John, Thank you for the look-up. I think this could, possibly, be my Hezekiah Reaves. Comparing this new-found 1900 US Census from KY to the 1880 Census from Decatur County TN, we could assume this is not my Hezekiah or we could say he was running from a past he wanted to cover-up. He changed his name, all the children shown in the 1900 home were born after the 1880 census and the new wife is 14 years younger than he and 17 years younger than the 1880 wife. Hezekiah's father Richard E Reaves lived next door to him and died abt 1890 but we don't know where Hezekiah went after the 1880 census so it is reasonable to believe this is him. Sometimes the 40ish man is very unstable and that is not specific to any advancement in technology but is depicted in almost all generations. The first wife could have died but if this is my Hezekiah, why would he have changed his name because he did indicate he was able to read and write. Who would know?????? Unfortunately, the lazy enumerator from the 1880 census was not thorough on the names so we must guess at the given names of the children. I think the best plan would be to go after the Reaves children (SL 1868-F, A 1870-F, RG 1871-M, MJ 1874-F, E 1877-F) because Hezekiah is probably the man you have found but the available source material can't support that assumption. The Ruben Rives is the most compelling reason to assume this is my Hezekiah in KY. Again, Thank you John for your effort! I sincerely appreciate it, Billy F Reeves ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Blair" <jcblair77@btinternet.com> To: <tnhender@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 1:59 AM Subject: Re: [TNHENDER] Hezekiah B Reaves > > A possibility? 1900 census > > Name: H R Rives > Home in 1900: Longview, Christian, Kentucky > Age: 55 > Estimated birth year: abt 1845 > Birthplace: Tennessee > Relationship to head-of-house: Head > Spouse's name: M B > Race: White > Occupation: View image > Neighbors: View others on page > Household Members: Name Age > H R Rives 55 > M B Rives 41 > Margaret Rives 18 > Howard P Rives 13 > Wyatt Rivers 14 > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNHENDER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >