Reeves, Emily C.

Summary

Father: Absalom Reeves
Mother: Elizabeth Wheeler

Birth: 5 Apr 1827
Birth Source: Headstone

Death: 10 or 12 Jan 1895
Death Source: Probate

Spouse1: R. F. Norman, m. 9 Dec 1847

Narrative

Children of R. F. Norman and Emily C. Reeves:

1. Mariah Elizabeth Norman, b. 11 Dec 1848, m. Ephraim Robert Hunter Dryden
2. Nancy Ann Norman, b. c1851, m. Felix James Winsett
3. T. C. Norman, b. c1853
4. Laurina Norman, b. c1855, m. Wilson

Emily had to have been a daughter of Absalom Reeves. Her children appear in Absalom's household in 1860. She is living with "Reeves", age 76, apparently her mother in later records.

Her probate record contains a kind of will in which she mentions two daughters, Mrs. F J Winsetts and Mrs. E R Dryden. Also mentions a deceased daughter Rena Wilson.

The probate record indicates she died on the 12th whereas the headstone states the 10th. Her headstone includes her birth, marriage and death date.

Sources

Death:      Tennessee, Wills and Probate Records, 1779-2008, Bedford Wills, Vol 1-2, 1861-1922, p742 (Ancestry)
Burial:       Findagrave - Reeves Cemetery, Bedford County, Tennessee

1850 Census:  Bedford County, Tennessee
1860 Census:  Bedford County, Tennessee
1870 Census:  Bedford County, Tennessee
1880 Census:  Bedford County, Tennessee