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Sarah Olive(Oliff) Reeves 1878–1940 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt 1878

Birth Location: Mississippi

Death Date: Aft. 1940

Death Location: Mississippi

Father: Arick Reeves

Mother: Sarah Brunson

Spouse(s): Thomas Ellis

Children(s): Thomas Ellis, Wade Ellis, Grace Ellis

Sarah Olive(Oliff) Reeves was born in 1878 in Mississippi, the child of Arick Wilson Turner Reeves And Sarah Brunson. In 1880, Sarah Olive(Oliff) Reeves resided in Beat 5, Scott, Mississippi, USA. Sarah Olive(Oliff) Reeves married Thomas Lake Ellis, and had children including Grace Eloise Ellis, Thomas Arick Ellis, Wade Lake Ellis. Sarah Olive(Oliff) Reeves passed away in 1940 in Mississippi.

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Biography

  • Sarah Olive(Oliff) Reeves was born in 1878 in Mississippi, the child of Arick Wilson Turner Reeves And Sarah Brunson.
  • In 1880, Sarah Olive(Oliff) Reeves resided in Beat 5, Scott, Mississippi, USA.
  • Sarah Olive(Oliff) Reeves married Thomas Lake Ellis, and had children including Grace Eloise Ellis, Thomas Arick Ellis, Wade Lake Ellis.
  • Sarah Olive(Oliff) Reeves passed away in 1940 in Mississippi.

Immediate Family

Parents

Arick Reeves
1851–1917
Birth Location: Steele, Scott County, Mississippi, United States of America
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Sarah Brunson
1848–1927
Birth Location: Mississippi
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Spouses(s)

Thomas Ellis
1876–1936
Birth Location: Walnut Grove, Leake County, Mississippi, United States of America
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Children(s)

Thomas Ellis
1912–1985
Birth Location: Scott County, Mississippi, USA
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Wade Ellis
1910–1963
Birth Location: Harperville, Scott County, Mississippi, United States of America
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Grace Ellis
1908–1994
Birth Location: Forest, Scott County, Mississippi
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Sarah Reeves's Ancestors

Self
Sarah Reeves
1878–1940
Birth Place: Mississippi
Parents
Arick Wilson Turner Reeves
1851–1917
Steele, Scott County, Mississippi, United States of America
Sarah Brunson
1848–1927
Mississippi
Grandparents
Noah (Wilson) Reeves(Possibly)
1820–1868
Abbeville, Abbeville County, South Carolina, United States of America
Margaret (Ann Turner) *
1825–1882
Mississippi
Great-Grandparents
Noah Reeves(Theory)
1799–1880
Dorothy Kay(Theory)
1803–1854
Littleton TURNER
1786–1852
Oliff\Olive DUNHAM
1789–1865
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Sr
1764–1808
Drucilla Shelly
1759–1820
DENHAM(Theory)
1740–

Sarah Reeves's Descendants

1.
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Sarah (Olive(Oliff)) Reeves (Abt 1878–Aft. 1940) m. Thomas (Lake) Ellis (23 Feb 1876–16 Jul 1936)
  1. 1. Thomas (Arick) Ellis 1912–1985
  2. 2. Wade (Lake) Ellis 1910–1963
  3. 3. Grace (Eloise) Ellis 1908–1994 m. Jessie (F) Warren 1900–

Sarah Reeves's Timeline

9 Records

1878
Abt 1878
Birth of Sarah Olive(Oliff) Reeves in Mississippi
Mississippi
1880
1880
Age 2
Sarah Olive(Oliff) Reeves resided here in Beat 5, Scott, Mississippi, USA
Beat 5, Scott, Mississippi, USA
1900
1900
Age 22
Sarah Olive(Oliff) Reeves resided here in Beat 5, Scott, Mississippi, USA
Beat 5, Scott, Mississippi, USA
1910
1910
Age 32
Sarah Olive(Oliff) Reeves resided here in Harperville, Scott, Mississippi, USA
Harperville, Scott, Mississippi, USA
1920
1920
Age 42
Sarah Olive(Oliff) Reeves resided here in Beat 5, Scott, Mississippi, USA
Beat 5, Scott, Mississippi, USA
1930
1930
Age 52
Sarah Olive(Oliff) Reeves resided here in Beat 5, Scott, Mississippi, USA
Beat 5, Scott, Mississippi, USA
1935
1935
Age 57
Sarah Olive(Oliff) Reeves resided here in Walnut Grove, Leake, Mississippi
Walnut Grove, Leake, Mississippi
1940
1940
Age 62
Sarah Olive(Oliff) Reeves resided here in Walnut Grove, Leake, Mississippi, USA
Walnut Grove, Leake, Mississippi, USA
1940
Aft. 1940
Age 62
Death of Sarah Olive(Oliff) Reeves in Mississippi
Mississippi

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt 1878
    Event Place: Mississippi
    Record Source:
    [1] 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Beat 5, Scott, Mississippi; Roll: 663; Page: 104C; Enumeration District: 083
    [2] 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Beat 5, Scott, Mississippi; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 0014; FHL microfilm: 2340900
    [3] 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Harperville, Scott, Mississippi; Roll: T624_757; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 0097; FHL microfilm: 1374770
    [4] 1920 United States Federal Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Beat 5, Scott, Mississippi; Roll: T625_892; Page: 14B; Enumeration District: 116
    [5] 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Beat 5, Scott, Mississippi; Page: 22; Enumeration District: 0094; FHL microfilm: 1240827
    [6] 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Walnut Grove, Leake, Mississippi; Roll: m-t0627-02041; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 40-13

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1880
    Event Place: Beat 5, Scott, Mississippi, USA
    Record Source: 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Beat 5, Scott, Mississippi; Roll: 663; Page: 104C; Enumeration District: 083

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 16 Sep 1899
    Event Place: Scott County, Mississippi
    Record Source: Antioch Primitive Baptist Church History, Scott Co., MS: 1835-1920, Church memberhship

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1900
    Event Place: Beat 5, Scott, Mississippi, USA
    Record Source: 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Beat 5, Scott, Mississippi; Page: 22; Enumeration District: 0094; FHL microfilm: 1240827

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 18 May 1901
    Event Place: Scott County, Mississippi
    Record Source: Antioch Primitive Baptist Church History, Scott Co., MS: 1835-1920, Excluded from Church, Sarah Reeves is also listed as one who was excluded. I wonder if this was another person because Oliff’s name was “Sarah Oliff”.

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1910
    Event Place: Harperville, Scott, Mississippi, USA
    Record Source: 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Harperville, Scott, Mississippi; Roll: T624_757; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 0097; FHL microfilm: 1374770

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1920
    Event Place: Beat 5, Scott, Mississippi, USA
    Record Source: 1920 United States Federal Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Beat 5, Scott, Mississippi; Roll: T625_892; Page: 14B; Enumeration District: 116

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1930
    Event Place: Beat 5, Scott, Mississippi, USA
    Record Source: 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Beat 5, Scott, Mississippi; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 0014; FHL microfilm: 2340900

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1935
    Event Place: Walnut Grove, Leake, Mississippi
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Walnut Grove, Leake, Mississippi; Roll: m-t0627-02041; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 40-13

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1940
    Event Place: Walnut Grove, Leake, Mississippi, USA
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Walnut Grove, Leake, Mississippi; Roll: m-t0627-02041; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 40-13

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Aft. 1940
    Event Place: Mississippi
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