Reeves, George

Summary

Father: Thomas Reeves
Mother: Sarah Silver

Birth: 2 Oct 1828, Oxfordshire, England
Birth Source: Headstone

Death: 6 Jan 1917
Death Source: Headstone

Spouse1: Hannah Smith, m. 31 Dec 1849, Maxtock, Warwickshire
Spouse2: Charlotte Keagle, m. 1 Sep 1897, Webster County, Nebraska
Spouse3: Martha J. Armstrong, 23 Mar 1905, Frontier County, Nebraska

Narrative

Children of George Reeves and Hannah Smith:

1. John Reeves, b. 17 Apr 1851, d. 20 Apr 1851
2. Maria Jane Reeves, b. 19 Dec 1852, d. 20 Mar 1853
3. James Reeves, b. 19 Feb 1854
4. Thomas Reeves, b. 4 Nov 1855
5. William Reeves, b. 1 Jun 1857
6. Jane Reeves, b. 6 Aug 1859

He was baptized at Launton 2 Nov 1828.

Children's baptism recorded at Coleshill in Warwickshire.

His marriage records with Charlotte and Martha state his parents were Thomas Reeves and Sarah Silver.

The following appears to be the obituary of George Reeves. It was posted to a tree on Ancestry but the source is unknown:

George Reeve was born at Launcton, near Bicester, Oxfordshire, England, October 2, 1828. When twenty years of age he moved into Warwickshire where he hired out as a servant for one year at a place called Mackstock. December 31, 1849 he was united in marriage to Miss Hannah Smith. They moved from Costhol (sp?) where six children were born, three dying in infancy.

On February 2, 1861 with his wife and three children, he started for the united States on a sailing vessel which was shipwrecked the 17th day of March on Old-man banks, Nantucket shoals, off the coast of Massachusetts. Both anchors of the vessel were lost and the mast were cutaway in a snow storm. About eleven o'clock it cleared off and the light house could be seen, when signal lights were lighted, but no reply was received from the light house. The passenger and crew were compelled to man the pumps all night to keep the vessel from sinking. In the morning a flag of distress was hoisted which was seen from the light house about 10 o'clock. A schooner came to their rescue, and a signal was sent to a steamer to come pull them Egerton where a steam pump was used to pump the water out of the vessel. Here they remained several days when a steam vessel was secured from Cape Cod to take them to Boston Harbor where they arrived March 25, after a voyage of 7 weeks and 3 days.

In the fall of 1865 they moved from Lexington, mass to White Water, Wisconsin where they remained 18 months. Then they moved to Monroe county, Wisconsin, onto a tract of timber land where they resided twenty and one half years, moving from there to Guide Roc, Nebraska, n November 1887.

On July 22, 1896 he was called to mourne the loss of his beloved wife.

On March 23, 1905 he was united in marriage to Mrs. Martha J. Boyer who still survices him.

After an illness of two years, death relieved him of his sufferings January 6, 1917 at 8:15 am. He was aged 88 years, 3 months and 4 days. He leaves to mourne his death his companin, three children, William of Guide Rock, Thomas of Cedaredge, Colo., and Mrs. Jane Fritzinger of Denver, besides twelve grandchildren and many friends.

The funeral services were held at the M.E. Church in Guide Rock, Sunday, January 7 at 2:30 pm, Rev. J.G. Stanard officiating. Internment was in the Guide Rock Cemetery

Research Notes

Sources

Birth:          Headstone, Guide Rock Cemetery, Webster County, Nebraska
Baptism:    Oxfordshire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1915 (Ancestry)
Marriage2:  Nebraska, Marriage Records, 1855-1908 (Ancestry)
Marriage3:  Nebraska, Marriage Records, 1855-1908 (Ancestry)
Death:        Headstone, Guide Rock Cemetery, Webster County, Nebraska

1880 Census:  Webster County, Nebraska
1900 Census:  Webster County, Nebraska
1910 Census:  Webster County, Nebraska

Passenger List - Liverpool Packet - arrived Massachusetts - Mar 1861