My Reeves ancestors are: 1) J.W. Reves or Reeves (possibly James) born 1873 (possibly Texas or Arkansas), married 1898 in Little River County, AR to Sarah K. Bogan. J.W.'s mother was named Emelia aka. "Mellie". The only information I have besides a marriage certificate is oral family history which states he was a tall, blue eyed Frenchman. On J.W.'s marriage certificate he states he was from "Winthrop", Arkansas which is in Little River County. J.W. is not found on any 1900 census living with his wife, Sarah and daughter, Emelia Ann (born in 1900 in Hempstead County, AR). My Grandfather, William Thomas Reeves was born in Little River County, AR in 1902. J.W. died shortly about 1903. All we know is that he was supposedly shot by a gunman somewhere in Southwest Arkansas or Indian Territory. Research of newspaper articles in Arkansas at that time, has turned up nothing so far on this "fact". There is a John Reeves born 1815 in North Carolina living in Jackson Township, Sevier County (later became Little River County) in 1850 and 1860. I can locate no further information on him, but suspect he was related to our Reeves. My J.W. was from Jackson Township also. No children are shown on the census records belonging to this John Reeves. This John Reeves may have married a Nancy Green in Sevier County about 1857. No further information. Emelia divorced J.W.'s father sometime after J.W. was born and remarried some years later to a Mr. Jones of Nacogdoches, TX where they lived around 1914. To my knowledge, there were no siblings to my J.W. Reeves ever mentioned, therefore we have no idea if there were other children of the union of Mr. Reeves and Emelia "Mellie" who were probably married sometime around 1870-1872. Pretty much dead ends on all counts, but I've worked on this for over 12 years. Carole **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489