Cherokee County AlArchives Biographies.....Reeves, James Avery 1842 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000031 September 9, 2011, 6:08 pm Source: See below Author: Smith & De Land, publishers JAMES AVERY REEVES, Attorney and Counselor at Law, Centre, native of Jasper County, Ga., son of James Madison and Susan Rice (Watt) Reeves, was born November 22, 1842. Until twelve years of age his home was at Cedar Bluff. At that time, his father having been dead some years, his mother married the Rev. O. D. McNeely, and moved upon a farm. This limited our subject's early education for a short time. In 1858 he entered college at Murfreesboro, Tenn., where we find him at the outbreak of the late war. In August, 1861, he enlisted in the Nineteenth Alabama, and from that time to the close of the war was identified with the Confederate service. At Shiloh he was severely wounded. This led to his discharge, and in the fall of 1863 he entered the Quartermaster's Department, in which he was assigned to post duty at Centre and Gadsden. Early in 1864 he was appointed by the Governor as Special Aid, with the rank of colonel, and assigned to the duty of raising and organizing State troops. In September, 1865, he began the study of law, and in the fall of 1867, was admitted to the bar at Centre. Here he at once entered upon a successful practice, which he has maintained fully to the present time. He was elected County Treasurer in 1865 and held that office one term. He was Journal Clerk of the House of Representatives, session of 1866-7. He had been appointed Register in Chancery, probably in 1865, and he held this office in addition to his other duties until 18_0. He was elected to the Legislature in February 1868, and took a conspicuous part in the succeeding important session. He was appointed State Examiner of Public Accounts by Governor Seay, in the spring of 1887, and how well he has acquitted himself in the discharge of this important duty is a matter of public record. Mr. Reeves was married December 20, 1866, to Miss Mary E. Haynes, and the names of the children born to them are: Maggie S., James H., Mary T. and John A. The family are identified with the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and Mr. Reeves is a Mason. Additional Comments: Extracted from: Northern Alabama: Historical and Biographical Birmingham, Ala.: Smith and De Land 1888 PART III. HISTORICAL RESUME OF THE VARIOUS COUNTIES IN THE STATE. MINERAL BELT. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/cherokee/bios/reeves895gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 2.9 Kb