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William Thomas Reeves

Birth
Madison County, Arkansas, USA
Death
Apr 1863 (aged 13–14)
Witter, Madison County, Arkansas, USA
Burial
Witter, Madison County, Arkansas, USA Add to Map
Plot
Near center of cemetery
Memorial ID
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Born to Barrester and Sarah Cantrell Reeves, he was one of their 6 children murdered by poison, when Southern sympatizers shot and killed their father and poisoned their well or spring.
In later years one brother, who survived, always pointed to the cemetery when he passed by and said his siblings were buried near the center of the grounds. There are no headstones.

Cause of death: Murdered by poisoning.
Born to Barrester and Sarah Cantrell Reeves, he was one of their 6 children murdered by poison, when Southern sympatizers shot and killed their father and poisoned their well or spring.
In later years one brother, who survived, always pointed to the cemetery when he passed by and said his siblings were buried near the center of the grounds. There are no headstones.

Cause of death: Murdered by poisoning.