REEVES/EDWARDS Cemetery

      The Reeves/Edwards cemetery is situated on the former Thomas Reeves Donation Land Claim. Thomas Reeves came to Benton County in 1845 and is considered Benton County's first Euro-American settler. The earliest death date recorded on a gravestone is that of Laura Foster, infant daughter of John and Mary Lloyd Foster. The date of 1849 indicates that this is one of Benton County's oldest cemeteries. The graves of some of the earliest settlers of this region are located here, including the Foster, Currier, Lloyd and Reeves families. There are 16 marked stones with at least 4 or 5 unmarked burials. The cemetery is also referred to as the Edwards Cemetery although none of the Edwards family are buried here. The name probably comes from the fact that James Edwards owned the property surrounding the cemetery for many years, beginning in 1862. The James Edwards house and barn are located below the cemetery, to the south. The last burial in this cemetery was that of Thomas Reeves in 1886. The Reeves-Edwards Cemetery was never surveyed nor platted.

SLAGLE, Nancy J. - 27 Feb 1875,
      (wife of Conrad SLAGLE)

MILLER, William - 1853, -

MILLER, Eliza (LLOYD) - 1831-1858
      (wife of William Miller)

MILLER, Mary E. - 1852 - 1853

LLOYD, Lucinda E. - 4 June 1869
      (wife of William LLOYD)

LLOYD, Nancy - 26 Feb 1853, Age 54 Y
     (wife of John LLOYD)

FOSTER, Mary A. (LLOYD) - 22 Aug 1854, Age 29 Y
     (wife of John FOSTER and Dau of Nancy and John LLOYD)

FOSTER, Isaac - 12 Dec 1856, Age 27 Y, 7 M

CURRIER, Marla FOSTER - 1834 - 1859
     (wife of J.W. CURRIER)

CURRIER, Anna - 1858 - 1860

CURRIER, Sarah - 1853 - 1857

FOSTER, Angelina - 1856 - 1856
      (dau. of John & Mary LLOYD FOSTER)

FOSTER, Manley - 1850 - 1854
     (child of John & Mary LLOYD FOSTER)

FOSTER, Laura - 1849 - 1849
     (child of John & Mary LLOYD FOSTER)

HUMPHREY, Sally CURRIER - 1822 - 1849
     (wife of A. L. HUMPHREY

REEVES, Thomas D. - 6 Mar 1814 - 22 Feb 1886)

REEVES, ** - 9 July 1848 - 9 July 1848
      (son of Thomas REEVES)

REEVES, Madison G. - 15 Nov 1853 - 5 Mar 1859

REEVES, Infant - Sep 1849 - Sep 1849
      (died same day as born - son of Thomas REEVES)

REEVES, Martha Ann - 3 Nov 1858 - 14 Jan 1862

CARR, Sarah Jane - 1853, Age 16)

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