Brief Life History of Alethia
When Alethia Reeves was born on 11 February 1803, in South Carolina, United States, her father, Doctor Mauldin Reeves, was 21 and her mother, Nancy Stephenson, was 17. She married John Moore in 1821. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 9 daughters. She lived in Northern Division, Marshall, Mississippi, United States in 1850 and Fayette, Texas, United States in 1860. She died on 10 September 1867, in La Grange, Fayette, Texas, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in La Grange, Fayette, Texas, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (7)
- Allethia Moore in household of Heny Moore, "United States Census, 1860"
- Alethea Reeves Moore, "Find A Grave Index"
- Alethea Reeves in entry for Lucinda Jennie Gregory, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
Spouse and Children
1799–1867 Male
1803–1867 Female
Children (13)
1822–1908 Male
1824–1848 Female
1824–1891 Female
1825–1903 Male
1827–1910 Female
+8 More Children
Parents and Siblings
1781–1873 Male
1785–1828 Female
Siblings (12)
1802–1866 Male
1803–1867 Female
1805–1878 Female
1808–1888 Female
1809–1853 Female
+7 More Children
World Events (8)
1804
Age 1
1817
Age 14
1820 · The Treaty of Doak's Stand
Age 17
Name Meaning
English: variant of Reeve , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
English: from Middle English reve + genitival -s, for the son, daughter, wife, or servant of a reeve or of someone surnamed Reeve .
English: from Middle English atte Reves, a topographic and occupational name for someone who lived and probably worked ‘at the reeve's (house)’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Story Highlight
From Find A Grave Index:
w/o Henry Moore who died the same day - both were victims of the 1867 Yellow Fever outbreak in La Grange Texas. Mother of Sarah G. Moore and Lucinda Jane "Jennie" Moore Gregory
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