Reeves, Augustus Wade

Summary

Father: Levi Reeves
Mother: Clarinda Douglas

Birth: 14 April 1855
Birth Source: Iowa Death Records

Death: 5 Jan 1927
Death Source: Iowa Death Records

Spouse1: Mary Ida Schee, m. 26 Aug 1879, Mahaska, Iowa

Narrative

Children of Augustus Wade Reeves and Mary Ida Schee:

1. William Fulton Reeves (1880 IA - 1964 CA)
2. Mary Clarinda Reeves (1882 IA - 1965 CA)
3. James Walter Reeves (1885 IA - 1950 CA)
4. Luella Isabel Reeves (1888 IA - 1979 CA)

Augustus Wade Reeves was born on 14 April, 1855, in Ohio. The 1860 and 1870 censuses show him living with his parents and siblings in Union, Warren, Iowa. He was married to Mary Ida Schee on 26 Aug 1879 in Mahaska County, Iowa. The 1880 Census shows he and his wife living in Sandyville, Warren, Iowa, and that his occupation is as a school teacher. He and his wife had four children, all born between 1880 and 1888.

By April 1895, he and his wife must have separated because his wife and children are by that time living in Santa Monica, whose presence there is documented in an article in the LA Times on 28 April 1895 summarizing a day's divorce business, noting "Mrs. Mary I. Reeves of Santa Monica made a similar application to Judge Shaw upon the same grounds and was granted a decree divorcing her from A. W. Reeves, by default".

He died on 5 January, 1927 in Martensdale, Warren, Iowa.

Research Notes

Last Will and Testament of Augustus Wade Reeves, dated 28 February 1926.

Sources

Birth:          See Death
Marriage1:  Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934 - FamilySearch, Augustus W. Reeves and Ida Schee, 26 Aug 1879, Mahaska, Iowa, United States; citing reference vol 5 p 266, county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 985,382.
Death:        Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951 - FamilySearch, Agustus Wade Reeves, 05 Jan 1927, Martensdale, Warren, Iowa, United States; citing certificate #91942, State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines; FamilySearch digital folder 101784602.
Probate:~hs Iowa, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1758-1997 for Augustus W Reeves, Warren, Will Records, Vol F, 1914-1932, pg. 388, Ancestry.com.
Burial:       
                   
1860 Census:  United States Census, 1860 - FamilySearch, Augustus W Reeves in entry for Levi Reeves, 1860.
1870 Census:  United States Census, 1870 - FamilySearch, Augustus Reeves in entry for Levi Reeves, 1870.
1880 Census:  United States Census, 1880 - FamilySearch, Augustus W Reeves, Sandyville, Warren, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district ED 230, sheet 328A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,368.
1885 Iowa State Census:  Iowa State Census, 1885 - FamilySearch, Augustus W Reeves, Union, Warren, Iowa; citing p. 2, 1885, State Historical Society, Des Moines; FHL microfilm 1,021,698.
1905 Iowa State Census:  Iowa State Census, 1905 - FamilySearch, A W Reeves, Warren, Iowa, United States; citing card #529, State Historical Department, Des Moines; FHL microfilm 1,430,665.
1910 Census:  United States Census, 1910 - FamilySearch, Augustus W Reeves in household of Clarinda Reeves, Indianola Ward 1, Warren, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 219, sheet 20B, family 413, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 426; FHL microfilm 1,374,439.
1920 Census:  United States Census, 1920 - FamilySearch, Augustus W Reeves, 1920.