Full Name
Bass Reeves
Date of Birth
July 1838 (enslaved)
Place of Birth
Date of Death
January 12, 1910
Place of Death
Education
Unknown
Spouses Names
Nellie Jennie (died in 1896) Winnie Sumter (1900-1910)
Children Names
Benjamin “Bennie” Reeves Newland Reeves George Reeves Lula Reeves Robert Reeves Sally Reeves Edgar Reeves Bass Reeves Jr. Harriet Reeves Homer Reeves Alice Reeves
Parents Names
J. M. Stewart (Father) Pearlalee Stewart (Mother)
Known Affiliates Names
William Steele Reeves, Jim Webb, Wiley Bear, John Simmons, Sam Lasly, Frank Buck, George R. Reeves, James F. Fagan, Isaac Parker, W.H.H. Clayton, Paul L. Brady (great-nephew), Willard Reaves (great-great-grandson), Ryan Reaves (great-great-great-grandson), Jordan Reaves (great-great-great-grandson)
Affiliated Organizations’ Names
Texas Trail of Fame, United States Marshal Service
One of the 1st African-American deputy U.S. Marshals west of the Mississipi River