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Matilda Marletta Reeves

Birth
Madison County, Arkansas, USA
Death
Apr 1863 (aged 9–10)
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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She was the 10 year old daughter of Barrester and Sarah Cantrell Reeves. She, her father and 5 siblings were murdered by Southern sympathizers.
Her father was shot to death because he was a Union soldier, his body covered by household furniture, then all set on fire in his home. She and siblings drank from a well or stream they had poisoned. She has no headstone.
Cause of death: Murdered by poisoning.
She was the 10 year old daughter of Barrester and Sarah Cantrell Reeves. She, her father and 5 siblings were murdered by Southern sympathizers.
Her father was shot to death because he was a Union soldier, his body covered by household furniture, then all set on fire in his home. She and siblings drank from a well or stream they had poisoned. She has no headstone.
Cause of death: Murdered by poisoning.