Reeve(s), John

Summary

Father:
Mother:

Birth: 7 Oct 1795
Birth Source: Family Bible

Death: c3 Jan 1839
Death Source: Cemetery Index

Spouse1: Jane Carico, m. 1820, Darwin, Clark County, Illinois

Narrative

Children of John Reeve(s) and Jane Carico:

1. Alexander Reeve(s), b. 22 Sep 1819
2. Margaret Reeve(s), b. 5 Oct 1821
3. Emily Reeve(s), b. 20 Nov 1824, m. Lafayette Patrick
4. Louisa Jane Reeve(s), b. 4 May 1826
5. Sarah Reeve(s), b. 16 Oct 1829
6. John A. Reeve(s), b. c1833
7. Elizabeth Reeve(s), b. 8 Jan 1835

Most information on this family comes from the family Bible which appears to have belonged to his daughter Elizabeth Reeves. It states that Jane was born 26 Sep 1800. Although John A. Reeve's birth date is not listed, he is listed in order between Sallie and Elizabeth. In 1850, he was listed with his sister Louisa J. Willson's household, age 16.

Although the family Bible and marriage records indicates Louisa was married first to Samuel Wilson, then to David Reeves, her death certificate is under the surname McNutt, with birth date 4 May 1827, one year exactly off the family Bible record. It lists her parents as John Reeve and Jane Carico. This is also backed up by the biography of son-in-law Hiram Reeve contained in History of Montgomery county, Kansas which states: "Hiram Reeve married Elizabeth Reeves, a native of Vigo county, Ind., and a daughter of John and Jane (Carico) Reeves."

In 1860, Jane was living with their daughter Elizabeth Reeve in Vigo County, Indiana.

The following notices appeared in a local newspaper on 15 Mar 1880 concerning the widow Jane Reeves. The newspaper is not know, but scans of the clippings are contained in Reeves folder in the Special Collections section of the Vigo County Library.

DIED
REEVES - At 6 o-clock this (Monday) morning, Mrs. Jane Reeves; aged 79 years and 6 months.
The deceased was born on Sept. 26th, 1800 in Kentucky and removed to this state in 1811; came to Terre Haute in July, 1826 and lived on Eagle street, between Third and Fourth streets for 44 years. She was married in 1820 at Darwin to Jno. Reeves, who died many years ago.
The funeral will take place at 2 o'clock P. M. on Tuesday, March 16th, from the residence of her son-in-law, H. Copeland, number 667 Swan street.
Friends of the family are invited to attend without funeral notice.

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Obituary
Mrs. Jane Reeves.
In this issue, elsewhere appears a notice of the death of Mrs. Jane Reeves which took place at six o'clock this morning at the residence of her son-in-law H. Copeland on Swam street. Last Thursday the old lady fell down while visiting her son-in-law and broke her thigh. She had lived in one house on Eagle street for forty five years. The deceased was a native of Kentucky where she was born in 1800. Her husband died some years ago. The funeral takes pace to-morrow afternoon.

Cemetery database for the county lists John Reeve buried at Woodlawn Cemetery (yet moved from Old Cemetery) with a burial date of 3 Jan 1839, age 44. This information also available in Woodlawn Cemetery Index of Burials 1839-1899 by Simona Lansaw.

Research Notes

Sources

Birth:          Elizabeth Reeves Family Bible
Marriage1:  
Death:        
Burial:       Terre Haute Old CEM Database - Woodlawn Cemetery (moved from Old Cemetery), Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana

1860 Census:  Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana (Jane in Hiram Elizabeth's household)
1870 Census:  Terre Haute Ward 4, Vigo County, Indiana

Jane Reeves Obituary, 15 Mar 1880, Vigo County Library Special Collections
Duncan, L. Wallace. (1903). History of Montgomery county, Kansas, p699