Dave, my line of Reeves is from Ohio to Iowa. My gggrandfather ?? married, I believe Matilda from Ill. One of their sons was James H. (in census also noted as James S.) b. 1861. Part of the family stayed in Iowa, some went to Calif and my gggrandfather moved around, mainly to Iowa, Ill, So. Dakota, landing in Mo. Recently, some distant cousins contacted me and we think my gggrandfather may have been Manassa Reeves. Is this from your line? Judi Reeves