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- !CENSUS:1880 Marion Co., SC Manning # 42/42
J. Robert Reaves 32 M Farmer SC-SC-SC
Sarah F. 28 wife
Lizzie 12 dau
Annie 10 dau
Sallie 8 dau
Charlie 7 son
Samuel W. 6 son
Robert L. 3 son
Mary A. 1 dau;
!CENSUS:1900 Marion Co., SC Manning # 665/674
J. Robert Reaves head Sep 1847 52 M 33 SC-SC-SC
Sarah F. wife Jun 1852 47 M 33 13-12
Annie dau Aug 1869 30 S
Samuel W. son Jul 1875 24 S
Mary A. dau Dec 1878 21 S
Janie M. dau Mar 1881 19
Bertha F. dau Nov 1882 17
George W. son Sep 1884 15
Joseph E. son Jul 1888 11
Harry L. son Jan 1891 9
Ethel dau Jun 1892 7;
!REFERENCE: A History of Marion County, South Carolina From Its Earliest Times to the Present, 1901, by W. W. Sellers, Esq., of the Marion Bar. 1902. pp. 199-206
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Elizabeth Watson, third daughter of old man Isham, married the late George W. Reaves, being his third wife; by him she had five children, three of whom died children; two were raised a son, J. R. Reaves, and a daughter, Mary E. Robert Reaves is one of our leading fellow-citizens, on Buck Swamp he married a Miss McMillan, in the Mullins community, and has raised a large family- I think, thirteen or fourteen children, sons and daughters; he is doing a good part by his children in the way of education. Charles is a leading merchant of Mullins. Samuel W. is a graduate of the Citadel, and is a promising young man* [*S. W. Reaves is now a professor in Clemson College] Robert, another son, is a graduate of a dental school, and has located in Marion for the practice of his profession; he is also a promising young man. Of J. R. Reaves' daughters, the older ones are well educated and stand well ; one or two of them married, to whom unknown; several not yet grown.* [*Mary Reaves, a graduate of Winthrop. died of typhoid fever recently.] Mary married Dr. N. C. Murphy, who died several years ago; she is a practical business woman, a good manager in her business and farm affairs she has three sons and two daughters ; both daughters are married, one to a Mr. McMillan, the other to a Mr. Cain, of St. Matthews. ;
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