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1847–1868

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Birth Date
10 March 1841
Death Date
28 December 1929
Gender
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Moses Van Buren Reeves

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  • Moses was a Civil War veteran who transported cook stoves to Salt Lake City in 1867 after leaving the military without official leave. Though he did not cross the plains with a Mormon pioneer company, he was in Utah before 1868 and was baptized into the Mormon faith. He married Mary Melissa Hamilton on 27 July 1868 in Midway, Utah.

    Newspaper accounts that give a much earlier birth date than the one cited above are incorrect. The death date given above is from a U.S. Veterans Administration Pension Payment Card and the Civil War Pensions Index. 
    (See https://www.fold3.com/search/#query=Moses+V.+Reeves&ocr=1&preview=1 and https://www.fold3.com/search/#query=Moses+V.+Reeves&ocr=1&offset=1&preview=1)

Company Unknown (1867)

  • Age at Departure: 25

Sources

  • 1850 Illinois Census.
  • "Civil War 'Vet' Dies in Salt Lake," Deseret News , 30 Dec. 1929, 2.
  • Utah Death Certificate Index, 1905-1967.
  • "Utah's Oldest Citizen Dies at Age of 104; Was Civil War Veteran," Salt Lake Telegram, 30 December 1929, 12.