Reeves, Margaret

Summary

Father: John Reeve(s)
Mother: Jane Carico

Birth: 5 Oct 1821, Indiana
Birth Source: Family Bible, Headstone

Death: 2 or 3 Oct 1893, Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana
Death Source: Headstone

Spouse1: Samuel Little, m. 29 Jan 1839, Vigo County, Indiana

Narrative

Children of Samuel Little and Margaret Reeves:

1. Christopher Little, b. c1842
2. Sarah Little, b. c1847
3. Lydia Little, b. c1849
4. Charles Little, b. c1851
5. Nalor Little, b. c1855

Marriage record states his name was Samuel P. Little, but Margaret's headstone says she was the wife of S. S. Little.

Saturday Evening Mail (Terre Haute, Indiana), 7 Oct 1893
Mrs. Margaret Little died Tuesday morning, at her home on north Fifth street, in her seventy-second year. She had been a resident here during the greater part of her life, and had seen Terre Haute grow from a little village to a prosperous city. One daughter survives her, Miss Lydia Little, and three sisters, Mrs. H. H. Copeland, and Mrs. Wm. McNutt, of this city, and Mrs. Hiram Reeves, of Independence, Kansas.

Note that the obituary says she died Tuesday morning, which was the 3rd, while the headstone states the 2nd.

Research Notes

Sources

Birth:          Elizabeth Reeves Family Bible
Marriage1:  Indiana, U.S., Marriages, 1810-2001 (Ancestry)
Death:        See Headstone
Burial:       Findagrave - Woodlawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana

1850 Census:  Harrison, Vigo County, Indiana
1860 Census:  Zanesfield, Logan County, Ohio
1870 Census:  Terre Haute Ward 3, Vigo County, Indiana
1880 Census:  Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana

Obituary, Saturday Evening Mail (Terre Haute, Indiana), 7 Oct 1893