Biography of James Reeves 1877- McDuffie County, GA REEVES, James T., M. D,. Thomson, GA., then Concordia Parish, Louisiana Submitted by Mike Miller Reeves, James Truman, M. D., prominent physician, banker and public spirited citizen, was born Jan. 19, 1877, near Thomson, Ga. A short account of the Reeves ancestry is given in connection with the sketch of his brother, Dr. M. C. Reeves, elsewhere in this volume. J. T. Reeves spent his youth and early manhood in Georgia, until 1902. He attended elementary school at Wrens, Ga., and later the medical department of the University of Georgia for 3 years. He left there in 1903 and passed the year 1904 in the medical university at Baltimore. It was the year of the great fire in that city when he received his degree of M. D. He then moved to Ferriday, La., and began the practice of his profession, which he has continued to this time. He went into the drug business in Ferriday the first year he was there and continues that also. Dr. Reeves is a member of the Louisiana State Medical society, was secretary and treasurer of the Concordia Medical society until it suspended, has been local surgeon for the T. & P. R. R. since 1906, is a member of the Elks' club of Natchez, and of the Knights of Pythias at Vidalia. Politically, he is a democrat, is alderman and treasurer of the town of Ferriday, and is a director of the Ferriday State bank. Dr. Reeves was married Feb. 9, 1910, to Corina, daughter of J. M. Hutchinson of Kentwood, La., and they have 1 son, James Truman Reeves, Jr. Source: Louisiana: Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form, volume 3, pp. 734-735. Edited by Alc e Fortier, Lit. D. Published in 1914, by Century Historical Association. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Mike Miller LouisianaBios@avoyelles.com ====================================================================