John R. Reeves VA>OH?>IN>IA>KS 1819-1887
I am searching for information on my ggggrandfather John R. Reeves. He was born August 30, 1819 in Virginia(although that may have been part of PA,KY,OH,WV). He was married in January 1850 in LaPorte County Indiana to Eusebia Day. The 1850 census for LaPorte County lists his birthplace as Virginia. One theory is that he is one of nine sons of Archibald Reeves and Rachel Ratliff who lived in Howland Township, Trumbull County, Ohio from 1820-1868. This theory is based on the fact that two of John's children have Ratliff as a middle name, his middle initial is R. and Rachel Ratliff's father's name was John. Any help or direction would be greatly appreciated. My sympathy to anyone else who has been trying to trace the name John Reeves since nearly every Reeves family seems to have a John in nearly every generation.