Wesley Whitfield "Whit" Reeves b. 4 Mar 1879 Missouri, USA d. 8 Mar 1939 Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, USA: Our Family History

1879 - 1939 (60 years)

Name	Wesley Whitfield "Whit" Reeves [1]
Born	4 Mar 1879	Missouri, USA [1, 2, 3]
	Wesley's WWI draft registration gave his birth as 4 March 1878.
Gender	Male
Census	7 Jun 1880	Richwoods, Sharp County, Arkansas, USA [4]
	1. Reeves, Robert, white, male, 35, married, farmer, cannot read or write, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee 2. _____, Paulena J., white, female, 30, married, keeping house, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee 3. _____, Jerome W., white, male, 15, single, works on farm, attending school, can read, cannot write, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee 4. _____, David A., white, male, 12, works on farm, attending school, can read, cannot write, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee 5. _____, Campbell C., white male, 6, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee 5. _____, Nelia E., white female, 8, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee 6. _____, Whitfield, white, male, 2, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee
Census	20 Jun 1900	Liberty township, Keokuk County, Iowa, USA [5]
	1. Reeves, Robert, head, white, male, [no month or year of birth stated], married 5 years, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee, farmer, can read and write, renting farm, farm schedule no. 154 2. _____, Sarah, wife, white, female, February 1866, 34, married 5 years, 4 children 4 living, Ohio, Ohio, Ohio, can read and write 3. _____, Whitfield, son, white male, March 1878, 22, single, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee, farm labor, can read and writeM 4. Beard, Albert, step son, white, male, September 1884, 15, single, Iowa, Iowa, Ohio, at school 6 months, can read and write 5. Reeves, Harlie E., son, white, male, October 1895, 4, Iowa, Tennessee, Ohio 6. _____, Charles E., son, white, male, April 1898, 2, Iowa, Tennessee, Ohio 7. _____, Robert W., son, white, male, February 1900, 5 months, Iowa, Tennessee, Ohio
Residence	Jan 1903	Keokuk County, Iowa, USA [6]
	At the time of his 1903 Greene County, Missouri, marriage, Wesley was stated to be "of Keokuk County," Iowa.
Emigration	1908	Simla, Elbert County, Colorado, USA [1]
	Whit moved with his family to Colorado in this year.
Note	. . . a faithful husband, a good father and Christian gentleman whose manner was always kiind and whose word was always good." [1]
Occupation	Sep 1918	Simla, Elbert County, Colorado, USA [3]
World War I Draft Registration	12 Sep 1918	Kiowa, Elbert County, Colorado, USA [3]
Obituary	Mar 1939 [1]
	Obituary of "Whit" Reeves, probably March 1939, probably in the Simla, Colorado, newspaper. After an illness of less than five days, "Whit" Reeves has left this world of sorrow, and has been ushered into the presence of his King and Saviour, Jesus Christ. Wesley Whitfield Reeves was born in Missouri on March 4, 1879, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Reeves. He was married in 1903 to Minnie Walker. To this union were born seven sons, all living except Earl, who preceded his father in death by less than a year. In 1908, Mr. Reeves with his family, moved to Colorado, and have lived in this comment practically all the time since. Mr. Reeves was a good neighbor and a faithful friend to so many of us all through the years. Mr. Reeves joined the Baptist Church some years ago, and has always been an active member, serving as deacon at the time of his death. Mr. Reeves died on March 8, 1939, in Colorado Springs, only a few days after his 60th birthday. He is survived by his widow, his sons, Ernest of Palisade, Colorado; Paul, Marshall, Virgil, Harold and Lester all of this community;; six grandchildren, as well as other relatives and hundreds of friends who, in sympathy, noun with the family the passing of a faithful husband, a good father and Christian gentleman whose manner was always kind and whose word was always good. He has "fallen asleep in Jesus, therefore we sorrow not, even as the rest, who have no hope."
Parents	Mar 1939 [1]
	Whit's obituary identifies his parents as "Mr. and Mrs. Robert Reeves."
Religion	Whit belonged to the Baptist church and was a deacon at the time of his death. [1]
Died	8 Mar 1939	Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, USA [1, 2]
Buried	Simla Cemetery, Simla, Elbert County, Colorado, USA [7]
Person ID	I3537	Full \| ProgenitorWalker
Last Modified	22 Oct 2013

Father	Robert Milton Reeves, b. 28 Feb 1846, Tennessee, USA , d. 1 Mar 1929, Pueblo, Pueblo County, Colorado (Age 83 years)
Mother	Polena "Lena" Thornton, b. 26 Feb 1846, Tennessee, USA , d. 21 Mar 1886 (Age 40 years)
Married	Abt 1865	Tennessee, USA [8]
Family ID	F9	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Minnie Bertrude Walker, b. 22 Oct 1880, Trask, Howell County, Missouri, USA , d. 14 Aug 1941, Simla, Elbert County, Colorado, USA (Age 60 years)

