Todd-Woodford County KyArchives Biographies.....Reeves, Willis Long, Sr. February 9 1796 - April 29 1866
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Author: The Biographical Encyclopaedia of Kentucky, J. M. Armstrong & Company, 1878
Willis Long Reeves, Sr., Lawyer, was born in Woodford County, Kentucky, while 
his parents were en route from Virginia to Kentucky, on the 9th of February, 
1796. His educational attainments were necessarily limited, but, by close 
application, he succeeded in acquiring an English education in advance of the 
ordinary facilities offered in his times. Owing to a pecuniary misfortune with 
which his father was stricken, he was, at an early age, thrown upon his own 
resources, and succeeded, at the age of sixteen years, in obtaining employment 
in the clerk's office at Hopkinsville, notwithstanding his residence in 
Trenton, Todd County. In this position he remained until 1822, when he was 
made, first Circuit Clerk of the County, and, in a few year, County Clerk, 
holding and filling both offices until the adoption of the new State 
Constitution, in 1850. After leaving his public offices he gave his attention 
to his farm, and other large property interests, of which he had at this time 
possessed himself.  He early united with the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 
of which he was an active and leading member, and transacted all the legal 
business of the congregation gratuitously, besides donating largely from his 
means toward the support and encouragement of the cause. In politics, he was a 
steadfast Henry Clay Whig, both from conviction of the correctness of the 
principles and a strong personal attachment to the leader of the party. He was 
a man of great energy and most indomitable will, who knew not failure. He 
turned a great deal of his time and attention, besides his means, to the 
education and elevation of the masses. His death, which occurred on the 29th of
April, 1866, was universally regretted, and the community sustained a loss
not easily repaired. He was married, in 1856, to Mrs. Emily Carr, daughter
of James H. Davidson, Esq., of Logan County, and left five children.
 


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