Reeves, Ora Maude

Summary

Father: Peter M. Reeves
Mother: Elizabeth "Eliza" Clark

Birth: 15 Mar 1854, Halifax County, Virginia
Birth Source: Census and Virginia Death Record

Death: 22 May 1932, Halifax County, Virginia
Death Source: Virginia Death Record

Spouse1: James Booten Coates m. 28 Apr 1874 near Republican Grove, Halifax County, Virginia

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Narrative

Children of Ora Maude Reeves and James B. Coates:

1. Deckard Earnest Coates, b. 15 Jul 1878
2. Maude W. Coates, b. 23 Feb 1881
3. Edna Blanche Coates, b. Apr 1886
4. Thomas Felix Coates, b. 22 Nov 1889
5. Effie C. Coates, b. 28 Apr 1891
6. Daniel Vance Coates, b. 18 Sep 1894
7. Ruby Coates, b. 2 Mar 1896

In the 1870 census, this child was incorrectly listed in household of Peter M. Reves as "Paulina" age 15 years. When estate records for Peter M. Reves became available online, it was possible to correctly identify her as Ora Maude Reves, wife of James B. Coates. The census enumerator in 1870 incorrectly listed her as Paulina apparently confusing her with her sister, Lucy Pauline Reves, born 1845. The 1860 census appears to have listed her as "unnamed" as there is a 5 year old female child in the household that year that the enumerator did not name.

Sources

Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940 Database at Ancestry.com
Library of Virginia Chancery Index, Estate of Peter M. Reves
Virginia Death Record
1860 Census - Staunton, Halifax County, Virginia
1870 Census - Staunton, Halifax County, Virginia
1880 Census - Staunton, Halifax County, Virginia
1900 Census - Meadsville, Halifax County, Virginia
1910 Census - Banister, Halifax County, Virginia
1920 Census - Banister, Halifax County, Virginia