FAMILY OF LOIS CHOATE AND JAMES REEVES
Lois Choate was born 18 February 1881 in Gainesboro, Jackson, Tennessee to John Choate and Clarinda Fatima Wells. According to the 1900 Census she lived in Picket County living with her Aunt Irene (sister of Clarinda) and John Story. In 1905 she marries James Charles Reeves, in Gainesboro, Jackson, Tennessee. In 1910 Lois and James have two children by now, Edgar who is 4 years old and Ethel who is 2. Her sister Anna (32 years old) also lives with them in the 1910 census. By 1920, we see that she still lives in Gaineboro and her family has grown. Children listed in the 1920 census are: Edgar, 13 yrs old; Ethel, 11 yrs old; Ruth, 7 yrs old; Raymond, 4 yrs, 11 months old; and John C. who is 3 yrs, 1 month old. In the 1930 census, we find Lois who is now 49 years old. 1930 census shows that she was 24 years old when she got married. It also shows that Lois is now working as a Public School Teacher. The children living with her in the 1930 census are: Ethel, 22; Ruth, 17; Raymond, 15; and John C., 13 yrs old. On 9 January of 1955 Lois Choate passes away and we find her buried in John L. Clark Memorial Cemetery, in Gainesboro, Tennessee.
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James Charles Reeves born 11 April 1866 to William Joseph Reeves and Donna Martha Hibbitt in Kentucky. Both of his parents were also born in Kentucky. James is working as a salesman in a cabinet store in the 1910 census. James is working as a bookkeeper in the 1920 census. James is 53 years old in the 1920 census. James is working as a miller at a Kerosine Mill in the 1930 census. James died 27 April 1953 in Gainesboro, Jackson County, Tennessee at the age of 87 of "old age". He is buried in the John L. Clark Memorial Cemetery in Gainesboro, Tennessee.
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CHILDREN OF LOIS CHOATE AND JAMES CHARLES REEVES
Edgar J. Reeves was born on 3 March 1906 in Tennessee.
He marries Mabel who was born in 1909 and together they have at least one daughter named Dorothy born in 1925. Edgar died on 21 July 2003 in Redford, Wayne County, Michigan. |
Mabel
Born in 1909 |
Ethel Carmen Reeves was born on 9 January 1908 in Jackson County, Tennessee and died on 11 January 1983 in Harper Woods, Wayne County, Michigan.
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Ruth E. Reeves was born 28 July 1913 in Tennessee. Ruth E. Hayes died 26 Dec 1977 in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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Husband - Hubert Goodwin married on 19 December 1931 in Marion County, Indiana. By 1933/1934 Hubert and Ruth were divorced and Hubert marries again on 23 January 1934.
Husband - Hardin Hayes married on 12 January 1938 in Marion County, Indiana |
Raymond Reeves was born about 1918 in Tennessee. From a Family Tree Maker Genealogy we find that Raymond served in the Navy during World War II.
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John C. Reeves
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