Reeves, William

Summary

Father: Thompson Reeves
Mother: Lucendarilla Ragsdale "Cinderella"

Birth: About 1825 in Georgia
Birth Source: Census Records

Death: Before Sep 1885 in Mississippi
Death Source: Records of the Estate of Thompson Reeves dated 29 Sep 1885

Spouse1: Melissa MNU b. ca 1825

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Narrative

Children of William and Melisssa Reeves:

1. Naomi Reeves, b. c1843, Randolph County, Alabama
2. Cinderella Reeves, b. c1845, Randolph County, Alabama
3. Richard Thompson Reeves, b. c1847, Randolph County, Alabama
4. Margaret Reeves, b. c1849, Randolph County, Alabama.
5. William Reeves, b. c1851
6. America Reeves, b. 1853, Randolph County, Alabama

William and Melissa Reeves were enumerated in HH 778, Randolph Co., AL, in 1850; his parents were living two households away in HH 776. William and Melissa were both shown as age 25; he was born in GA and she in SC. Children Naomi, Cinderella, Thompson, and Mary F. were shown.

From the beginning of the marriage of William and Elizabeth, babies were born about every two years. The last baby to be born was America Reeves who was born in 1853 in Alabama. In 1860 William's wife was alone with the children as a widow in Tallapoosa Co. Alabama. If William died in Mississippi as stated in the Petition to Administer the Estate of Thompson Reeves then they must have moved to Mississippi after America's birth in 1853. They must have returned to Alabama after William's death.

Melissa joined the Big Springs Baptist Church in Randolph Co. Alabama. This church was attended by many members of the Fannie Elizabeth Reeves Moore and Idens Moore family. In the early years of their marriage William and Melissa lived as very close neighbors to both William's sister Fannie and Idens Moore and Thompson and Cinderella Reeves.

Sources

Estate of Thompson Reeves, Clay County, Alabama
1850 Randolph Co., AL, Census, HH 778
Alabama Death Certificate of Mrs. A. P. Ingram (mother's maiden name)