Reeves, Jesse C.

Summary

Father: George Reeves
Mother: Elizabeth Doughton

Birth: 10 May 1832, Grayson County, Virginia or Ashe, North Carolina
Birth Source: Census, Gravestone photo pictured at Find A Grave, Brittin Cemetery, Elkhorn, Nebraska

Death: 1873 16 Oct 1870, Douglas County, Nebraska
Death Source: History of Putnam County, Illinois Gravestone photo pictured at Find A Grave, Brittin Cemetery, Elkhorn, Nebraska

Spouse1: Elizabeth Barlow¹

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Narrative

Children of Jesse Reeves and Elizabeth Barlow:

1. Sophronia Reeves, b. 1852 , m. Robert E. Martin
2. William Nebraska Reeves, b. 2 Oct 1854
3. Jesse Reeves, b. 1856
4. Ida May Reeves, b. 1858, m. Robert L. Livingston

A photo graph of Jesse's gravestone indicates that he was born 10 May 1832. That date of birth is inscribed on his gravestone at Brittin Cemetery, Elkhorn, Nebraska along with an inscription that he was 38 years, 5 months and 6 days of age.

Sources

¹Douglas County, Nebraska Marriages, 1854-1881 by Greater Omaha Genealogical Society, pub. 2002 Pg 128 - Marriage of William N. Reeves
1850 Census - Madison County, Ohio
1855 Nebraska Census - Douglas County
1860 Census - Douglas County, Nebraska
1870 Census - Douglas County, Nebraska
Find A Grave, Gravestone photo at Brittin Cemetery, Elkhorn, Nebraska