Reeves, Marion

Summary

Father: Gaston Reeves
Mother: Elizabeth McCullough

Birth: 1841, Arkansas
Birth Source: Census Records

Death: 1884, Missouri
Death Source: Civil War Pension Records

Spouse1: Manerva Martin, m. c1863
Spouse2: Jane Roe, m. 25 Nov 1866 in Greenwood County, Kansas Territory
Spouse3: Sarah Jane Davis, m. 11 Mar 1872 in McDonald County, Missouri

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Narrative

Child of Marion Reeves and Manerva Martin:

1. William Reeves, b. 3 Feb 1864

Manerva Martin Reeves apparently died after giving birth, while Marion was away serving in the Civil War. One year old William is listed in the home of his maternal grandmother Eudora Martin Bettigrew in Pleasant Grove, Greenwood, Kansas when the 1865 Kansas State Census was recorded. William's California Death Index gives his mother's maiden name as Martin.

Children of Marion Reeves and Sarah Jane Davis:

1. Alice Maud Reeves, b. 1873
2. Augusta Reeves, b. 1875
3. Phillip Reece Reeves, b. 1877
4. Ora Reeves, b. 1879
5. Jeptha Birt Reeves, b. 7 Feb 1882, d. 13 Feb 1952

Marian served in the 9th Kansas Cavalry during the Civil War and his widow is recorded as drawing a pension on his service.

Research Notes

Sources

1850 Census - Buncombe, Independence County, Arkansas
1860 Census - Pleasant Grove, Greenwood, Kansas Territory
1865 Kansas State Census - Pleasant Grove, Greenwood County, Kansas
1880 Census - Osage, Benton County, Arkansas
U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 - DOB of Jeptha Birt Reeves