Reeves, Oliver J.

Summary

Father: Benjamin Reeves
Mother: Elizabeth Crawford

Birth: 12 Feb 1843, Hancock County, Indiana
Birth Source: Death Certificate

Death: 30 Nov 1925, Princeton, Mercer County, Missouri
Death Source: Death Certificate

Spouse1: Louisa Scott, m. 30 Aug 1866, Mercer County, Missouri

Narrative

Children of Oliver J. Reeves and Louisa Scott:

1. Madium? Reeves (female), b. c1868
2. Charles C. Reeves, b. 16 Jan 1869
3. Minnie Reeves, b. c1872
4. Nancy Reeves, b. c1874

Oliver was in Company B, 99th Indiana Infantry during the Civil War. He enlisted 13 Aug 1862 and was mustered out 5 Jun 1865 in Washington, DC.

Oliver appears to have been visiting his brother Nevel in Indiana when the 1870 census was taken. He is in Nevel's household but Oliver's family isn't with him.

Research Notes

Sources

Birth:          Missouri Death Certificate, Oliver J. Reeves, 1925
Marriage1:  FamilySearch - Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991
Death:        Missouri Death Certificate, Oliver J. Reeves, 1925
Burial:       Findagrave - Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, Mercer County, Missouri

1870 Census:  Jackson, Hancock County, Indiana
1880 Census:  Sommerset, Mercer County, Missouri
1900 Census:  Princeton, Mercer County, Missouri
1910 Census:  Ravanna, Mercer County, Missouri
1920 Census:  Morgan, Mercer County, Missouri

U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 (Ancestry)