Looking for information relating to Walter F. Reeves and Martha Gee. I recently compiled a rough timeline of Martha's life, which includes Walter's dates:
1791 May 5 Walter F. Reeves born, NYC
1799 Aug 10 Martha Gee born, NY?
1800 Census, Colchester, Delaware, NY includes Joseph, Edmund, Moses, Peter, and Joshua Gee.
1814 Sept. 8 Walter F. Reeves enlisted in NY Militia, (Farrington's Regt.) Delhi, Delaware, NY
1814 Dec. 12 Walter F. Reeves honorably discharged, NYC
1815 Dec. 31 Martha Gee and Walter F. Reeves married, Colchester, Delaware County, NY
1818 July 22 Samuel R. Reeves born
1821 July 11 William Reeves born
1830 Census, Walton, Delaware, NY, Walter Reeves household has 3 males under 15, 1 female under 5, as well as Walter and Martha
1830 Oct. 4 James R. Reeves born
1832 Aug. 26 Chauncy P. Reeves born, NY
1834 Oct. Jesse A. Reeves born, Rootstown, Portage, Ohio
1836 Nov. 28 Mary Jane Reeves born, Rootstown, Portage, Ohio
1838 Oct. 13 Walter Francis Reeves born, Ohio
1840 Census, Deerfield, Portage, Ohio, Walter Reeves household has 6 males under 20, two females under 15, as well as Walter and Martha
1843 May 9 Walter F. Reeves (Sr.) died, Ohio
1844 Oct. 8 Married Samuel Wheeler Bowers, Portage County, Ohio
1845 Moved to Michigan
1850 Apr. 1 Samuel Wheeler Bowers died
1850 Census, Lansing, Ingham, Mich. Martha Reeves living with three youngest children.
1850 Sept. 28 Martha Bowers granted power of attorney to two lawyers in her effort to gain bounty lands as the widow of Walter F. Reeves, veteran of the War of 1812, Ingham County, Mich.
1850 Nov. 3. Martha Bowers appeared before an Ingham County justice of the peace to petition for bounty land
1852 Jan. 15 Martha married Heth P. Kinch, Michigan
1860 July 6 Census, Henrietta, Jackson, Mich. Martha Kinch with Heth and Mary (age 18) Kinch, Elizabeth and Barry Ripple, and Chauncy Reeves
1861 Mar. 2 Martha Kinch provided affidavit for three youngest children re: bounty land heirs
Died 1862 or 1863, Jackson County, Mich.