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Benjamin Milus Reeves 1916 – 1987 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 15 May 1916

Birth Location: Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, USA

Death Date: 28 Jan 1987

Death Location: Gardendale, Jefferson, Alabama, USA

Father: William Reeves

Mother: Lillian Dorriety

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1916 marked the beginning of Benjamin Milus Reeves's life in Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, USA, to parents William Edward Troup Reeves and Lillian Henrietta REEVES Dorriety. Benjamin Milus Reeves passed in 1987 at Gardendale, Jefferson, Alabama, USA.

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William Reeves
1878 – 1928
Birth Location: Texas
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Lillian Dorriety
1886 – 1965
Birth Location: Union Springs, Bullock, Alabama, USA
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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 15 May 1916
    Event Place: Union Springs, Bullock, Alabama, USA
    Record Source: 1920 United States Federal Census, 1930 United States Federal Census, 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Headland, Henry, Alabama; Roll: T627_37; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 34-1, Year: 1920; Census Place: Union Springs, Bullock, Alabama; Roll: T625_4; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 33; Image: 190, Year: 1930; Census Place: Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama; Page: 18A; Enumeration District: 0083; FHL microfilm: 2339763, Year: 1930; Census Place: Headland, Henry, Alabama; Roll: 18; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 0001; Image: 1058.0; FHL microfilm: 2339753

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 15 May 1916
    Event Place: Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, USA

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1920
    Event Place: Union Springs, Bullock, Alabama
    Record Source: 1920 United States Federal Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Union Springs, Bullock, Alabama; Roll: T625_4; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 33; Image: 190

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1930
    Event Place: Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, USA
    Record Source: 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama; Page: 18A; Enumeration District: 0083; FHL microfilm: 2339763, Year: 1930; Census Place: Headland, Henry, Alabama; Roll: 18; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 0001; Image: 1058.0; FHL microfilm: 2339753

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1935
    Event Place: Headland, Henry, Alabama
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Headland, Henry, Alabama; Roll: T627_37; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 34-1

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1 Apr 1940
    Event Place: Headland, Henry, Alabama, United States
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Headland, Henry, Alabama; Roll: T627_37; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 34-1

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 28 Jan 1987
    Event Place: Gardendale, Jefferson, Alabama, USA
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