Joseph Allen Reaves, Jr.

Joseph Allen “Joe, Jack” Reaves Jr. VVETERAN
BIRTH
5 Jun 1834
Coosa County, Alabama, USA
DEATH
29 Nov 1923 (aged 89)
Buckholts, Milam County, Texas, USA
BURIAL
Friendship United Methodist Church Cemetery
Davilla, Milam County, Texas, USA
MEMORIAL ID
89382811 · View Source
MEMORIAL
PHOTOS 6
FLOWERS 2
...born to the union of JosephAllen, Sr and Sarah SALLY Kendrick Reaves, Joseph was one of their five children who grew up near Lauderdale in Lauderdale County Alabama....unknown for certainty if he was previously married, but definitely thought to have been because of his age. Joseph married Samantha Caldonia DONIA Johnson and together they raised a family of 13 children...all but three lived to adulthood and marriage...Joseph was a Farmer and loved the Lord and His Word....he also travelled as a Church of Christ "Circuit Preacher" filling in at various congregations near his home who did not have a regular Minister...when Texas joined the American Civil War on March 2, 1861 he soon enlisted serving in the Second Infantry from Texas in Company E....Joseph Allen Reaves, Jr was my paternal Great Great Grandfather...Spouse: Samantha Caldonia "Donia" Johnson (1853-1931), married January 18th, 1871, at Milam, Sabine County, Texas

Father: Joseph Allen Reaves, Sr. (1803-1864)

Mother: Sarah Sally Kendrick (1803-1880)

Occupation: minister/preacher for churches of Christ.
Contributor: Ronald C. Brewer (48104028) • ronaldbrewer@gmail.com
Family Members
Parents

Sarah Kendrick Reaves
1803–1880

Spouse

Samantha Caldonia "Donia" Johnson Reaves
1853–1931 (m. 1872)

Siblings

Nancy Emaline Reaves Johnson
1848–1912

Children

James Allen Reaves
1875–1959

Samantha Ann "Mancy" Reaves Norris
1876–1965

George Surbier "Surber" Reaves
1878–1897

Kendrick Elizabeth "Lizzie" Reaves Cryer
1884–1974

John Franklin Reaves
1887–1965

Julia Agnes Reaves Cryer
1890–1981

Stella Lee Reaves Cryer
1892–1980

Artie Mae Lillie Bell Reaves Cryer
1894–1971

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