Reeve, Volney

Summary

Father: Gabriel Reeve
Mother: Hannah

Birth: 23 Nov 1804
Birth Source: Headstone

Death: 6 Feb 1840
Death Source: Headstone

Spouse1: Theresa Vincent, m. 21 Oct 1828, Scioto County, Ohio

Narrative

Volney was appointed postmaster in Wheelersburgh, Scioto County, Ohio on 22 Mar 1833.

The headstone reads "Sacred to the memory of Volney Reeve who departed this life Feby. 6th .. 1840 on the Bayou...in Louisiana in the 36th year of his age. His remains were brought and intered here, April 12th 1843."

He has a will written 20 Apr 1834 and recorded in Book A of Scioto County Wills which only names his wife Theresa.

His wife later remarried to Thomas Hurd. Both husbands are buried beside her. There is a Cynthia Hurd in the household in 1850 who may be Volney's daughter. In 1855, a Cynthia Reeves married a Samuel McGraw in Scioto County, Ohio. This may be her.

Research Notes

Sources

Birth:          Elijah Reeve Family Bible
                   Headstone, Old Wheelersburg Cemetery, Wheelersburg, Scioto County, Ohio
Marriage1:  Scioto County, Ohio, Marriage Records, 1803-1860 (Ancestry)
Death:        Elijah Reeve Family Bible
                   Headstone, Old Wheelersburg Cemetery, Wheelersburg, Scioto County, Ohio

1830 Census:  Porter, Scioto County, Ohio

1834 Will - Volney Reeve - Scioto County, Ohio Will Book A, p182
U.S., Appointments of U. S. Postmasters, 1832-1971 (Ancestry)