Earnest Whitfield Reeves b. 10 Dec 1903 Liberty township, Keokuk County, Iowa, USA d. 7 Dec 1990 Dade County, Florida, USA: Our Family History

1903 - 1990 (86 years)

Name	Earnest Whitfield Reeves [1, 2]
	Iowa birth records states name as "Earnest W. Reeves."
Born	10 Dec 1903	Liberty township, Keokuk County, Iowa, USA [1, 2, 3, 4]
	Name: Earnest W. Reeves Gender: Male Christening Date: Christening Place: Keokuk, Iowa Birth Date: 10 Dec 1903 Birthplace: Liberty Twp., Keokuk, Iowa Death Date: Name Note: Race: Father's Name: Wesley W. Reeves Father's Birthplace: Father's Age: Mother's Name: Minnie B. Walker Mother's Birthplace: Mother's Age: Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C75186-4 System Origin: Iowa-VR GS Film number: 1005835 Reference ID: Births 1880-1910
Gender	Male
Census	10 Apr 1930	Precinct 53, El Paso County, Colorado, USA [5]
	1. Reeves, Ernest, head, renting, farm, male, white, 26, married, first married age 19, can read and write, Iowa, U.S., Missouri, farmer, farm, not a veteran, farm schedule no. 113 2. _____, Grace, wife, female, white, 25, married, first married age 18, can read and write, Arkansas, Arkansas, Arkansas 3. _____, Gilbert, son, male, white, 5, Colorado, Iowa, Arkansas 4. _____, Keith, son, male, white, 3 712, Colorado, Iowa, Arkansas
Residence	Mar 1939	Palisade, Mesa County, Colorado, USA [6]
Census	1 May 1940	Precinct 17, Mesa County, Colorado, USA [7]
	1. Reeves, Earnest W., head, male, white, 36, married, completed 3 years high school, Iowa, rural Mesa County in 1935, farm, employed for pay, 60 hours, laborer, farm, paid worker, 14 weeks in 1939, income $500, no other source of income 2. _____, Grace W., wife, female, white, 35, married, completed grade 8, Arkansas, rural Mesa 1935, working at home, not employed, no other source of income 3. _____, Gilbert E., son, male, white, 15, attending school, completed grade 9, Colorado, rural Mesa 1935, not employed 4. _____, Keith P., son, male, white, 13, attending school, completed grade 7, Colorado, rural Mesa 1935 5. _____, Hugh W., son, male, white, 8, attending school, completed grade 3, Colorado, rural Mesa 1935 6. _____, Joyce G., daughter, female, white, 9 months, Colorado
Died	7 Dec 1990	Dade County, Florida, USA [1, 4, 8, 9, 10]
	Bonnie Compton, and others offer Iowa as Ernest's place of death. However, the Florida death index and notice in the Miami Herald make it clear that he died in Dade County, though he may have been buried elsewhere.
Person ID	I3538	Full \| ProgenitorWalker
Last Modified	12 Oct 2013

Father	Wesley Whitfield "Whit" Reeves, b. 4 Mar 1879, Missouri, USA , d. 8 Mar 1939, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, USA (Age 60 years)
Mother	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 [11, 12, 13]
Family ID	F1193	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family	Grace Willard Tipton, b. Abt 1904, Arkansas, USA
Married	2 May 1923	Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, USA [14]
Last Modified	11 Oct 2013
Family ID	F2013	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

It would appear that Earnest and his wife Grace Tipton were divorced sometime after 1940 and before 1956, when she is said to have married Ambrose Weber. She is probably the Grace W. Weber who died on 9 July 2001, probably in King County, Washington, though her last residence was Snohomish, Snohomish Co WA. SSN 524-18-6215

Sources

[S1068] Walker - information from Harold Reeves.
[S3919] "Iowa, Births and Christenings, 1830-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 11 October 2013), entry for Earnest W. Reeves (1903), Keokuk, Iowa; citing FHL microfilm no. 1,005,835; original records Keokuk County Courthouse, Sigourney.
[S1067] Reeves, Wesley Whitfield - email Richard Reeves, (Richard Reeves [email and telephone for private use] to Janis Walker Gilmore, e-mail, 1 Dec 2001; regarding the Wesley Whitfield Reeves family.).
[S339] Bonnie Compton (1014 E. 7th St, Pittsburg, KS 66762, email tcompton2@cox.net), telephone interview, spring 2007, by Janis Walker Gilmore; regarding her ancestor, Helton Alanson Walker, his siblings, and his descendants, including daughter Myrtle Annis Walker (Bonnie's mother).
[S3921] 1930 U.S. census, El Paso County, Colorado, population schedule, Precinct 53, enumeration district (ED) 21-58, sheet 5B, p. 126 (stamped, verso), dwelling 104, family 104, Ernest Reeves household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 October 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 242.
[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.
[S3920] 1940 U.S. census, Mesa County, Colorado, population schedule, Precinct 17, enumeration district (ED) 39-32, sheet 20A, p. 368 (stamped, recto), household no. 408, Earnest W. Reeves household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 October 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 470.
[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.
[S3923] "Florida, Death Index, 1877-1998," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 12 October 2013), entry for Ernest W. Reeves, death certificate no. 126133, Escambia County, 7 December 1990; citing Florida Department of Health, Office of Vital Records, Jacksonville.
[S3924] "Reeves, Ernest W.: Newspaper Obituary and Death Notice," transcription, GenealogyBank (http://www.genealogybank.com : accessed 12 October 2013); citing The Miama (Florida) Herald, 9 December 19901, p. 4C.
[S72] Missouri - Marriages 1805-2002 (Ancestry), (Digital images., \i Ancestry.com\i0 . http://www.ancestry.com.).
[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.
[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.
[S3922] "Colorado Statewide Marriage Index, 1853-2006," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 11 October 2013), Marriage Record Report, no. 13464, Ernest Reeves-Willard Tipton, El Paso County, Colorado (1923); citing card index created by the Division of Vital Statistics, Department of Health; held at the Colorado State Archives, Denver, Colorado.