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Reeves, Ila (1820 OH - 1897 IN)

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Reeves, Ila


Summary

Father: Asa Reeves
Mother: Rebecca Reed

Birth: 3 Jul 1820, Ohio
Birth Source: Headstone

Death: 5 Sep 1897, Knightstown, Rush County, Indiana
Death Source: Headstone

Spouse1: Eliza Apple, m. 3 Sep 1844, Rush County, Indiana

Narrative

Children of Ila Reeves and Eliza Apple:
  1. Viola F. Reeves, b. 18 Dec 1843, d. 11 Sep 1921
  2. William F. V. Reeves, b. 3 Aug 1845
  3. Otho Miffin Reeves, b. c1847
  4. Josephine C. Reeves, b. 28 Sep 1849
  5. Samuel D. Reeves, b. 19 Feb 1852
  6. Norman W. C. Reeves, b. c1855
  7. Abner D. Reeves, b. 19 May 1858
  8. Aaron B. M. Reeves, b. 6 Jan 1862
  9. Effie Jane Reeves, b. c1865
  10. Genoa Florence Reeves, b. c1869, m. Edwin D Holland

On the 1880 census, his son William, age 33, is listed as a grandson of Rebecca, the widow of Asa Reeves, thus establishing that Ila was a son of Asa Reeves and Rebecca Reed.

The Indianapolis Journal, 4 May 1887
KNIGHTSTOWN, Ind., May 3. - The barn on Ila Reeves's farm was consumed by fire today. Loss, $600; insured for $300 in the German, of Freeport.

The Rushville Republican, 7 Sep 1897
Ila Reeves, of Knightstown, aged 77, died of paralysis last Sunday night.

Indiana State Journal, 8 Sep 1897
KNIGHTSTOWN, Ind., Sept. 6 - Ila Reeves, aged seventy-seven, died at his home in this city last night. He had been a long sufferer, having had a stroke of paralysis three years ago, which left him in a helpless condition.

Research Notes

Abner is listed as Buchanan on the 1860 census. That may have been is middle name, but other records always say "D" for his middle initial.

Sources

Birth:       Headstone, Glen Cove Cemetery, Knightstown, Henry County, Indiana
Marriage:   Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007 (FamilySearch)
Death:      Headstone, Glen Cove Cemetery, Knightstown, Henry County, Indiana
                   The Rushville Republican, 7 Sep 1897
                   Indiana State Journal, 8 Sep 1897

1850 Census:  Rush County, Indiana
1860 Census:  Rush County, Indiana
1870 Census:  Rush County, Indiana
1880 Census:  Rush County, Indiana

U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865 (Ancestry)
The Indianapolis Journal, 4 May 1887