When George Reeves was born on 19 January 1789, in Luzerne Township, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Richard Reeves, was 29 and his mother, Elizabeth Dix, was 20. He married Roxanna Stroud on 15 September 1810, in Athens, Athens, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 15 September 1872, in Meigs, Orange Township, Meigs, Ohio, United States, at the age of 83.
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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.
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