Reeves, John Thomas

Summary

Father: probably Willis B. Reeves
Mother:

Birth: c1825, Georgia
Birth Source: Census

Death: 3 Jan 1882, at home near Longstreet, Pulaski County, Georgia
Death Source: Obituary

Spouse1: Mary E. Taylor, m. 19 Nov 1850, Pulaski County, Georgia

Narrative

Children of John Thomas Reeves and Mary E.:

1. Charlotte E. Reeves, b. c1853
2. Willis B. Reeves, b. c1854
3. Charles Edward Reeves, b. 6 May 1855
4. John J. Reeves, b. c1856
5. Mary Elizabeth Reeves, b. 24 Dec 1857, d. 23 Nov 1880, m. Mr. Blackshear
6. James E. Reeves, b. c1859
7. Thomas S. Reeves, b. c1861
8. Carrie E. Reeves, b. c1864
9. Joseph W. Reeves, b. c1865

Research Notes

Findagrave claims that he was born 24 May 1825 and died 3 Jan 1882 and is buried in the Reeves Cemetery, Cochran, Bleckley County, Georgia.

Hawkinsville Dispatch, 13 Jan 1881
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Blackshear, daughter of John Thomas and Mary E. Reeves, born December 24, 1857, and married April 15, 1879, died at her residence in Pulaski County on November 23, 1880.

Hawkinsville Dispatch, 5 Jan 1882
Mr. Thomas Reeves, a highly esteemed citizen of this county, died at him home near Longstreet, on Tuesday evening, 3d instant, aged about fifty-five yeears. The burial took place this (Wednesday) evening at the family burying ground.

Sources

Marriage:   Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950
Death:       Obituary, Hawkinsville Dispatch, 5 Jan 1882

1850 Census:  Pulaski County, Georgia
1860 Census:  Pulaski County, Georgia
1870 Census:  Pulaski County, Georgia
1880 Census:  Pulaski County, Georgia

Hawkinsville Dispatch, 13 Jan 1881 (Pulaski Newspaper Clippings Vol II, p325)