson County Times, pub 15 Dec 1911 (originally published in The Farmers Vindicator)
Gravestone inscriptions at Find A Grave (children's DOB)