William LaFayette Reeves

Summary

Father: William Smith Reeves
Mother: Elizabeth Mullins

Birth: 17 July 1853, Harris Co., Georgia
Birth Source: Census and Tombstone

Death: 15 July 1920, LaGrange, Troup Co., Georgia
Death Source: Tombstone

Spouse1: Sarah Elizabeth Harvey, m. 5 Dec 1871, Harris County, Georgia

Narrative

Children of William LaFayette Reeves and Sarah Elizabeth Harvey:

1. Nannie Bell Reeves, b. c. 1872, GA, m. James Dempsey Bryant.
2. William Marshall Reeves, b. c. 1875, GA, m. Josephine Crowder.
3. Charles Marshall "Charlie" Reeves, b. c. 1877, GA, m. Kate Gibson.
4. Susan Reeves, b. c. January 1879, GA.
5. John Irby Reeves, b. 1881, GA, m. Elma Kennington.
6. Emma Fannie Reeves, b. August 1886, GA, d. 1918, GA, m. George Daniel.
7. Myrtice Reeves, b. May 1894, GA.

The death certificate states he was born June 10, 1853 although the headstone states July 17, 1853.

William LaFayette Reeves married Sarah Elizabeth Harvey, born 10 March 1857, Harris Co., GA, died 18 December 1925, Troup Co., GA. William and Elizabeth were enumerated in Harris Co., GA, near his siblings in 1880. They were living in Blue Springs District, GMD 717, where William was shown as a farmer and Elizabeth as a housekeeper. By 1900 the family was living in the Bethlehem area of Chambers County, where William and his two older daughters were working in a cotton factory. Sarah indicated that she had been married for 28 years and that seven of her eight children were then living.

Sources

Marriage1:  FamilySearch - Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950
Death:        FamilySearch - Georgia Deaths, 1914-1927
Burial:       Findagrave - Hillview East Cemetery, LaGrange, Troup County, Georgia

1880 Census:  Harris County, Georgia
1900 Census:  Chambers County, Alabama
1910 Census:  Troup County, Georgia