Reeves, Robert Patterson

Summary

Father: John D. Reeves
Mother: Permelia T. Fritts

Birth: 10 Apr 1877, Tennessee
Birth Source: WWI Draft Registration Card

Death: 28 Dec 1961, Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee
Death Source: Death Certificate

Spouse1: Libby N. Ward

Narrative

Children of Robert Patterson Reeves and Libby N. Ward:

1. John W. Reeves, b. Nov 1896
2. Clyde Reeves, b. c1901
3. Charles Evan Reeves, b 13 Aug 1903
4. Clarice Reeves, b. c1906
5. Joseph Reeves, b. c1907
6. Samuel Reeves, b. c1911

Robert seems to have switched from using "Reeves" to "Reaves." His WWI Draft card and early records state "Reeves" while his and his wife's headstones state "Reaves."

In 1950, he was living as a widower with his son Joe in Blount County, Tennessee.

The Knoxville Journal, 29 Dec 1961
REEVEES, Robert P. - 84, formerly of Oliver Springs, died Thursday morning at the home of a son, Joe, in Maryville. Survivors: sons, Clyde, Clairfield, Charles, Oliver Springs, Joe, Maryville, Sam, Clinton; four sisters, Mrs. Neal McCartt and Mrs. Ollie Bolden, both of Oliver Springs, Mrs. Taylor Sherwood and Mrs. Matilda Hickman; brother, Henry Reeves, all of Lenoir City; seven grandchildren; four great-grandchildren. Services at 2 p.m. Saturday at Sharp's Chapel, Masons in charge. Interment in Oliver Springs Cemetery. Family will receive friends 7-9 p.m. Friday at funeral home. Sharp Funeral Home, Oliver Springs, in charge.

Research Notes

Sources

Birth:          FamilySearch - United States, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Marriage1:  FamilySearch - Tennessee, Marriages, 1796-1950
Death:        FamilySearch - Tennessee, Deaths, 1914-1966
Burial:       Findagrave - Oliver Springs Cemetery, Kelley Town, Roane County, Tennessee

1880 Census:  Eatons Cross Roads, Loudon County, Tennessee
1900 Census:  Civil District 7, Anderson County, Tennessee
1910 Census:  Civil District 7, Anderson County, Tennessee
1920 Census:  Civil District 7, Anderson County, Tennessee
1930 Census:  Civil District 7, Anderson County, Tennessee
1940 Census:  Civil District 7, Anderson County, Tennessee
1950 Census:  Blount County, Tennessee

Findagrave - Libby N. Ward Reaves - Oliver Springs Cemetery, Kelley Town, Roane County, Tennessee
Obituary, The Knoxville Journal, 29 Dec 1961