Reeve, George

Summary

Father: Asa Reeves, Jr.
Mother: Susannah Hidah

Birth: 28 Jan 1827
Birth Source: Family Bible

Death: 7 Jan 1895
Death Source: Headstone

Spouse1: Elizabeth J. Dancer, m. 5 Feb 1848, Montgomery County, Indiana

Narrative

Children of George Reeve and Elizabeth J. Dancer:

1. William H. Reeve, b. c1849
2. John S. Reeve, b. c1850
3. Robert Wesley Reeve, b. 1851
4. Alfred R. Reeve, b. c1854
5. Mary E. Reeve, b. c1856
6. Orpha Jane Reeve, b.1858 d. 1860
7. Nora A. Reeve, b. c1860
8. Joab H. Reeve, b. c1864
9. Ada M. Reeve, b. c1865
10. Otis D. Reeve, b. c1870
11. George Reeve, b. c1871
12. Cassa Reeve, b. c1875

Research Notes

A Jane Hayden, b. c1806-1810, born in Ohio was living with his family in 1870 and 1880. This may be his sister.   This was George's mother-in-law, whom married John Hayden on 10 June 1839 in Fountain County, Indiana, following the death of Anthony Dancer.

Sources

Birth:          Date of birth information by David Olmstead to Reeve GenForum from photocopy of the Hayden-Reeve Bible.
                   Transcription of Hayden-Reeve Bible entries
                   Headstone, Morgan Cemetery, Kent, Union County, Iowa
Marriage1:  Indiana, Marriage Index, 1800-1941 (Ancestry)
Death:        Headstone, Morgan Cemetery, Kent, Union County, Iowa

1850 Census:  Coal Creek, Montgomery County, Indiana
1860 Census: Clover, Henry County, Illinois (surname miss-indexed as Rieves)
1870 Census:  Clover, Henry County, Illinois
1880 Census:  Platte, Taylor County, Iowa

Reeve, Derral William. 1976. Reeve and Lamberton family history, part 1. Nevada, IA: Oak Park Academy Press.