Reeve, Thomas Jefferson

Summary

Father: Jesse Reeve
Mother: Ann (Nancy) Cox

Birth: 2 July 1812, Cocke Co., Tennessee
Birth Source: Tobmstone & Bible Record

Death: 12 July 1888, Cocke Greene Co., Tennessee
Death Source: Tombstone

Spouse1: Rebecca Ann Earnest, m. 4 Aug 1835, Greene, Tennessee

Narrative

Children of Thomas Reeve and Rebecca Ann Earnest Reeve:

1. Felix Alexander Reeve, b. 1836
2. Jesse S. Reeve, b. c1838
3. Sarah A. H. Reeve, b. c1844
4. Narcissa E. Reeve, b. c1846
5. Louisa Virginia Reeve, b. 1847, d. 1906, m. Lewis A. Marsh
6. Melville P. Reeve, b. c1850
7. Catharine E. Reeve, b. c1852
8. Mary R. Reeve, b. c1854

Thomas Jefferson Reeve inherited half of his father's homestead in Cocke Co., TN; he is mentioned extensively in Price's Holston Methodism.

Rebecca Ann Earnest Reeve was a daughter of Felix Earnest (1762-1842) and Sarah Olliphant Earnest (1784-1874). She was a first cousin of Henry Earnest (1772-1851) who married Kittie Reeve. Rebecca was born 19 October 1811 and died 15 September 1896.

Sources

Birth:        Headstone, Ebenezer Methodist Church Cemetery, Greene Co., Tennessee
Marriage: Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950 (FamilySearch)
Death:      Headstone, Ebenezer Methodist Church Cemetery, Greene Co., Tennessee
Census:    1840 Census - Cocke County, Tennessee
                   1850 Census - Cocke County, Tennessee
History:    Price, Holston Methodism