John Bowles M. Reavis went frm NC to Davidson Co Tn, and then onto Illinois. His children were born in Tn. I have found the following and need input frm family to verify if this Miles Reavis, is indeed s/o JBMR. 1900 Jackson Co Il Census Reavis, Miles b1848 age 52 b Tn Emaline b 1854 age 45 b Il Arthur b 1874 25 b Il Emalline b 1883 16 b Il Samuel b 1885 14 b Il Reason this is confusing, is that I have a first wife Louise Plotner whom he married in 1868 and had a son Laban b1871 a second wife Mary Emma Fuller married 1888 The chn listed in the census are born 1874 thru 1885..which might indicate a wife Emaline in between the two listed. *Barb