Reeves, Solomon

Summary

Father: Richard Reeve
Mother: Elizabeth Dix

Birth: 24 Nov. 1805
Birth Source: Richard Reeves Family Bible

Death: 21 July 1876
Death Source: Tombstone on Find-a-Grave

Spouse1: Elizabeth Irwin, m. 17 Jan 1828, Meigs, Ohio

Narrative

Children of Solomon Reeves and Elizabeth Irwin:

1. Levi Reeves (1828 OH - 1890 IA)
2. Shepherd Reeves, b. 1828
3. Hugh Reeves, b. 1830
4. Richard Reeves, b. 1831
5. Solomon Reeves, b. 1834
6. Jamie Reeves, b. 1837
7. Mary Jane Reeves, b. 1837
8. Margaret Reeves, b. 1838
9. Amiziah Reeves, b. 1839
10. Charity Elizabeth Reeves, b. 1841
11. Josiah Wilson Reeves, b. 1843
12. Jeremiah Turner Reeves, b. 1844
13. Elizabeth Matilda Reeves, b. 1846

Adopted children

1. Lucinda Irwin, b. 1854

Solomon Reeves was born on 29 Nov 1805 in Alexander, Athens, Ohio, the son of Richard Reeves and Elizabeth Dix Richard Reeves Family Bible. He married Elizabeth Irwin, the daughter of Hugh M Irwin Sr. (1781-1850) and Jane Simons (1783-1845), on 17 Jan 1828 in Meigs, Ohio. The 1850 and 1860 Federal Censuses show he and his wife living in Scipio, Meigs, Ohio with their children, and his occupation is as a farmer. In the 1870 Federal Census, he and his wife are living in Union, Warren, Iowa, where he died on 21 Jul 1876.

Research Notes

In his will, he mentions that he has an adopted daughter, Lucinda Irwin. She was the daughter of William Harrison Irwin (1820-1901 - Elizabeth Irwin's brother) and Phebe Shoneker (1817-1854). She married Franklin Fisher Reeves (1851-1930), a grandson of Elizabeth Irwin and Solomon Reeves through their first son, Levi Reeves.

Sources

Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016", FamilySearch, Solomon Reeves and Elizabeth Irwine, 1828.
1830 Census:  United States Census, 1830 - FamilySearch, Solomon Reeves, Scipio, Meigs, Ohio, United States; citing 266, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 135; FHL microfilm 337,946.
1840 Census:  United States Census, 1840 - FamilySearch, Solomon Reeves, Scipio Township, Meigs, Ohio, United States; citing p. 35, NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm .
1850 Census:  United States Census, Scipio Township, Meigs, Ohio, United States, 1850 - FamilySearch, Solomon Reeves, 1850.
1860 Census:  United States Census, Scipio Township, Meigs, Ohio, United States, 1860 - FamilySearch, Solomon Reeves, 1860.
1870 Census:  United States Census, Union Township, Warren, Iowa, United States, 1870 - FamilySearch, Solomon Reeves, 1870.
1871 Last Will and Testament of Solomon Reeves