1860 USC Twp 16N, R5W, 4P. M., Rock Island Co., Illinois Page 16 Lists :
Van Meter Reeves, 63, Farmer, $800, $690, VA
Matilda " " , 50, Wife, Ohio
Lydia A. " " , 19, F, Ohio
Andrew Jackson " ,12, M, Ohio
Martha Essex, 8, F, by 1st husband, IL ??????
Mc Franklin ", 7, M, Do, IL
Dorinda ", 5, F, Do, IL
Note: Van Meter Reeves state of birth in the 1860 census was given as Virginia, however his father James was in Rostraver Twp., Westmoreland Co., PA in 1790, it is most likely Van Meter was born in what is now West Virginia, that sliver of land between southwest Pennsylvania and Ohio.
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