Reeves, Samuel Anderson

Summary

Father:
Mother: possibly Martha

Birth: 7 Aug 1853
Birth Source: Headstone

Death: 22 Nov 1939, Chancellor, Coffee County, Alabama
Death Source: Headstone, Death Certificate

Spouse1: Harriet Cain

Narrative

Children of Anderson Reeves and Harriet Cain:

1. John W Reeves, b. c1871
2. Foriby Callie Reeves, b. c1872
3. Susan E Reeves, b. c1873
4. James Reeves, b. c1875
5. Bascomb MacKendry Reeves, b. 27 Jan 1877
6. Ann Reeves, b. c1880
7. Henry Franklin Reeves, b. 15 May 1885
8. Lennie J. Reeves, b. 2 Jan 1887, d. 2 Nov 1918
9. Harriet A. Reeves, b. c1888
10. Nellie M. Reeves, b. c1890

The Montgomery Advertiser, 25 Nov 1939
Anderson Reeves
Geneva, Ala., Nov. 24. - Funeral for Anderson Reeves, 87, who died Wednesday night at his residence in the Sardis community near Chancellor, after several weeks' illness, was held at 2 p.m., Friday, at Sardis Church, with the Rev. J. M. Truett, of Enterprise, officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery with Pittman Funeral Home, of Geneva, in charge. Mr. Reeves had been a resident of Geneva County for the past 64 years, having moved to this county from Dale County. Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Catty Hones and Mrs. P. A. Oliver, Chancellor; Mrs. Paul Watkins, Enterprise, Mrs. John Robinson, Columbus, Ga.; four sons, J. W. Reeves, Chancellor; B. M., Ocala, Fla.; H. A., Pensacola, and J. F., Bostic City, La.; a half-brother Nick Norris, Florala; two half-sisters, Mrs. Will Stone and Mrs. Mandy Jones, Chancellor.

The obituary of Anderson Reeves places him in Dale County, Alabama previous to 1875. It also mentions a half-brother Nick Norris.

In 1870 in Dale County, we find a James and Martha Morris with a Nicholas in the household and four Reeves children: Dock, age 16, Jennie, age 14, Josey, age 11, and James, age 9. Dock is the right age to be this Anderson.

His death certificate lists parents as Unknown. It states he was 87 and was born in Coffee County. Informant was a Mrs. Sallie Oliver.

Research Notes

This is thought to be a grandson of Anderson Reeves of St. Clair County, Alabama through his son Anderson, but this needs verifying.

Sources

Birth:          Headstone, Sardis United Methodist Church Cemetery, Coffee County, Alabama
Death:        Headstone, Sardis United Methodist Church Cemetery, Coffee County, Alabama
                   Alabama Death Certificate, Anderson Reeves, 1939

1880 Census:  Coffee County, Alabama
1900 Census:  Coffee County, Alabama
1910 Census:  Walton County, Florida