Reeves, Cassius E.

Summary

Father: Eden Reeve(s)
Mother: Phebe Larkins

Birth: 26 Jul 1835, Pennsylvania
Birth Source: Death Certificate

Death: 14 Feb 1908, Terre Haute, Clay County, Indiana
Death Source: Death Certificate

Spouse1: Jemima A Yeager, m. 24 Apr 1873, Vigo County, Indiana

Narrative

Death Certificate and most censuses state he was born in Pennsylvania, while the 1870 states New York.

In 1850, Cassius was in the household of Michael Byers in Harrison, Vigo County, Indiana. In 1860, he was with D. W. Minshall in Terre Haute.

The Indianapolis News, 1 Jun 1901
Cassius Reeves went to the war from Vigo county and returned here after the war. A few years later he was placed in the county Infirmary as an insane patient. After a time he was sent to the State Hospital for the Insane and remained there seven or eight years. Then he was sent back to Vigo county as an incurable. A brother, who lived in Clay county, took him to his home and asked the court for guardianship papers. The court proceeding was not completed, but at the end of six months, the insane man became violent, and the brother sent him back to the county infirmary. Again he was sent to the State hospital, and again he was thrown back on Vigo county.

The article continues further about a court case involving the current guardian, a man named Robinson.

Research Notes

Sources

Birth:          Indiana Death Certificate, Cassius E. Reeves, 1908
Marriage1:  FamilySearch - Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019
Death:        Indiana Death Certificate, Cassius E. Reeves, 1908
Burial:       Findagrave - Woodlawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana

1850 Census:  Harrison, Vigo County, Indiana
1860 Census:  Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana
1870 Census:  Terre Haute Ward 1, Vigo County, Indiana
1880 Census:  Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana
1900 Census:  Posey, Clay County, Indiana