Reeves, Noah

Summary

Father: Joshua Smith Reeve
Mother: Lydia Kay

Birth: c1823, South Carolina
Birth Source: Census

Death: 20 Apr 1862, Charlottesville, Virginia
Death Source: CW Service Record

Spouse1: Pauline/Perlina Kyle, m. 8 Dec 1847, Floyd County, Georgia

Narrative

Children of Noah Reeves and Pauline Kyle:

1. Helen Victoria Reeves, b. 29 Nov 1849
2. James J. Reeves, b. c1853
3. William H. Reeves, b. c1855
4. John J. Reeves, b. c1859

He was in the Civil War as private in Co. H, 8th Georgia Infantry. Service record states he was born in Floyd Co., Georgia and died in Charlottesville, Virginia the 20th April 1862. The description of him with list of pay gives the following information:
Name: Noah Reeves
Rank: Private
Age: 39
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Red
Complexion: Light
Feet: 5
Inches: 8
State: Georgia
Town or County: Floyd Co
Occupation: Farmer
When: 20 Feb 1862
Where: Rome?
By Whom: Capt Yarbrough
Period/Payment: Was never paid
Note: The above Noah Reeve died at Charlottsville of Fever the 20th April 1862. He is entitled to pay from 20th Feby 62 to 20th April 1862 being 2 moths at $11 pr month.

His widow Paulina Reeves received the money from his service. Some of the papers describe him dying of typhoid and fever.

Nashville, Tennessee City Directories show Pauline Reeves, widow of Noah, residing at 150 S. Vine (St.) on Nashville in 1878, 1880, and 1882.

Research Notes

Sources

Marriage1:  FamilySearch - Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950
Death:        Civil War Service Record, Noah Reeves (Fold3)

1850 Census:  Bartow County, Georgia
1860 Census:  Floyd County, Georgia

U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995 (Ancestry)