Reeves, Marquis Lafayette

Summary

Father: George B. Reeves
Mother: Mary "Pollie" Farmer

Birth: Aug 1824, Halifax County, Virginia
Birth Source: Census

Death: circa July 1901, probably Izard County, Arkansas
Death Source: Probate of Estate dated 23 Jul 1901, File Box 5P

Spouse1: Malissa "Artie" Nettles, m. 9 Apr 1848, Mississippi Wilson County, Tennessee

Narrative

Children of Marquis Lafayette Reeves and Malissa Nettles:

1. Mary Reeves, b. 1847
2. George Reeves, b. 1850
3. Zachariah Taylor Reeves, b. 1852
4. Artie Louisa Reeves, b. 1854
5. Sarah Reeves, b. 1856
6. Bertie Magdalene Reeves, b. 1867

In the 1850 census Marquis was married and living in the next residence to his father George B. Reeves in Carroll County, Mississippi.

Marquis Lafayette Reeves enlisted in 1861 as a Sergeant, in the CSA - Co. B, 3rd Regiment Infantry Minute Men (State Troops) Carroll County Defenders.

Sources

Tennessee, Marriage Records, 1780-2002, online database at Ancestry.com
1850 Census - Southern Division, Carroll County, Mississippi
1860 Census - Police District 5, Carroll County, Mississippi
1870 Census - Union, Independence County, Arkansas
1880 Census - Dry Town, Izard County, Arkansas
1900 Census - Lafferty, Izard County, Arkansas
Arkansas, Wills and Probate Records, 1818-1998, online image at Ancestry.com