Reeves, Mary Jane

Summary

Father: Absalom Reeves
Mother: Lousia Caroline Mary? Blackston

Birth: 2 Dec 1853, Kentucky
Birth Source: Death Certificate

Death: 12 Feb 1933, Benton, Marshall County, Kentucky
Death Source: Death Certificate

Spouse1: William M. McGregor, m. 9 Jan 1877, Marshall County, Kentucky

Narrative

Children of William M. McGregor and Mary Jane Reeves:

1. Thomas Burnett McGregor, b. c1881
2. Clarence McGregor, b. c1883
3. Roy L McGregor, b. c1885

Death Certificate says her parents were Ap Reeves and Caroline Black___.

The Bourbon News, 19 May 1914, carried an article about Thomas Burnett McGregor which mentions that his mother "bore the maiden name of Mary J. Reeves. She was born in Graves county, Kentucky, the daughter of Alp Reeves, a brave Confederate soldier who was killed in a battle of the Civil War."

Sources

Birth:        Death Certificate, Mary Jane McGregor, 1933
                   Headstone, Strow Cemetery, Marshall County, Kentucky
Marriage: Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954
Death:        Death Certificate, Mary Jane McGregor, 1933
                   Headstone, Strow Cemetery, Marshall County, Kentucky
Census:      1860 Census - Graves County, Kentucky
                   1900 Census - Marshall County, Kentucky
History:     The Bourbon News, 19 May 1914