Reeve(s), John A.

Summary

Father: John Reeve
Mother: Jane Carico?

Birth: c1833, Indiana
Birth Source: Census

Death: 6 Apr 1868, Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana
Death Source: History of Vigo County & News Article

Spouse1: Elizabeth Jane Prater, m. 30 Sep 1855, Vigo County, Indiana

Narrative

Children of John A. Reeves and Elizabeth Jane Prater:

1. Mary L. Reeves, b. c1858
2. Albert Reeves, b. c1860

John A. Reeves is listed in the Elizabeth Reeves Family Bible in a way that implies he's a child of John and Jane. He was living with his sister Louisa Willson in 1850.

From History of Vigo County (1880):

On the morning of April 6, 1868, John A. Reeves was deliberately shot to death by a man in his employ.

The Evansville Daily Journal, 7 Apr 1868
Murder.
TERRE HAUTE, April 6. - John Reeves, a carpenter, was murdered this morning by a former employee named John L. Stevens. The cause of the murder appears to be that Stevens claimed money which Reeves had already paid for Steven's board. On Reeves refusing to pay it over, Stevens deliberately shot him three times, killing him instantly. Stevens was immediately arrested, and is now in jail.

Research Notes

Sources

Marriage1:  FamilySearch - Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019
Death:        Death Notice, The Evansville Daily Journal, 7 Apr 1868

1850 Census:  Harrison, Vigo County, Indiana
1860 Census:  Terre Haute Ward 5, Vigo County, Indiana

Elizabeth Reeves Family Bible
Gookins, Samuel Barnes. (1880) History of Vigo County, p386