Reeves, John Walter

Summary

Father: Frederick Reeves
Mother: Edith Currie

Birth: 1824, Orange County, North Carolina
Birth Source: Census

Death: Jul 1863, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, died of pneumonia while a POW 26 Mar 1865, Elmira, New York
Death Source: Burial in Arlington National Cemetery Woodlawn National Cemetery

Spouse1: Manerva Caroline Williams, m. 26 Sep 1849, Orange County, North Carolina

Narrative

Children of John Walter Reeves and Minerva Caroline Williams:

1. Walter Monroe Reeves, b. 1851, d. 1878
2. Frederick S. Reeves, b. 1853
3. Nancy Reeves, b. 1856
4. James Reeves, b. 1859
5. Martha Reeves, b. 1861

John wrote a letter home to his wife on 8 May 1864 and mentioned having to stand guard frequently and fleas and mosquitoes bothering them. He told her to "tell the boys to try & work the crop good & I think you will make enough to do on."

Civil War Records state he was captured on 15 Jan 1865 at Fort Fisher and died of bronchitis on 26 Mar 1865.

Research Notes

Sources

Burial:       Findagrave - Woodlawn National Cemetery, Elmira, Chemung County, New York

1850 Census:  District 1, Orange County, North Carolina
1860 Census:  South Side of the NC RR, Orange County, North Carolina
1870 Census:  Hillsborough, Orange County, North Carolina (HOH Caroline Reeves)
1880 Census:  Hillsborough, Orange County, North Carolina (HOH Caroline Reeves)

Confederate Civil War Records
1864 Letter - John W. Reeves to Minerva C. Reeves