Reeves, John W.

Summary

Father: William Reeves
Mother: Aley Powell

Birth: c1844, Madison County, Kentucky
Birth Source: Census

Death: before Oct 1880, Estill County, Kentucky
Death Source: Administrator's Settlement of estate filed 29 Oct 1880

Spouse1: Caron Elizabeth Taylor, m. 6 Nov 1873

Narrative

Children of John W. Reeves and Caron Elizabeth Taylor:

1. Samira Frances Reeves, b. 1876
2. John Thomas Reeves, b. 2 Sep 1878

John W. Reeves died before the 1880 census was taken in Estill County, KY for Caron Reeves and their children Samira and John T. are listed in the home of her mother Samira Taylor that year. The census records Caron as widowed.

Research Notes

Based upon the only records available for John W. Reeves, it appears that he never married or had children.
New information from the Kentucky, County Marriages, 1783-1965 collection at Ancestry.com provides a scan of the marriage register of Estill County records that J. J. Edwards performed the marriage ceremony between John W. Reeves and C. E. Taylor on Nov. 6th, 1873.

Sources

1850 Census - District 3, Madison County, Kentucky, USA
1860 Census - Estill County, Kentucky
1870 Census - Crooked Creek, Estill County, Kentucky
1880 Census - Crooked Creek, Estill County, Kentucky
Kentucky, County Marriages, 1783-1965