Historical Marker
Mrs. Mary E. Reeves
Historical marker location:
Lost Prairie, Texas
( Lost Prairie Cemetery, FM 3371, Lost Prairie)
Marker installed: 1978
(October 28, 1828 - January 7, 1917)
Born in Georgia, a daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Ben Hawkins, Mary Ellephan Hawkins was married in 1847 in Alabama to William Jay Reeves. The couple and their young children moved to Texas about 1855. While her husband served in Company F, 15th Texas Cavalry, Sweet Regiment during the Civil War, Mary E. Reeves cared for the family at home. Descendants include physicians, lawyers, bankers, and citizens in many other walks of life.
Recorded - 1978.
In the late 19th century, Texas became known for its cattle drives, in which cowboys would move herds of cattle from Texas to railheads in Kansas and other northern states. The cattle drives were dangerous and difficult work, but they played a key role in the development of the American cattle industry.