Reeves, Mary Talulah ("Molly")

Summary

Father: Reeves, John Clay
Mother: Johnson, Catherine

Birth: 1868, Georgia
Birth Source: Tombstone, Anderson-Reeves Cemetery

Death: 12 September 1956, Polk County, Georgia
Death Source: Tombstone, Anderson-Reeves Cemetery

Spouse1: James W. ("Jim") Reeves, born 1868, died 1940, married 20 July 1890, Troup County, Georgia

Narrative

Children of Mary Talulah ("Molly") Reeves and James W. Reeves:

1. Irl B. Reeves, b. 12 Apr 1891, d. 18 Aug 1959, m. Rendie Atkinson, b. 1897, d. 1980
2. Leila Catherine Reeves, b. 20 Jan 1894, d. 27 Feb 1967, unmarried
3. James Clifford Reeves, b. 1895, d. 1970, m. Ida Mae White
4. Infant Reeves, b. and d. prior to 1900
5. Evangeline Reeves, b. 1900, d. 1977, m. Zach H. McDonald, b. 1893, d. 1973
6. Eunice Alma Reeves, b. 21 Sep 1905, d. 17 Feb 1983, m. Sam Price Copeland, b. 1905, d. 1977
7. Carrie Reeves, b. 21 Oct 1908, d. 1 Apr 1988, m. Clarence A. Copeland, b. 1899, d. 1963
8. Nettie Reeves, b. 1912, d. 1999, m. Lewis Render Swinney, b. 1899, d. 1965
9. William Reeves, b. 1915, d. C1988.

Molly married James W. ("Jim") Reeves in Troup County, Georgia. He may have been her first cousin. They moved to Polk Co., GA, by 1900 and lived in Polk and Floyd Counties for the remainder of their lives.

Research Notes

Georgia Death Index, 1919-1998, shows that James W. Reeves died 26 July 1942 in Polk Co., GA, aged 75. The cemetery transcription and Findagrave shows a 1940 death date.

Sources

Birth:        Anderson-Reeves Family Cemetery, Polk County, Georgia
Death:        Anderson-Reeves Family Cemetery, Polk County, Georgia
Census:      1900 Census - Polk Co., Georgia, GMD 1072, Rockmart, HH 192/199.
                   1910 Census - Polk Co., Georgia, Fish Creek District.
                   1920 Census - Floyd Co., Georgia, GMD 1478, HH 208/176.
                   1930 Census - Polk Co., Georgia, Census, Browning's District, HH 53/55.
                   1940 Polk Co., GA, Census, Rockmart, HH 75.