Rebecca J. Stafford & Family

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Direct Line: Pedigree chart William Robert Andrew Daniel Clayton

Siblings:  [ James H. R. Stafford ] [ Rebecca Stafford ] [ Rose Ann Stafford ] [ Elizabeth Stafford ] [ Daniel Stafford ] [ Lafayette Cox ]

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~~~~~Fourth Generation~~~~~

 

Rebecca J. Stafford and her husband William J. Reeves

William J. and Rebecca J. Reeves nee Stafford

Photo taken in 1890's ~ Original picture has "Anthony, Ks." embossed on it.

Photo courtesy of Toni Dickenson

 

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Rebecca J. Stafford4 (William1, Robert2, Andrew3) was born on the 18 December 1834 in Indiana.1 She was the daughter of Andrew and Mary Stafford nee Lang.2  All evidence concerning her parents indicate that they remained in Morgan County during her childhood.  She was 11 years old when her father died leaving her mother with 5 young children to rear.3  Rebecca did not marry until she was 22 years old.  Then she married William J. Reeves in Morgan County, Indiana just 6 days prior to her mother's marriage to William Cox.4  

 

It may be that Rebecca's husband William J. Reeves was the driving force behind the family's westward migration.  William and Rebecca Reeves left Indiana shortly after their marriage in 1859 and were in southeastern Kansas.  The voter lists for 1859 and 1860, published in The Emporia News, list William J. Reves [sic] as an eligible voter for that Lyon County.5  The reason for William and Rebecca's return to Indiana is not known, but one may speculate that life was not easy in the early days in Kansas Territory.  

 

Although, they returned to Indiana after the sale of the Lyon County, Kansas farm they eventually went to Harrison County, Missouri and were there in about 1874 to 1880.6,7  Sometime between 18807and 19008 William and Rebecca Reeves went to Woods County, Oklahoma Territory.  They sold two parcels of land situated in Harrison County, Missouri in 1883, the first in May9 and the second in October.10

 

Additional research is needed on this family to answer questions such as:

  • If so, did they obtain land through a homestead claim?  Ten years after the sale of the Missouri land they purchased land in Red Willow County, Nebraska, however, Rebecca's brother and sister, Daniel and Rose Ann, were in Decatur County, Kansas and Red Willow County, Nebraska, respectively in 1884.  Although no deed was found for purchase of land in either Missouri or Nebraska for them they may not have recorded the deeds or they may have obtained the land from the sale of Federal lands.

  • When did they leave Red Willow County, Nebraska to go to Oklahoma Territory and why?

 

 

Children of William J. and Rebecca J. Reeves neé Stafford:

 

i.

James5 Reeves 

This boy was not listed in any census record for William and Rebecca Reeves.  According to information from a descendant of Benjamin F. Reeves, this boy was born 31 August 1858 and lived only 5 days, dying on 05 September 1858, probably in Kansas.  The 1900 census states that Rebecca J. Reeves was the mother of 9 children with only 7 living in 1900.

 

ii.

Daniel B.5 Reeves 

B. April 1861 in Indiana; d. 17 April 1915 in Red Willow County, Nebraska; m. Michele Alice Ray.

 

iii.

Andrew Jackson5 Reeves

B. 11 September 1864 in Morgan County, Indiana; d. 16 January 1930; married Parthena van Dyke

 

iv.

John B.4 Reeves

B. November 1865 in Morgan County, Indiana; d. 12 June 1948 in Multonomah County, Oregon; m. Viola Ann Jessup

 

v.

Mary Evilene5 Reeves

B. about 1869; d. 30 January 1889 in Nebraska; m. Hiram Jones

 

vi.

Nancy5 Reeves

B. 30 April 1871 in Morgan County, Indiana; d. 30 October 1962 in Roseburg, Douglas County, Oregon; m. Luther Turner in Oklahoma

 

vii.

Benjamin Franklin5 Reeves

B. 03 June 1874 in Harrison County, Missouri; d. 08 July 1923 in Marion County, Oregon; m. Stella Victoria Gunkle

 

viii.

Lillian5 Reeves

B. 30 April 1877 probably in Missouri; d. 19 January 1964; m. Arthur V. Ray

 

ix.

William Martin5 Reeves

B. 23 April 1880 in Missouri; d. 24 January 1969 in Grants Pass, Josephine County, Oregon; m. Lucy E. Hall

 

 

Rebecca J. Stafford

Census Records

Marriage Records

Maps

Land Deeds

  • Reeves - Davis warranty deed (03 May 1883), Harrison County, Missouri Deed Record Book 33:510, Recorder of Deeds Office, Bethany, Missouri. 

  • Reeves - Stranbrough warranty deed (15 October 1883) Harrison County, Missouri Deed Record Book 33:510, Recorder of Deeds Office, Bethany, Missouri.

  • Barber - Reeves warranty deed (13 February 1893) Red Willow County, Nebraska Deed Record Book 16: 409-410, Recorder of Deeds Office, McCook, Nebraska.  [Page 409 / Page 410]

Death Record

 

 

 

William Jasper  Reeves

Census Records

Marriage Records

Homestead Records

 

Land Deeds

 

 

Newspaper Clippings 

Miscellaneous

 

Death Record

 

 

 

  

 

Contact Information

If you have information about these families and would like to correspond please feel 

free to email me at smiller@stjoelive.com or by writing to me at the following address:

Sharlene Miller

20788 Orchard Lane

St. Joseph, Missouri 64505

816-233-7241

 

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