Married 28 Jan 1903 Springfield, Greene County, Missouri [6, 9, 10]

Children

	1. Earnest Whitfield Reeves, b. 10 Dec 1903, Liberty township, Keokuk County, Iowa, USA , d. 7 Dec 1990, Dade County, Florida, USA (Age 86 years)
+	2. Paul Wesley Reeves, b. 11 Dec 1906, Fillmore township, Iowa County, Iowa, USA , d. 20 Feb 1991, Idaho, USA (Age 84 years)
	3. Earl Theodore Reeves, b. 6 Nov 1909, Colorado, USA , d. 20 Apr 1938, Simla, Elbert County, Colorado (Age 28 years)
+	4. Marshall Fenton Reeves, b. 24 Sep 1913, Simla, Elbert County, Colorado, USA , d. 16 Jan 2003, Simla, Elbert County, Colorado, USA (Age 89 years)
	5. Harold Robert Reeves, b. 30 Sep 1917, Colorado, USA , d. 1 Aug 2001, Riverton, Fremont County, Wyoming (Age 83 years)
	6. Virgil Raymond Reeves
	7. Lester Reeves

Last Modified 16 Oct 2013

Family ID F1193 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Photos
Eldest 5 sons of Theodore Whitfield Reeves and Minnie Bertrude Walker.
From oldest to youngest: Earnest Whitfield, Paul Wesley, Earl Theodore, Marshall Fenton, and Harold Robert Reeves
Notes
(Research):Tried to obtain copies of the obits from the Simla Library, but the newspaper files are in the newspaper office, and they could not perform the look-up. Sept 09

Sources

[S2861] Obituary of Wesley Whitfield Reeves, undated clipping, probably March 1939, from unidentified newspaper; copy of clipping is held by Janis Walker Gilmore [address for private use], Pawleys Island, South Carolina, 2012. Given to Ms. Gilmore by Harold Reeves (Riverton, Wyoming), a son of Wesley Whitfield Reeves. Mr. Reeves is now deceased.
[S1066] Harold Reeves (Riverton, Wyoming), about 1997, collected documents, including a listing of the Wesley Whitfield Reeves-Minnie Bertrude Walker family births and deaths. Mr. Reeves, the son of Wesley Whitfield Reeves and Minnie Bertrude Reeves, is no longer living. Though his listing carried no sources, as a sibling he was in a position to have reliable information.
[S3915] "World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 9 October 2013), Wesley W. Reeves, serial no. 628, order no. A42, Local Board for Elbert County, Colorado; citing World War I Selective Service system Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918), NARA microfilm publication M1509 (4,582 rolls); FHL roll no. 1,561,812.
[S3918] 1880 U. S. census, Sharp County, Arkansas, population schedule, Richwoods, enumeration district (ED) 188, p. 5 (penned), p. 85 (stamped, recto), dwelling 43, family 43, Robert Reeves household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 9 October 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 57.
[S3914] 1900 U.S. census, Keokuk County, Iowa, population schedule, Liberty township, enumeration district (ED) 47, sheet 10A, p. 123 (stamped, recto), dwelling 184, family 184, Robert Reeves household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 9 October 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 441.
[S3913] Greene County, Missouri, Marriage Book [1903]: 478, license no. 46, and return, Wesley W. Reeves-Minnie Walker, 28 January 1903; digital image, "Missouri Marriage Records, 1850-2002," Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 8 October 2013); citing Missouri Marriage Records, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City.
[S3916] Pat Simmons, contributor, "Wesley Whitfield "Whit" Reeves," database and digital photo of marker, Simla Cemetery (Simla, Elbert County, Colorado), 1939, memorial no. 26406995, FindAGrave (http://www.findagrave.com/index.html : viewed 9 October 2013). .
[S2] Thornton, Howell Jackson - email, (Lisa [email for private use] to Janis Walker Gilmore, e-mail; discussing the Howell Jackson Thornton family.).
[S72] Missouri - Marriages 1805-2002 (Ancestry), (Digital images., \i Ancestry.com\i0 . http://www.ancestry.com.).
[S2862] Obituary of Minnie Bertrude (Walker) Reeves, undated clipping, probably August 1941, from unidentified newspaper; copy of clipping is held by Janis Walker Gilmore [address for private use], Pawleys Island, South Carolina, 2012. Given to Ms. Gilmore by Harold Reeves, a son of Wesley Whitfield Reeves. Mr. Reeves is now deceased.