Reavis, James

Summary

Father: Mark Reavis
Mother: Lucy Bradley

Birth: 1800, Warren County, Kentucky
Birth Source: Census

Death: 17 Oct 1874
Death Source: Biography

Spouse1: Eliza Berry, m. 13 Feb 1823, Columbia, Boone County, Missouri

Narrative

Children of James Reavis and Eliza Berry:

1. Elizabeth Reavis, b. 1823
2. John Reavis, b. 27 Sep 1826
3. Woodson M. Reavis, b. c1829
4. Sarah Jane Reavis, b. c1833
5. Mark Reavis, b. c1833
6. James M. Reavis, b. c1836
7. Hetta A. Reavis, b. c1838
8. Preston Reavis, b. c1839
9. Anne Eliza Reavis, b. c1842
10. Josephine Reavis, b. c1845
11. Mary Frances Reavis

A biography of his son John Reavis published in 1895 also includes this information about James:

James Reavis was born in Warren County, Ky., in 1800, and his wife, Eliza, was born five years later, in Madison County, in the same state. Mr. Reavis left the parental roof in his early youth and entered land in Saline County, Mo., living there for about sixteen years. He then located in Pettis County, Mo., where he entered eighty acres and made some improvements on the place during the seven years of his residence thereon. Later coming to this county, he purchased forty acres of land on section 30, Warrensburg Township, but a few years later returned to Pettis County. After a time he came back to this locality and invested in forty acres, but again his inclinations compelled him to return to the old neighborhood in Pettis County, where he bought forty acres, which he cultivated as long as his health permitted. Selling out, he lived with his children from that time until his death, which occurred October 17, 1874. His wife's demise occurred July 13, 1878. Of their union were born eleven children. Elizabeth, born in 1823, married Thomas C. Warren, after whose father the town of Warrensburg was named; our subject is the second of the family; Woodson, born in 1828, and now living in Washington, married Sallie A. Jennings, since deceased; Sarah Jane, now a resident of Oregon, first married Henry Howdyshell, and later became the wife of Louis Garrett, both of whom are deceased; Mark, born in 1833, died in July, 1886, and his widow, formerly Betty Hayes, is now living in Washington; Hettie, wife of E. L. Porter, lives in Bates County, Mo.; James died at the age of twenty-one years; Anne Eliza became the wife of T. J. Coatney, a farmer of this county; Josephine wedded Z. T. Hayes, and lives on a farm in this county; Preston P. married Laura Woulery, and is now in Claremore, Ind. T.; and Mary Frances died when two years of age.

Research Notes

The 1850 census lists a son James M. The 1860 census lists Marcus and a James.

Sources

Marriage1:  FamilySearch - Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991
Death:        Biography

1830 Census:  Missouri, Boone County, Missouri (James Rivis)
1840 Census:  Salt Pond, Saline County, Missouri
1850 Census:  District 68, Pettis County, Missouri
1860 Census:  Warrensburg, Johnson County, Missouri
1870 Census:  Washington, Johnson County, Missouri

Archive.org - Chaman Publishing. (1895). Portrait and biographical record of Johnson and Pettis counties, Missouri, p401