Rhoda Shaw

1830 - 1907  (~ 77 years)

• Name	Rhoda Shaw  [1]
  Alt. Birth	Abt 1829	Georgia   [2]
  Alt. Birth	Abt 1830	Alabama   [3]
  Born	Aug 1830	Alabama   [4]
  Gender	Female
  Find A Grave ID	60768523
  Alt. Birth	19 Oct 1831  [1]
  Alt. Birth	Abt 1833	Georgia   [5]
  Alt. Birth	Abt 1835	Georgia   [6]
  Illiterate	22 Nov 1850	Cherokee County, Alabama   [2]
  Illiterate	3 Aug 1860	Jacksonville, Calhoun, Alabama   [5]
  Illiterate	30 Jun 1870	Hokes Bluff, Etowah, Alabama   [6]
  Illiterate	12 Jun 1880	Greenwood, Etowah County, Alabama   [4]
  	On the 1900 census she declared she could read and write.
  Name	Rhoda  [4]
  Name	Rhoda Reeves  [2, 5]
  Name	Roda Reeves  [6]
  Name	Rody Reaves  [3]
  Occupation	12 Jun 1880	Greenwood, Etowah County, Alabama   [3]
  	farmer
  Occupation	18 Jun 1900	Hokes Bluff, Etowah, Alabama   [4]
  	midwife
  Died	13 Nov 1907	Etowah County, Alabama   [1]
  Buried	New Bethel Cemetery, Hokes Bluff, Etowah, Alabama   [1]
  		Reeves → Rhoda
  Person ID	I117324	If the Legends Are True...
  Last Modified	27 Nov 2018

  
  

  Father	James Shaw,   b. Between 1790 and 1795,   d. Bef 1850  (Age ~ 59 years)
  Mother	Rhoda Ann Farrar,   b. Abt 1800, Madison, Morgan, Georgia ,   d. Aft Aug 1880  (Age ~ 80 years)
  Married	1 Mar 1820	Morgan County, Georgia
  Family ID	F31000	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Sanders Reeves,   b. Feb 1828, Georgia ,   d. 27 Nov 1862, Morristown, Hamblen, Tennessee  (Age ~ 34 years)
  Census	22 Nov 1850	Cherokee County, Alabama   [2]
  	District 27, Page 84B, Line 20, Dwelling 311, Family 311: The household consisted of John S. Reeves, 22, male; Rhoda, 21, female; Lucinda, 3, female; and John, 4 months, male.
  Census	3 Aug 1860	Jacksonville, Calhoun, Alabama   [5]
  	Ranges 8 & 9, Page 137, Line 31, Dwelling 929, Family 929: The household consisted of John S. Reeves, 32, male; Rhoda, 27, female; Lucinda C., 13, female; John N., 11, male; Wm. C., 6, male; Irene D., 5, female; Nathan C., 3, male; and C. B. L., 1, male. John S. declared $500 real estate and $400 personal estate. According to MeasuringWorth.com, in 2017 the relative worth of $900 from 1860 was: — $177,000.00 using the unskilled wage — $379,000.00 using the Production Worker Compensation — $386,000.00 using the nominal GDP per capita
  Census	30 Jul 1870	Hokes Bluff, Etowah, Alabama   [6]
  	Township 12 Range 7, Page 76, Line 11, Dwelling 84, Family 87: Roda Reeves, 35, female; Wm, 12, male; Irena, 17, female; N. C., 12, male; Lafayette, 10, male; and James H., 7, male. Roda declared $100 personal estate. According to MeasuringWorth.com, in 2017 the relative worth of $100 from 1870 was: — $13,800.00 using the unskilled wage — $28,700.00 using the Production Worker Compensation — $30,500.00 using the nominal GDP per capita
  Census	12 Jun 1880	Greenwood, Etowah County, Alabama   [3]
  	District 72, Page 404D, Line 33, Dwelling 148, Family 148: The household consisted of Rody Reaves, 50, head; Janice, 23, daughter; Lafayette, 27, son; and James, 20, son. Dwelling 149, Family 149: The household consisted of Rody's son Columbus Reaves, 23, head; Sarah 20, wife; and Ella, 6 months, daughter. The men all farm and son James and his sister-in-law Sarah are the only literate members of the family.
  Census	18 Jun 1900	Hokes Bluff, Etowah, Alabama   [4]
  	Sheet 9A, Line 33, Dwelling 142, Family 146. The household consisted of Rhoda Reeves, head, 69, widowed. Rhoda lives next door to her son James S. Reeves and family. She is a midwife and has had 6 children, 4 living.
  		Census of 1900 - Alabama, Calhoun County Hokes Bluff, Sheet 9A
  Children	18 Jun 1900	Hokes Bluff, Etowah, Alabama   [4]
  	6 children, 4 living
  Children	1. Lucinda C. Reeves,   b. Abt 1847, Alabama ,   d. Bef Jun 1880  (Age ~ 33 years) + 2. John H. Reeves,   b. Abt 1849, Alabama ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Janice Reaves,   b. Abt 1852, Alabama ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. William C. Reeves,   b. Abt 1854, Alabama ,   d. Yes, date unknown + 5. Emley Irene Reeves,   b. 9 Feb 1855, Alabama ,   d. 19 Aug 1956  (Age 101 years) + 6. Nathan Columbus Reeves,   b. Abt 1857, Alabama ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Lafayette Reeves,   b. Abt 1858, Alabama ,   d. Yes, date unknown + 8. James Shelly Reeves,   b. Apr 1861, Alabama ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	27 Nov 2018
  Family ID	F43283	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S531] Find-A-Grave, (www.findagrave.com/), Memorial: 60768523, "Rhoda Shaw Reeves" (Reliability: 3). [S171] Census, U. S. Federal Government, (HeritageQuest), 1850, Alabama, Cherokee County, District 27, Page 84B (Reliability: 4). [S171] Census, U. S. Federal Government, (HeritageQuest), 1880, Alabama, Etowah County, Greenwood, District 72, Page 404D (Reliability: 4). [S171] Census, U. S. Federal Government, (HeritageQuest), 1900, Alabama, Etowah, Hokes Bluff, Sheet 9A (Reliability: 4). Series: T623 Roll: 15 Page: 89 [S171] Census, U. S. Federal Government, (HeritageQuest), 1860, Alabama, Calhoun County, Jacksonville, Page 137 (Reliability: 4). [S171] Census, U. S. Federal Government, (HeritageQuest), 1870, Alabama, Etowah County, Township 12 Range 7, Page 76 (Reliability: 4).