Reeves, Willis

Summary

Father: James B Reeves
Mother: Anna Ferguson

Birth: c. 1813, South Carolina
Birth Source: Census

Death: August 1857, Pike Co., Arkansas
Death Source:

Spouse1: Emeline.

Narrative

Children of Willis Reeves and Emeline:

1. Jane Reeves, b. c. 1843, Arkansas
2. William Reeves, b. c. 1845, Arkansas
3. John A. Reeves, b. c. 1847, Arkansas
4. Mary Reeves, b. c. 1852, Arkansas

According to the 1850 census, Emeline was born about 1824 in Tennessee. Willis wrote his will, which mentions his wife "Emoline", on 15 August 1857. He gave to his wife all "Real Estate and personal property to raise and school my children as long as she remains unmarried and my widow."

It appears Emoline remarried to a Joseph L. Kirby by 1860. She appears on the census with them in Pike County with a couple young Reeves in the household. John A. Reeves was still living with his mother Emeline in 1870 in Pike County.

Sources

Census:      1850 Census - Pike Co., Arkansas
                    1860 Census - Pike Co., Arkansas
                    1870 Census - Pike Co., Arkansas
History:     Last Will and Testament of Willis Reeves, Pike Co., AR Abstract of Title Book Prior to 1890, p. 310
                    Last Will and Testament of Joseph L. Kirby, Abstract of Title Book Prior to 1890, page 310