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Reeves, Elizabeth (1800 KY - ?)

Reeves, Elizabeth

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Reeves, Elizabeth


Summary

Father: William Reeves
Mother: Sarah MNU

Birth: 18 Jul 1800, probably Fleming County, Kentucky
Birth Source: DOB from Gravestone

Death: 20 Sep 1872, Adams County, Indiana
Death Source: Find A Grave Memorial with photograph

Spouse1: Ephraim Jacobs, m. 7 Oct 1824 in Brown County, Ohio


Narrative

Children of Elizabeth Reeves and Ephraim Jacobs:
  1. William Jacobs, b. 1826
  2. Levi Jacobs, b. 23 May 1828
  3. Matilda Jacobs, b. 1830
  4. Zoa Jacobs, b. 1834
  5. Rachel Jacobs, b. 1836
  6. John Jacobs, b. 1839
  7. Letha L. Jacobs, b. 1841
Elizabeth Reeves and Ephraim Jacobs were married on 7 Oct 1824, in Brown Co OH, per FamilySearch (Ohio County Marriages, 1789-1994):
“This day a license issued to join Ephrian Jacobs and Elizabeth Reeves together in the bonds of matrimony according to law present Daniel Fisher Octr 4th 1824.”
“I David H. Hathaway A Licensed Preacher of the Gospel do hereby certify that on the 7th day of October 1824 I joined together in the Honourable State of matrimony Mr. Ephriam Jacobs and Miss Elizabeth reeves. Given under my hand this 11th day of October 1824. David H. Hathaway E.C.C.”
Elizabeth and Ephraim were still living in Byrd Twp, Brown Co OH when the 1830 census was enumerated. Then, on 20 Aug 1838 Ephraim obtained a grant for 80 acres of land in Adams County IN. From 1840 through 1870, they lived in Adams County IN. After Elizabeth’s death in 1872, the 1880 census indicates that Ephraim was living with his daughter Matilda in Mercer County OH. He may have died there. However, his burial is in Adams County IN.

Factors Suggesting that Elizabeth Reeves was a Daughter of William Reeves (b 8 Apr 1765)
  1. Elizabeth Reeves Jacobs was born ~18 July 1800 (birth date computed from her gravestone in Mount Hope Cemetery, Berne, Adams Co IN; photographed at Find-a-Grave, showing death on 20 Sep 1872 at age 72y 2m 2d).
  2. William Reeves Sr’s 1810 census listing in Fleming Co KY includes an otherwise-unidentified female b 1794-1800. (Although this female was not in William’s 1820 household in Brown Co OH, and Elizabeth Reeves did not marry Ephraim Jacobs until 1824, she would have been 20 years old in 1820 and could easily have been “hidden” in some other household.)
  3. Elizabeth Jacobs’ later census listings consistently indicate KY as her place of birth.
  4. Elizabeth Reeves’ marriage in Brown County OH, where William Reeves lived in 1824 suggests the possibility that he was her father. She and Ephraim were married by an elder in the Christian Church — a denomination with which we have linked the families of both William Reeves and his brother Eli. The 1820 census for Brown County OH shows only four Reeves households: those of William and Eli Reeves and two of Eli’s adult sons.
  5. Five years after Elizabeth Reeves married Ephraim Jacobs, William Reeves’ son John T. married Eliza Jacobs. Ephraim and Eliza Jacobs were siblings, the children of William Jacobs and Sibbell Littell (per trees at Ancestry.com). This suggests the possibility of a possible sibling tie between Elizabeth Reeves and John T. Reeves, as well.
  6. Both Elizabeth & Ephraim Jacobs and Eliza & John T. Reeves had daughters named Zoa.

Census listings for Ephraim and Elizabeth Reeves Jacobs:
  • Byrd Twp, Brown Co OH, 1830: Ephraim Jacobs: 2 males <5 (1825-30 William & Levi); 1 male 5-9 (1820-5); 1 male 20-29 (1800-10, Ephraim); 1 female <5 (1825-30 Matilda); 1 female 15-19 (1810-15 Elizabeth [in wrong age group]).
  • 1840: Blue Creek Twp, Adams Co IN: 1male <5 (1835-40 John), 1 male 10-14 (1825-30 Levi), 1 male 15-19 (1820-25 William), 1 male 30-39 (1800-10 Ephraim), 1 female <5 (1835-40 Rachel), 1 female 5-9 (1830-35 Zoa), 1 female 10-14 (1825-30 Matilda), 1 female 30-39 (1800-10 Elizabeth)
  • 15 Nov 1850, Blue Creek Twp, Adams Co IN: Epram Jacob (48, ~1802 KY), Elizabeth (49, ~1801 KY), William (24, ~1826 OH, broom maker), Levi (23, ~1827 OH), Matilda (20, ~1830 OH), Zoa (16, ~1834 OH), Rachel (14, ~1836 OH), John (11, ~1839 IN), Letha (9, ~1841 IN)
  • 2 Aug 1860, Blue Creek Twp, Adams Co IN: Ephrama Jacobs (58, ~1802 KY), Elizabeth (59, ~1801 KY), Rachel (23, ~1837 OH), John (20, ~1840 OH), Letha (18, ~1842 IN)
  • 10 Jun 1870, Pleasant Mills, Blue Creek Twp, Adams Co IN: Ephrehan Jacobs (68, ~1802 KY), Elizabeth (70, ~1800 KY), Rachel (30, ~1840 OH), Barbara Baker (12, ~1858 IN)
  • 1880: Ephraim a widower living in the household of Phillip and Matilda Martz in Mercer Co OH; listed as father of the head of household — presumably actually the father-in-law.

Research by TRP member, Lois Downey.


Sources

Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-1994, Family Search Database
Find A Grave Memorials with photograph
1840 Census - Blue Creek, Adams County, Indiana
1850 Census - Blue Creek, Adams County, Indiana
1860 Census - Blue Creek, Adams County, Indiana
1870 Census - Blue Creek, Adams County, Indiana
1880 Census - Dublin, Mercer County, Ohio (Ephraim Jacobs, widower)