He was living with his parents and siblings in Holt and Nodaway township in Taylor county, Iowa in 1880[1] and in Nodaway township in 1885.[2]
James passed away in 1886 and was buried in Guss, Taylor county, Iowa.[3]
Sources
↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDLV-CCF : accessed 16 January 2016), Myria Reeves in household of John Reeves, Holt and Nodaway, Taylor, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district ED 212, sheet 1B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0366; FHL microfilm 1,254,366.
↑ "Iowa State Census, 1885," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:H4V6-4N2 : accessed 16 January 2016), James Reeves in household of John Reeves, Nodaway, Taylor, Iowa; citing p. , 1885, State Historical Society, Des Moines; FHL microfilm 1,020,186.
↑ www.findagrave.com, Click here for Memorial page for James Harrison Reeves, Accessed 16 Jan 2016, Memorial # 51521685; tombstone photo on site shows birth and death dates and parents.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
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