Reeves, Andrew Jackson

Summary

Father: Thompson Reeves
Mother: Lucendarilla Ragsdale "Cinderella"

Birth: 17 Nov 1832, Georgia
Birth Source: Family Records of Barney Hugh Reeves

Death: 15 May 1915 in Italy, Texas
Death Source: Family Records of Barney Hugh Reeves

Spouse1: Lucinda MNU Morris
Spouse2: Elizabeth Ragsdale b. Georgia d. 1895 in Texas

Narrative

Children of Andrew Jackson Reeves and Elizabeth Ragsdale Lucinda MNU Morris:

1. James Tilleroe Reeves, b. 14 Nov 1856 in Marshall County, Alabama; d. 1 Apr 1934 in Magnolia, Arkansas
2. William W. "Bill" Reeves, b. 1859
3. Wiley J. Reeves, b. Sep 1861
4. Robert Lee Reeves, b. 28 Oct 1868
5. John Reeves, b. 1868, d. Alabama
6. Alonzo Reeves, b. c1870, d. Nov 1919 in Oklahoma
7. Lizzie Reeves, b. c1871
8. Mattie Reeves, b. c1872
9. Henry Rufus Reeves, b. Oct 1874, d. 24 Jul 1954 in Jacksboro, Texas
10. Mary Reeves, b. Aug 1877
11. Elijah Reeves, b. 1880
12. Ida Reeves, b. Jul 1882

Andrew Jackson Reeves was the youngest son of Thompson Reeves.

Andrew Jackson Reeves enlisted on 7 May 1862 and served as a 2nd Lt. in Co. H of the 31st Alabama Regular Infantry of the CSA. He fought in the Civil War alongside some of his nephews, sons of his sister, Frances Elizabeth Reeves Moore.

Andrew and Lucinda were shown in HH 1206, Rockdale, Randolph Co., AL, in 1860. Two children — J. T. and M. W. Morris, born in 1857 and 1859 in Alabama — were enumerated. No children with the Reeves surname were shown. Thompson Reeves and family were living next door in HH 1206. The children shown as Morris in 1860 were the same age as James and William Reeves, who are shown in later records.

In the mid 1880's he had settled in Marshall County, Alabama. In the late 1880's, he and all of his children except John, born about 1868, migrated to Arkansas and Texas. John Reeves remained in Alabama until his death. When asked where he was going Andrew Jackson would reply "To Texas to help Cousin Joe make a crop." He was referring to Joseph Reeves of Comanche County Texas. This Joseph is the ancestor of Jonathan Floyd Reeves who with his wife wrote the first edition of the Reeves Review. To date has not been possible to verify the family relationship between Andrew Jackson Reeves and Joseph Reeves. Joseph did have a brother named Thompson. Finding more about this connection could really be enlightening.

When Andrew Jackson was living in Marshall Co. Alabama, Elijah Wallace Reeves and his family were living there as well. Elijah Wallace's family began to migrate to Texas about the same time that Andrew Jackson Reeves did. There is no suggestion that they traveled together. Elijah Wallace's destination was to settle his family in McLennan County, Texas near Waco.

Descendants of Ida Reeves above state she is part Cherokee Indian. It would be good to explore this possibility.

Research Notes

Andrew Jackson Reeves' children previous listed with Elizabeth Ragsdale as their mother was in error. A. J. Reeves was married to Lucinda Morris and listed with her and what were apparently her two Morris children, James T. Morris and William Morris in the 1860 census. That marriage endured until at least 1889 when A. J. Reeves was selling land in Marshall, Alabama and those records include his wife Lucinda.

The second wife, Elizabeth Ragsdale listed above as dying in 1895, may be an error for deed records of Marshall County, Alabama as late as 1888-1889 record Lucinda as A. J. Reeves' wife and include her as a party in the document. No records have been found to document the marriage to Elizabeth Ragsdale. In the census of both 1900 and 1910 he is listed as a widower and recorded living in the homes of his two oldest sons or step-sons.

Sources

1850 Census - Randolph County, Alabama
1860 Census - Randolph County, Alabama
1900 Census - Red River County, Texas (HOH William W. Reeves)
1910 Census - Columbia County, Arkansas (HOH James T. Reeves)
Alabama Death Certificate of Mrs. A. P. Ingram (mother's maiden name)