Greene-Highland County OhArchives Biographies.....Elias Miller  Reeves May 27 1818 - February 9 1896
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Elias Miller Reeves (Reaves), oldest son of George Reeves, was born May 27, 
1818 in Greene County, Ohio near Jamestown.  At the age of 16 years he united 
with the Caesar's Creek Church (Old School Baptist) and in 1839 he married 
Elizabeth McConnell of nearby Paintersville.  He was commissioned Captain of 
the 5th Company, 2nd Regiment, 1st Brigade and 5th Division of the Ohio Militia 
in 1841:  Commission signed by Thomas Corwin, Governor of Ohio.  He held 
several township offices in Greene County until 1867.  He then moved to 
Highland County, Ohio where he purchased a small farm known as the Achor Farm.  
He and Elizabeth lived there a number of years and then moved to Willettsville, 
Ohio where he died on February 9, 1896.  He and Elizabeth are buried in Dunn's 
Chapel Cemetery, Willettsville, Highland County, Ohio.

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