Reeves, John Felts

Summary

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Mother:

Birth: c1799, Salem, Massachusetts
Birth Source: Maine Vital Records

Death: 14 Jun 1849, Portland, Cumberland County, Maine
Death Source: Maine Vital Records

Spouse1: Margaret Warren, m. 12 Jul 1826, Fairlee, Vermont

Narrative

Children of John Felts Reeves and Margaret Warren:

1. John Joseph Warren Reeves, b. 28 Sep 1827

Columbian Centinel (Boston, Massachusetts), 19 Jul 1826
In Fairlee, Vt. on Wednesday evening, 12th inst. by Phinehas Bailey, Esq. Mr. John F. Reeves, merchant of Portland, Me. to Miss Margaret Warren.

Both Maine vital records and the mortality schedule state cause of death was suicide. The mortality schedule states he was born in Massachusetts. His son's death record states John F. was born at Salem. According to Findagrave he is buried in the Eastern Cemetery, Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, but details need verifying. It appears from the early census records that he was married and had a son.

Vital Records report a John Joseph Warren was born to John Felts Reeves and Margaret Warren 28 Sep 1827 in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine. This is the correct age to be the son in John's household on the census records. On the 1850 census, John J. W. Reeves is living with his mother and what appears to be his aunt, Sally Warren. The 1840 census also showed two women in the household that fit Margaret and Sally. Also, since John had died by 1850, this household fits the rest of the family perfectly and will be considered the same.

Sources

Birth:      Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921 (FamilySearch)
                   1850 Mortality Schedule
Marriage1:  Columbian Centinel (Boston, Massachusetts), 19 Jul 1826
Death:      Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921 (FamilySearch)
                   1850 Mortality Schedule

1830 Census:  Cumberland County, Maine
1840 Census:  Cumberland County, Maine
1850 Census:  Cumberland County, Maine (HOH - John J. W. Reeves)