Reeves, Moses

Summary

Father: Moses Reeves
Mother:

Birth: c1810, Lake Ridge, New York
Birth Source: Census

Death:
Death Source:

Spouse1: Susan Jane White

Narrative

Children of Moses Reeves and Susan Jane White:

1. Nelson B. Reeves, b. c1831, d. 3 Dec 1854
2. Moses Reeves, b. 23 Apr 1835
3. Susan Reeves, b. c1838
4. Margaret Cedelia Reeves, b. 30 May 1840
5. Frank Reeves, b. c1852

In 1830, Moses was living next to Benjamin C. Reeves. In 1840, he was next to Benjamin Wager.

Experience Reeves Brown died in 1848 and her husband Ebenezer passed along the responsibility of administrating her estate to Moses Reeves "of the Town of Ledyard in the County of Cayuga." In 1835, Moses, Susan, and Mehitable Reeves (widow of the elder Moses) sold some land together to Benjamin Wager. These two items provide strong evidence that this Moses was son of the elder Moses Reeves.

Their son Nelson B. Reeves died 3 Dec 1854 and was buried in the Ludlowville Pine Grove Cemetery, Tompkins County, New York.

In 1870, Moses was a hotel keeper in Candor, Tioga County, New York.

In 1880, Moses was listed as father-in-law in the household of D. O. and M. C. Young in Forest, Jackson Township, Hardin County, Ohio.

The death record for daughter Margaret names her parents as Moses Reeves (b. Lake Ridge, NY) and Susan Jane White (b. Shrewsberry, N. J.).

Research Notes

Sources

1830 Census:  Lansing, Tompkins County, New York
1840 Census:  Lansing, Tompkins County, New York
1850 Census:  Ledyard, Cayuga County, New York
1860 Census:  Lansing, Tompkins County, New York
1870 Census:  Candor, Tioga County, New York
1880 Census:  Forest, Jackson Township, Hardin County, Ohio

Tompkins County, New York Petitions and Proof of Wills, 21ab, Estate of Experience Brown decd. Filed Jun 26 1850
1835 Deed - Moses & Susan and Mehitable Reeves to Benjamin Wager - Tompkins County, New York Deed Book AA, p186
U.S., Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947 (Ancestry)
NYGenWeb - Ludlowville Pine Grove Cemetery, Tompkins County, New York