From the minutes of Mt. Olive Baptist Church 1929 In Memoriam of Mrs. Susan Frances Story Reeves Born August 26, 1838 Died May 12, 1929 United with Mt. Olive Church in 1857 Baptized by Rev. James McCloud Clerk P.H. McDowell "I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: Henceforth there is laid for me a crown of righteousness." Descendants of Susan Frances Story Generation No. 1 1. SUSAN FRANCES3 STORY (WILEY J.2, WILLIAM1) was born 26 August 1838 in Pike County, Georgia, and died 12 May 1929 in Pike County, Georgia. She married (1) JOHN PHILLIP GRAHAM 1859 in Pike County, Georgia, son of REV. BILLY GRAHAM. He died Abt. 1863 in Rock Island, Illinois (Civil War). She married (2) HUGH H. REEVES 1865 in Pike County, Georgia. He was born Abt. 1838 in Georgia, and died 03 April 1904 in Pike County, Georgia. Notes for SUSAN FRANCES STORY: Pike County Journal. Friday, April 27, 1928 (Dawn Hill) Our Older Citizens Mrs. Susan Reeves Mrs. Susan Reeves was born in Pike county near Union school house on August 26, 1838 and now lives with her daughter, Mrs. Murray McCard, within about two miles of her birth place. She has never lived more that three miles from where she was born. She is the daughter of Wiley and Rebecca (Beckham) Storey. He father was born in Jasper county and her mother in Washington county. Both parents were Methodists, her grandfather Storey being a Methodist preacher. There was once a Methodist church where Union colored school now stands and her parents were members of this church. The church, however, was done away with many years ago and Mrs. Reeves joined Mt. Olive Baptist Church in 1867 and was baptized by Rev. James McCloud. Henry McDowell was church clerk at that time. Mrs. Reeves has been a faithful member since that time and is still able to attend church services. She first married Philip Graham, son of Rev. Billy Graham of Milner. He joined the Confederate army on June 22, 1862. He was captured and died in prison at Rock Island. While sick at Lynchburg, Va., he was visited by Mrs. Reeves. She got a pass in Zebulon from Dr. Redding who was Ordinary of the county. She went through Atlanta and says it was just a small town. In later years she was married to Hugh Reeves who also served as a volunteer from the beginning until the close of the war. He died April 3, 1904 at the age of 68 years. This union was blessed with eight children, six of whom are still living:- Mrs. R.G. Elliott, Mrs. Murray McCard, G.A. Reeves of Molena, Mrs. R.S. Eppinger of Concord, J.C. Reeves of Griffin and Mrs. J.E. Beckham of Long Branch, Texas. She has 24 grandchildren. Mrs. Reeves has several souvenirs handed down from her mother which she prizes very highly, among them being a willow basket made by the Indians. It is quite interesting to hear her talk of old times and how different things are now from what they were when she was a girl. She attributes her health and long life to the fact she looks on the bright side of life and takes a good hearty laugh several times a day. It will do anyone good to visit her and hear her talk. The Monroe Advertiser July 4, 1929 (Transcribed 06/24/03 Lynn Cunningham) Find Letters Written by Confederate Soldier to "The Girl He Left Behind" Faded old letters, describing the horrors and tragedies of the war between the states, written by John P. Graham to his young bride, Susan Frances Storey Graham, when he was fighting with the Confederate soldiers in 1863, were recently found by Mrs. M.W. McCard, of Molena, among her late mother's possessions. The letters, yellowed with age, told of the hardships, fears and loneliness of the war - which later claimed his life. Graham was only 19 when he left his young bride of a few weeks to fight for the Southland, and was just 20 years old when he died of typhoid fever in a Yankee hospital. Mrs. Graham later married Hugh Reeves, who was also a soldier in the Confederate Army, and it was from this union that she is survived by five daughters and two sons. Mrs. Reeves recently died at the age of 90 years, and it was while going through her personal possessions that the letters written almost 70 years ago from her first husband, who gave his life for the lost cause, were found. - Pike County Journal. More About SUSAN FRANCES STORY: Burial: Mt. Olive Church Cemetery, Pike County, Georgia Notes for JOHN PHILLIP GRAHAM: Graham, J. P. - Private May 5, 1862. Captured at Knoxville, Tennessee, Nov ember 29, 1863. Died at Rock Island, Illinois. Buried there. More About JOHN PHILLIP GRAHAM: Burial: Rock Island, Illinois Cause of Death: Typhoid fever Notes for HUGH H. REEVES: 1880 Census Place: District 581, Pike, Georgia Source: FHL Film 1254161 National Archives Film T9-0161 Page 161C Hugh H. REAVES, Self, M, M, W, 42, GA, Occ: Farmer, Fa: GA, Mo: GA Susan F. REAVES, Wife, F, M, W, 41, GA, Occ: Keeping House, Fa: GA, Mo: GA Mattie E. REAVES, Dau, F, S, W, 13, GA, Fa: GA, Mo: GA Francis R. REAVES, Dau, F, S, W, 11, GA, Fa: GA, Mo: GA Etta L. REAVES, Dau, F, S, W, 9, GA, Fa: GA, Mo: GA George A. REAVES, Son, M, S, W, 6, GA, Fa: GA, Mo: GA Willie REAVES, Son, M, S, W, 3, GA, Fa: GA, Mo: GA Sallie REAVES, Dau, F, S, W, 1, GA, Fa: GA, Mo: GA More About HUGH H. REEVES: Burial: Eppinger Cemetery, Pike County, Georgia Military service: CSA Civil War Children of SUSAN STORY and HUGH REEVES are: i. AVIE DELLA4 REEVES, b. Pike County, Georgia; d. 15 August 1938, Pike County, Georgia (Source: Georgia Death Index 1919-1998.); m. MURRAY W. MCCARD; b. Abt. 1887, Georgia; d. 29 July 1972, Pike County, Georgia (Source: Georgia Death Index 1919-1998.). Notes for AVIE DELLA REEVES: Joined Mt. Olive Church by letter on August 7, 1938, died August 15, 1938. More About MURRAY W. MCCARD: Residence: Upson County, Georgia ii. MATTIE E. REEVES, b. Abt. 1867, Pike County, Georgia. iii. FRANCES R. REEVES, b. Abt. 1869, Pike County, Georgia. iv. ETTA LAVINA REEVES, b. 20 September 1872, Pike County, Georgia; d. 20 October 1946, Pike County, Georgia (Source: Georgia Death Index 1919-1998.); m. ROBERT SIDNEY EPPINGER, 07 January 1892, Pike County, Georgia (Source: Marriage Record - Pike County, Georgia.); b. 06 March 1871, Pike County, Georgia; d. 12 December 1946, Pike County, Georgia (Source: Georgia Death Index 1919-1998.). More About ETTA LAVINA REEVES: Burial: Mt. Olive Church Cemetery, Pike County, Georgia More About ROBERT SIDNEY EPPINGER: Burial: Mt. Olive Church Cemetery, Pike County, Georgia v. GEORGE ANDREW REEVES, b. 24 February 1874, Pike County, Georgia; d. 24 October 1931, Pike County, Georgia (Source: Georgia Death Index 1919-1998, Certificate 26152.). More About GEORGE ANDREW REEVES: Cause of Death: Suicide vi. WILLIE PEARLINA REEVES, b. 29 August 1877, Pike County, Georgia; d. 18 October 1886, Pike County, Georgia. More About WILLIE PEARLINA REEVES: Burial: Eppinger Family Cemetery, Pike County, Georgia vii. SALLIE REEVES, b. Abt. 1879, Pike County, Georgia.