Reeves, Charles Davis

Summary

Father: Alfred Clark Reeves
Mother: Martha A. Ray

Birth: 30 Dec 1899, Rowan County, Kentucky
Birth Source: Draft Registration Cards

Death: 7 Oct 1962, Cincinatti, Ohio
Death Source: Death Index

Spouse1: Louisa E. Tucker, m. 6 or 13 Oct 1922, Maysville, Kentucky

Charles and Louisa had the following children:

1. Arnold Reeves b. 1924
2. Nancy Estelle Reeves b. 22 Sep 1924, m. Mr. Mills
3. Charles J Reeves b. 5 May 1926
4. John Reeves b. 1927
5. George Reeves b. 28 Dec 1928
6. Harold Reeves, b. c1932
7. Lawrence Reeves

The Public Ledger (Maysville, Kentucky), 13 Oct 1922
TUCKER-REEVES
Mr. Charles D. Reeves, aged 22, and Miss Louisa Tucker, aged 21, both of Brooksville, were married here Friday by Acting County Judge Fred Dresel at the County Clerk's office.

Son George's death certificate states that Charles was born in Rowan County, Kentucky.

Charles' mother supposedly died in Childbirth, and he was adopted from the Christian Children's Orphanage in Louisville, KY by Charles Henry Tucker. Charles was living with Henry Tucker in 1920 in Brooksville, Bracken, Kentucky.

Charles's 1942 WWII Draft Card shows him residing with his wife Louisa in Falmouth, Pendleton County, Kentucky. It states he was born 30 Dec 1899 in "Rown", Kentucky. There is a WWI Draft Card for Charles Davis Reeves with the same birth date when he was residing in Brooksville, Bracken County, Kentucky. His brother Mitchell Reeves, of Barterville, Nicholas County, was named as closest relative.

The Cincinnati Enquirer, 9 Oct 1962
Reeves
Charles D., beloved father of Nancy Mills, Larry, Charles J., John and Harold Reeves, dear brother of John, George, Mitch Reeves and Florence Williams, also survived by 12 grandchildren, passed away Sunday, October 7, 1962, at residence, 1526 Race St., age 62 years. Funeral Wednesday, October 10 from the Riedlinger-Leman Funeral Home, 19 Green St., 10 A. M. Friends may call Tuesday, 4 to 9 P. M.

Louisa was born 1906 and died 1999.

Sources

Marriage1:  The Public Ledger (Maysville, Kentucky), 13 Oct 1922
Death:        FamilySearch - Ohio Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007
                   The Cincinnati Enquirer, 9 Oct 1962

1920 Census:  Brooksville, Bracken, Kentucky
1930 Census:  District 1, Bracken County, Kentucky
1940 Census:  Pendleton County, Kentucky

US Social security Death index
U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 (Ancestry)
U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Ancestry)