Reeves, Mary "Polly"

Summary

Father: Joseph Reeves
Mother: Lucy Aynes

Birth: 1820, probably in Franklin County, Kentucky
Birth Source: Census

Death: after 1880, Shelby County, Kentucky
Death Source: Husband widowed in 1900 census

Spouse1: John S. James, m. 9 Jul 1842

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Narrative

Children of Mary Reeves and John S. James:

1. Mahala James, b. 1843, m. James Allison 1880
2. Mary Catherine James, b. 1849, m. George W. Allison on 5 Feb 1874
3. Ann Eliza James, b. 1852, m. William Franklin Moore
4. Christa James, b. 1856, d. Sep 1879

Joseph Reeves is noted as the father of the bride on the marriage record of Mary Reeves and John S. James in Shelby County, Kentucky.

Mary died before 1900 for in the census of that year her widowed husband John James was recorded in the home of his widowed daughter Catherine Allison.

Research Notes

Sources

Kentucky County Marriages, online database at Family Search
1850 Census - District 1, Shelby County, Kentucky
1860 Census - District 2, Shelby County, Kentucky
1870 Census - Jacksonville, Shelby County, Kentucky
1880 Census - Jacksonville, Shelby County, Kentucky
1900 Census - Bald Knob, Franklin County, Kentucky (husband John James widowed)