Reeve, James Mitchell

Summary

Father: James White Reeve
Mother: Sarah Mitchell Childers

Birth: 16 Nov 1836, South Carolina
Birth Source: Family Bible of Nutty Lucretia Reeve Donaldson

Death: 4 May 1886, Calhoun County, Georgia
Death Source: Gravestone in Fain Cemetery, Find A Grave

Spouse1: Jeanette Adele Goodwin

Narrative

Children of James M. Reeve and Jeanette Adele Goodwin:

1. Lucius L. Reeve, b. 1860
2. Ida L. Reeve, b. 1862
3. James H. Reeve, 1863
4. Cassie N. Reeve, 1865
5. Charlie S. Reeve, 1871
6. Dasie A. Reeve, b. 1875
7. Fannie Reeve, b. 1878

From Garrett’s Necrology-Notes on old Dekalb and Fulton County Families
JAMES M. REEVE
Son James W. Reeve, pioneer of DeKalb County citizen of Cross Keys District. He was born Nov. 16, 1836. He lost his right arm by a fall of a horse at the age of 6 years. Married Jeanette Adele Goodwin, and about 1862 moved to Calhoun GA where he was a farmer and a bkkpr (bookkeeper) for Veach's Flour Mills. He was also clerk of the Gordon County Superior Court for some time. Died May 4, 1886 and is buried in the Fain Cemetery at Calhoun, GA. (Mrs. Samuel G. Walker, daughter (3/16/1933)

Research Notes

While many of the descendants of this family consistently recorded their surname as Reeve until after around 1850 when they began to use the more common Reeves with two e's; however, James M. Reeves appears to have maintained the original surname of Reeve.

Sources

1850 Census - Cross Keys, Dekalb County, Georgia
1870 Census - Gordon County, Georgia
1880 Census - Calhoun, Gordon County, Georgia
Garrett’s Necrology-Notes on old Dekalb and Fulton County Families-1874-1932 (online at Family Search)
Gravestone inscription, Fain Cemetery, Find A Grave