Reeves, Noah Jefferson "Jeff"

Summary

Father: Noah Wilson REEVES
Mother: Margaret Ann TURNER

Birth: March 18, 1853, Scott County, Mississippi
Birth Source:

Death: July 11, 1928, Navarro Mills (Raleigh), Navarro, Texas
Death Source: Texas Death Certificate

Spouse1: Spradley, Mary Elizabeth (1853-1890)
Spouse2 : Thomas, Lucy Ann (1863-1942)

Narrative

Children of Noah and Mary:

1. William Franklin Reeves (1874-1928)
2. James Wade Reeves (1876-1954)
3. Thomas Jefferson Reeves (1876-1949)
4. Margaret Ella Reeves (1879-1970)
5. Mollie Addline Reeves (1881-1961)
6. Mattie Elizabeth Reeves (1888-1955)
7. Willie Beele Reeves (1888-1897)

Children of Noah and Lucy:

1. Jesse Estella Reeves (1893-1984)
2. George Patrick Reeves (1895-1976)
3. Joseph Albert Reeves, b. 31 Aug 1896
4. Thelma Lucille Reeves (1898-dec)
5. John Bunion Reeves (1900-1978)

On the 1860 census he appears in his parents house in Scott County, Mississippi as Jefferson Reaves (sic), age 7

N.J. left Mississippi in 1873 at age 20. He was a farmer. Married to Mary, who had a son in Texas that same year. After her death in 1890 Jeff returned to Mississippi and married Lucy on December 31, 1891, returned to Navarro County, Texas.
All 12 of his children were born in Texas.

Research Notes

Sources

Birth:        see Death
Marriage1: 22 Aug 1872 to Mary Elizabeth Spradley in Scott County, MS
Marriage2: Mississippi, County Marriages, 1858-1979     FamilySearch   https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:8TLH-1SZM
Death:      Texas Death Certificates - 1928     FamilySearch   https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3Q6-KTL
                  FamilySearch - Image
Burial:     Tombstone at Dresden Cemetery, Navarro Mills, Navarro, Texas; https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41972363/noah-jefferson-reeves
                 
1860 Census: District No 1, Scott County, Mississippi     FamilySearch   https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6GJ-VJY
1870 Census:
1880 Census:
1900 Census: Justice Precinct 5 Frost town, Navarro, Texas     FamilySearch   https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3PR-CYZ
1910 Census: Justice Precinct 5, Navarro, Texas     FamilySearch   https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M23Y-9NY
1920 Census: ED 163, Navarro, Texas     FamilySearch   https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH1Q-PXW