Reeves, John Nelson

Summary

Father: Rennie Bromet Reeves
Mother: Lucinda Markham

Birth: 18 Nov 1855, Jefferson County, Arkansas
Birth Source:

Death: 25 Dec 1916, Webster, Louisiana
Death Source: Louisiana, Statewide Death Index, 1819-1964

Spouse1: Sarah E. Browning, m. 28 Mar 1874
Spouse2: Maude Maier, m. c1905, d. 25 Dec 1916

Narrative

Children of John Nelson Reeves and Sarah Browning:

1. Minnie Reeves, b. 1876
2. Georgia Anna Reeves, b. 28 Dec 1878, m. unk Murphy
3. James N. Reeves, b. 1882
4. John M. Reeves, b. 1884
5. George I. Reeves, b. 1886
6. Robert S. Reeves, b. 1891
7. Renia Reeves, b. 1892
8. Charles Marian Reeves, b.1894
9. Jinnie Bell Reeves, b. 1897

Children of John Nelson Reeves and Maude Maier:

1. David Reeves, b. 1908, d. 25 Dec 1916
2. George Cody Reeves, b. 1910, d. 25 Jul 1920
3. Woodrow Reeves, b. 1911, d. 25 Dec 1916
4. Alto Reeves, b. 1915, d. 25 Dec 1916

The 1880 Census of John N. Reeves' household in Robertson County, Texas included along with his children, his mother Lucinda (L. C.) Reeves.

John Nelson Reeves, his second wife Maude and three of their four children were murdered on 24 Dec 1916 in Minden, Louisiana. A neighbor with whom John Reeves was said to have been feuding and several other individuals broke into the Reeves home and murdered all but one child while they slept. [The Atlanta Constitution, pub 30 Dec 1916]

Research Notes

Sources

1860 Census - Vaugine, Jefferson County, Arkansas
1870 Census - Bartholomew, Jefferson County, Arkansas
1880 Census - Precinct 6, Robertson County, Texas
1900 Census - Justice Precinct 8, Houston, Texas
1910 Census - Police Jury Ward 8, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana
Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
Louisiana, Statewide Death Index, 1819-1964 online database at Ancestry.com
The Atlanta Constitution, pub 30 Dec 1916