Reeves, James H.

Summary

Father: Asa Reeves
Mother: Lumrira Axsiom See Research Note 1

Birth: 10 Feb 1845, Brown County, Indiana
Birth Source: Death Certificate

Death: 16 Aug 1936, Monroe County, Indiana
Death Source: Death Certificate

Spouse1: Lurenia Axsom, m. 12 Jun 1875, Monroe County, Indiana

Narrative

Children of James Reeves:

1. Alexander Reeves, b. 24 Oct 1876
2. Mary J. Reeves, b. c1879, m. Jesse Riggs
3. David Reeves, b. c1880

Although the death certificate states he died on the 16th, his headstone shows "17." He was buried in Knightridge Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.

James filed for divorce against Lurenia in Civil Court in Brown County, Indiana in 1893. The case states that the children were Alexander, age 16, Mary J., age 14, and David, age 13.

The Times-Mail, 17 Aug 1936
Mrs. Jesse Riggs, Englewood, received word Sunday of the death of her father, James Reeves who passed away at nine o-clock Sunday morning at his home in Bloomington.
Besides Mrs. Riggs, he is survived by a son, Alexander, Monroe county.
Funeral services were held today at two o'clock at the Bloomington Christian Church and burial followed in the Knight cemetery, seven miles southeast of Bloomington.

Research Notes

(1) Although James's death certificate gives his mother's name as "Lumrira Axsiom," that actually was his wife's name as given by both the marriage record from Monroe County and a Social Security claim application by son Alexander Reeves.

(2) Trees online have often confused this James H. Reeves with James Albert Reeves, son of Asa Reeves and Lucinda Joslen, who was a famous local Civil War veteran. However, a later article clearly established that other James as the son of Asa and Lucinda through a reference to his brother and father.

Sources

Birth:          Death Certificate, James Reeves, 1936
Marriage1:  Indiana, Marriage Index, 1800-1941 (Ancestry)
Death:        Death Certificate, James Reeves, 1936
Burial:       Findagrave - Knightridge Cemetery, Knight Ridge, Monroe County, Indiana

1880 Census:  Putnam County, Indiana

U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 (Ancestry)
FamilySearch - 1893 Divorce Case - Brown County, Indiana Civil Court Case Files
Obituary, The Times-Mail, 17 Aug 1936