Reeves, Jeremiah
Summary
Father:Mother:
Birth: 1 Feb 1797, New York
Birth Source: Headstone & Death Record
Death: 18 Mar 1880, Burnt Prairie, White County, Illinois
Death Source: Death Record
Spouse1: Julia Horton, m. Dec 1823, New York, New York
Spouse2: Edna C. Cross
Narrative
Children of Jeremiah Reeves:- George A. Reeves, b. c1831
- Berry Reeves, b. c1832
- Prudence Reeves, b. c1835
- George Reeves, b. c1839
- Ira Reeves, b. c1841
Jeremiah and Jehiel H. Reeves are named as brothers in the will of Bethia Fletcher of Brookhaven, New York. Jeremiah and Jehiel are listed next door in White County, Illinois in 1830.
Son Ira's marriage record gives his mother's name as Ednah C. Cross. She was buried next to Jeremiah and the headstone states she was born 15 Apr 1800 and died 23 Jul 1846. There is a Sarah Reaves buried on the other side of Jeremiah who could be a daughter. His first wife Julia is buried next to Edna. She died 17 Mar 1838.
Research Notes
Sources
Marriage1: New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, U.S., United Methodist Church Records, 1775-1949 (Ancestry)Death: FamilySearch - Illinois Deaths and Burials, 1749-1999
Burial: Findagrave - Liberty Cemetery, Burnt Prairie, White County, Illinois
1830 Census: White County, Illinois
1840 Census: White County, Illinois
1850 Census: District 13, White County, Illinois
1860 Census: Township 4 S Range 9 E, White County, Illinois
1870 Census: Burnt Prairie, White County, Illinois
1856 & 1858 Wills - Bethiah Fletcher - Suffolk County, New York Surrogate's Court Will Liber 6, p617
Findagrave - Julia Reeves - Liberty Cemetery, Burnt Prairie, White County, Illinois