Reeves, James Henry

Summary

Father: Sidney King Reeves
Mother: Sarah Caroline Nicholson

Birth: 5 Jan 1841, Pike Co., GA
Birth Source: 1850 Pike Co., GA, Census, Family Bible

Death: Aft. 1880, Clarke Co., GA
Death Source: 1880 Clarke Co., GA, Census

Spouse1: Ophelia Elder

Narrative

Children of James H. Reeves and Ophelia Elder:

1. Anna S. Reeves, b. 1862, GA.
2. Robert L. Reeves, b. 1864, GA.
3. William A. Reeves, b. 1868, GA.
4. Henry Nicholson Reeves, b. 1870, GA.
5. Edmund H. Reeves, b. 1873, GA.

James H. Reeves was enumerated with his parents in Pike Co., GA, in 1850.

Family Bible states that he married Ophelia Elder on 12 July 1860.

As James H. Reaves, age 20, he was enumerated in Clarke Co., GA, in 1860. He was living in Athens, GMD 216, in a household that also included James Nicholson, age 42, perhaps a relative of his mother Sarah Caroline Nicholson Reeves. He married Ophelia Elder in Clarke County in 1860. They were enumerated in Clarke Co., GA, where he was a Livery Stable Keeper, in 1870 and 1880, with children: Anna S., 18; Robert L., age 16; William A., age 12; Henry Nicholson, age 10; and Edmund H., age 7. In 1870, J. H. Reaves owned property valued at $30,000/$5,000.

Sources

Sidney King Reaves Family Bible
1850 Pike Co., GA, Census.
1860 Clarke Co., GA, Census.
1870 Clarke Co., GA, Census.
1880 Clarke Co., GA, Census.
Clarke Co., GA, Marriages.