Reeves, Andrew Woods

Summary

Father: Joseph Reeves
Mother: Susannah Woods

Birth: 30 Apr 1808, Fleming County, Kentucky
Birth Source: pub. Monroe County, Indiana Biographical Sketches

Death: 15 Feb 1888, Monroe County, Indiana
Death Source: Gravestone inscription, photo at Find A Grave

Spouse1: Sallie Ann McDonald, m. 22 Mar 1832

Narrative

Children of Andrew W. Reeves and Sallie McDonald:

1. Elizabeth A. Reeves
2. William McDonald Reeves, b. 1835
3. Joseph H. Reeves, b. 1837 (died in the army)
4. John A. Reeves, b. 1838
5. Matilda "Mattie" E. Reeves, b. 1835

The above children identified in the published history of Monroe County, Indiana and 1850 census.

Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana. Historical and Biographical.
Charles Blanchard, Editor. Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co., Publishers, 1884.
Monroe County Biographical Sketches, Bean Blossom Township, p. 619

Andrew W. REEVES, one of the county’s pioneers and enterprising farmers and stock raisers, was
born on April 30, 1808, in Fleming County, Ky., and is the third of ten children born to Joseph
and Susanna (WOODS) REEVES, natives of Virginia and South Carolina respectively. Our subject
came to Indiana with his parents in 1818, and settled in Richland Township, Monroe County,
where the father entered 160 acres of land, which he improved. This farm is in the southwest
part of Ellettsville. Our subject was reared on he farm, his limited education having been
acquired at the subscription school of that day. On March 22, 1832, he was married to Sallie
Ann McDONALD, a native of Mason County, Ky., and daughter of William and Ruth (McFADDEN)
McDONALD. Five children have been born to them, viz: Elizabeth A. (deceased), William McD.,
Joseph H. (died in the army), John A., Mattie E. (DEEM). Mr. Reeves was four years a Trustee
of Ellettsville. He was elected Sheriff of Monroe County for two consecutive terms - from
1856 to 1860. In the autumn of 1872, he was elected a Representative to the Legislature from
his county, attending the regular session during Gov. HENDRICKS’ administration, and a special
session during Gov. BAKER’s. He also held the office of Justice of Peace while a resident of
Owen, of which county he was formerly a resident twenty-one years. He owns 360 acres of good
land, well improved; 120 acres of this land lie in Richland Township. He and his wife have
been members of the Christian Church for over forty years, and are liberal givers to charitable
enterprises. In politics, he is an active and uncompromising Republican. In his community, he
is much respected and highly esteemed as an upright citizen.

Research Notes

Sources

1850 Census - Clay, Owen County, Indiana
1860 Census - Perry, Monroe County, Indiana
1870 Census - Richland, Monroe County, Indiana
1880 Census - Richland, Monroe County, Indiana
Monroe County Biographical Sketches, Bean Blossom Township, p. 619
Gravestone inscription at Find A Grave