Lewis Reeves (1847 - 1927)

Born 24 Jun 1847 in Union, Darke County, Ohio, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Robbins) Reeves — married 1870 in Mill Grove, Blackford County, Indiana, USA

Died 16 Apr 1927 at age 79 in Hartford City, Blackford, Indiana, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Rev. Lewis Reeves served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: 1864
Mustered out: 1865
Side: USA
Regiment(s): 7th Indiana Cavalry Regiment

Lewis was born in 1847. He was the son of Lemuel Reeves and Julia Bradford.

He passed away in 1927.

He and his wife had no children but raised 3 foster children:
Etta Thorpe, who is now the wife of William Lanning, of Grant county, Indiana.
William Stewart, who resides at Mill Grove, Blackford county, Indiana.
Ursie Morehead, who was with her foster parents from the time she was four years of age until her marriage.

Birth

~1846

Military

Served nearly two years as a valiant soldier in the Civil war, in which he was a member of the Seventh Indiana Volunteer Cavalry. He enlisted about six months prior to his seventeenth birthday anniversary and with his command he saw hard service, including participation in a number of sanguinary engagements. At the close of the war he received his honorable discharge, having been mustered out with his regiment, in which he was a member of Company B. He took part in fully twelve battles and during his military career was only slightly wounded.

Marriage

Spouse: Mary Robbins.
1870 -

Census Records

1850 - US ^[1]
1860 - US ^[2]
1880 - US ^[3]
Note: Surname spelled as Rewes instead of Reeves.
1900 - US ^[4]
1910 - US ^[5]
1920 - US ^[6]

Obituary

Hartford City News Times
19 April 1927 Find A Grave memorial has the obituary posted. ^[7]

Death

1927

Burial

19 April 1927 Hartford City Cemetery Hartford City, Blackford County, Indiana, USA^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX3Y-4P2 : accessed 8 August 2015), Lewis Reeves in household of Samuel M Reeves, Jackson, Darke, Ohio, United States; citing family 15, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1860," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCGX-5WC : accessed 8 August 2015), Lewis Reevis in household of L M Reevis, Jackson Township, Darke, Ohio, United States; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing p. 61, household ID 416, NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 803,956.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHM6-M98 : accessed 8 August 2015), Lewis Rewes, Millgrove, Blackford, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district 164, sheet 414C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0266; FHL microfilm 1,254,266.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MM14-2KY : accessed 8 August 2015), Louis Reeves, Sims Township Swayzee town, Grant, Indiana, United States; citing sheet 4B, family 84, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,373.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKL1-YQ7 : accessed 8 August 2015), Lewis Reeves, Hartford Ward 2, Blackford, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 10, sheet 10A, family 237, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,353.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFQJ-RD6 : accessed 8 August 2015), Levis Reeves, Hartford Ward 1, Blackford, Indiana, United States; citing sheet 4A, family 95, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,423.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 26 October 2020), memorial page for Rev Lewis Reeves (24 Jun 1847–16 Apr 1927), Find A Grave: Memorial #67443800, citing Hartford City Cemetery, Hartford City, Blackford County, Indiana, USA

Acknowledgments

• Reeves-2821 was started by Edwin Priest on 07 August 2015.