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Reeve, Robert Wesley (1851 IN - 1922 IL)

Reeve, Robert Wesley

Reeve, Robert Wesley


Summary

Father: Reeve, George
Mother: Dancer, Elizabeth Jane

Birth: 29 Nov 1851 in Indiana
Birth Source: Public Board of Health, Springfield, Illinois

Death: 4 June 1922 in East Moline, Rock Island County, Illinois
Death Source: Public Board of Health, Springfield, Illinois

Spouse1: Jordan, Henrietta, m. 21 Sep 1872 in Henry County, Illinois

Narrative

Robert Wesley Reeve was born in Indiana, but lived most of his life in Illinois. His occupations per the US censuses were: Bed springs maker (1880); carpenter and plow works (1900); carpenter for rail road shops (1910); and carpenter for a contractor (1920). His Illinois death record listed his occupation as carpenter.

Robert Wesley Reeve and Henrietta Jordan had seven children, of which one (George) died in infancy:
  1. Ida May Reeve, b. 1873
  2. William Urbin Reeve, b. 1875
  3. George Adams Reeve, b. 1877 d. 1877
  4. Ira Alonzo Reeve, b. 1878
  5. Leslie Alfred Reeve, b. 1884
  6. Edith Zenella Reeve, b. 1887
  7. Robert Ivan Reeve, b. 1895

Research Notes


Sources

Birth:          Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947 (FamilySearch.org).
Marriage1:  Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940 (FamilySearch.org).
Death:        Headstone, Riverside Cemetery, Moline, Rock Island County, Illinois.
Burial:       Headstone, Riverside Cemetery, Moline, Rock Island County, Illinois.
                   
1860 Census:  Clover, Henry County, Illinois (surname miss-indexed as Rieves)
1870 Census:  Lowe Township, Moultrie, Illinois
1880 Census:  Knoxville, Knox County, Illinois
1900 Census:  Rock Island Township, Election Precinct 2, Rock Island County, Illinois (his age was miss-read as 58)
1910 Census:  East Moline Ward 2, Rock Island, Illinois
1920 Census:  East Moline, Rock Island, Illinois

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

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