Reeves, Jehiel Halsey

Summary

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Mother:

Birth: 19 Apr 1799, Brooklyn, New York
Birth Source: Census, History of White County

Death: 17 Feb 1881
Death Source: History of White County

Spouse1: Mary

Narrative

Children of Jehiel H. Reeves:

1. Phebe E. Reeves, b. c1836
2. John W. Reeves, b. c1838
3. Mary Reeves, b. c1840
4. Halcy Reeves, b. c1843
5. Calista Reeves, b. c1855
6. Otis Reeves, b. c1847
7. Joseph Reeves, b. c1848

Jehiel H. and Jeremiah Reeves are named as brothers in the will of Bethia Fletcher of Brookhaven, New York. Jehiel and Jeremiah are listed next door in White County, Illinois in 1830.

Jehiel H. Reeves was appointed postmaster in Burnt Prarie, White County, Illinois on 30 May 1835.

Jehiel Halsey Reeves is listed as buying 40 acres in Illinois on 6 Feb 1837.

From History of White County, Illinois:

Jehiel H. Reeves was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., April 19, 1799, and moved to this county in 1818, residing nearly the entire time at Liberty; was the father of thirteen children. He died Feb. 17, 1881.

Research Notes

Sources

1830 Census:  White County, Illinois
1840 Census:  White County, Illinois (Jehelus H Reeves)
1850 Census:  White County, Illinois
1860 Census:  Township 3 S Range 9 E, White County, Illinois
1870 Census:  Burnt Prairie, White County, Illinois
1880 Census:  Liberty, White County, Illinois

1856 & 1858 Wills - Bethiah Fletcher - Suffolk County, New York Surrogate's Court Will Liber 6, p617
Illinois, U.S., Public Land Purchase Records, 1813-1909 (Ancestry)
U.S., Appointments of U. S. Postmasters, 1832-1971 (Ancestry)
Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago. (1883). History of White County, Illinois, p226