Reeves, Mayo Benton

Summary

Father: Burton W Reeves
Mother: Cora C. Ward

Birth: 25 May 1915
Birth Source: See Death Source; World War II Draft Card

Death: 4 Apr 1969
Death Source: Find-a-Grave for Mayo Benton Reeves, Obituary, Seattle Daily Times

Spouse1: Evelyn Lee Townley

Narrative

Children of Mayo Benton Reeves and Evelyn Lee Townley:

1. Male descendant Reeves - Y DNA haplogroup I-Z58 (23&Me)
2. Male descendant Reeves

Mayo Benton Reeves was born 25 May 1915 in Norton, Kansas. In the 1920-1940 Censuses, he is recorded as living with his parents in Nampa, Canyon, Idaho. He married Evelyn Lee Townley on 18 Nov 1944 in Los Angeles, California California, County Marriages, 1850-1952. He died on 4 Apr 1969, and is buried in Seattle, King County, Washington.

Research Notes

Mayo and his wife had two male children. One male descendant of Mayo Benton Reeves (who has tested on 23&Me) has Y DNA haplogroup I-Z58, which is a subset of I1-M253.

Sources

Birth:       25 May, 1915, Norton, Kansas; see Burial and World War II Draft Card.
Marriage:  California, County Marriages, 1850-1952, Mayo Benton Reeves and Evelyn Lee Townley
Death:     Obituary "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", FamilySearch, Mayo B Reeves, 1969.
Burial:    Find-a-Grave for Mayo Benton Reeves
1920 Census:  1920 Federal Census, Nampa, Canyon, Idaho, United States, FamilySearch, Mayo Reeves in entry for Burton Reeves, 1920.
1930 Census:  1930 Federal Census, Nampa, Canyon, Idaho, United States, FamilySearch, Mayo Reeves in household of Burton W Reeves, 1930.
1940 Census:  1940 Federal Census, Ward 1, Nampa, Old Nampa Election Precinct, Canyon, Idaho, United States, FamilySearch, Mayo B Reeves in household of Burton L Reeves, 1940.
World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 for Mayo Benton Reeves, Idaho, All, Reed, Tom-Rich, Sargent, image 298-299, Nampa, Canyon, Idaho, Ancestry.com, 16 Oct 1940.