Reprinted from THE CYNTHIANA DEMOCRAT – August 7, 1969 – Amos and Ellen Tennis Reeves were married February 3, 1846, at Kentontown. A prophecy wedding cake was served at the reception. Amos and Ellen read their prophecy to the wedding party. It was "Together let us live and love, together let us die." The young couple liked the little prophecy and remembered it through their hard pioneer struggle for existence.
Eleven children were born into the family. Charles Newton was born July 28, 1851, shortly before the family moved to Lone Jack, Missouri. They built a trading post where the Sioux Indians came to trade their furs. The Indians became attached to the little three-year-old boy. They brought gifts for him and taught him the Sioux language.
Mrs. Reeves put him and his sister, Julia, to bed for a nap one afternoon and sat down to write letters to friends in Kentucky. Julia awoke and found her brother gone. A searching party was formed by the neighbors. Julia, who was four years old, was carried and placed on the footprints in the dirt, since she and Charles Newton had the same size feet. Footprints were traced to a clump of bushes by the side of the Missouri River.
Failing to find their son after years of searching, Mr. And Mrs. Reeves, with the 10 remaining children, moved back to Kentucky. They built a house on a cliff near the Hieatt Road in Robertson County between Claysville and Kentontown. A porch was extended over the Licking River. Ellen and Amos spent quiet evenings listening to the ripple of the water flowing past their home.
"Miss" Ellen gave much time from her busy home life to minister to the sick in the community. Her herb garden and knowledge of the medical qualities of common weeds and roots kept her services in great demand. When the stork was due in the neighborhood, she kept her horse saddled and ready to go. Her children married and settled on surrounding farms. The hard times were over for Ellen and Amos, but longing for their lost son stood between them and contentment in their old age.
A clipping from a Cynthiana Democrat under the heading of Claysville News, written by correspondent Mrs. Ella Minor Hitch reads as follows: "I visited Charles Newton Reeves, who was stolen by the Sioux Indians in Missouri in 1853. He was taken, along with a girl named Anna Ware, to Michigan, where the girl was found by her parents. Reeves remained a captive for 20 years. His Indian name was Polar Bear. He escaped to Salt Lake City, Utah, where he learned the English language." After years of searching, he found his aged parents at their home on the Hieatt Road.
"Miss" Ellen's adventurous life came to a close the night of October 4, 1897. Amos refused to go to sleep that night. He sat on the porch over the river to be alone with his memories. When a neighbor lady tried to awaken him early in the morning, she found him dead. He and Ellen were buried in a twin casket in the Kentontown Cemetery. Their gravestone bears the inscription, "Together let us live and love, together let us die." Their son, Charles Newton, lived to the age of 76.
Eleven children were born into the family. Charles Newton was born July 28, 1851, shortly before the family moved to Lone Jack, Missouri. They built a trading post where the Sioux Indians came to trade their furs. The Indians became attached to the little three-year-old boy. They brought gifts for him and taught him the Sioux language.
Mrs. Reeves put him and his sister, Julia, to bed for a nap one afternoon and sat down to write letters to friends in Kentucky. Julia awoke and found her brother gone. A searching party was formed by the neighbors. Julia, who was four years old, was carried and placed on the footprints in the dirt, since she and Charles Newton had the same size feet. Footprints were traced to a clump of bushes by the side of the Missouri River.
Failing to find their son after years of searching, Mr. And Mrs. Reeves, with the 10 remaining children, moved back to Kentucky. They built a house on a cliff near the Hieatt Road in Robertson County between Claysville and Kentontown. A porch was extended over the Licking River. Ellen and Amos spent quiet evenings listening to the ripple of the water flowing past their home.
"Miss" Ellen gave much time from her busy home life to minister to the sick in the community. Her herb garden and knowledge of the medical qualities of common weeds and roots kept her services in great demand. When the stork was due in the neighborhood, she kept her horse saddled and ready to go. Her children married and settled on surrounding farms. The hard times were over for Ellen and Amos, but longing for their lost son stood between them and contentment in their old age.
A clipping from a Cynthiana Democrat under the heading of Claysville News, written by correspondent Mrs. Ella Minor Hitch reads as follows: "I visited Charles Newton Reeves, who was stolen by the Sioux Indians in Missouri in 1853. He was taken, along with a girl named Anna Ware, to Michigan, where the girl was found by her parents. Reeves remained a captive for 20 years. His Indian name was Polar Bear. He escaped to Salt Lake City, Utah, where he learned the English language." After years of searching, he found his aged parents at their home on the Hieatt Road.
"Miss" Ellen's adventurous life came to a close the night of October 4, 1897. Amos refused to go to sleep that night. He sat on the porch over the river to be alone with his memories. When a neighbor lady tried to awaken him early in the morning, she found him dead. He and Ellen were buried in a twin casket in the Kentontown Cemetery. Their gravestone bears the inscription, "Together let us live and love, together let us die." Their son, Charles Newton, lived to the age of 76.
Reprinted from THE CYNTHIANA DEMOCRAT – August 7, 1969 – Amos and Ellen Tennis Reeves were married February 3, 1846, at Kentontown. A prophecy wedding cake was served at the reception. Amos and Ellen read their prophecy to the wedding party. It was "Together let us live and love, together let us die." The young couple liked the little prophecy and remembered it through their hard pioneer struggle for existence.
Eleven children were born into the family. Charles Newton was born July 28, 1851, shortly before the family moved to Lone Jack, Missouri. They built a trading post where the Sioux Indians came to trade their furs. The Indians became attached to the little three-year-old boy. They brought gifts for him and taught him the Sioux language.
Mrs. Reeves put him and his sister, Julia, to bed for a nap one afternoon and sat down to write letters to friends in Kentucky. Julia awoke and found her brother gone. A searching party was formed by the neighbors. Julia, who was four years old, was carried and placed on the footprints in the dirt, since she and Charles Newton had the same size feet. Footprints were traced to a clump of bushes by the side of the Missouri River.
Failing to find their son after years of searching, Mr. And Mrs. Reeves, with the 10 remaining children, moved back to Kentucky. They built a house on a cliff near the Hieatt Road in Robertson County between Claysville and Kentontown. A porch was extended over the Licking River. Ellen and Amos spent quiet evenings listening to the ripple of the water flowing past their home.
"Miss" Ellen gave much time from her busy home life to minister to the sick in the community. Her herb garden and knowledge of the medical qualities of common weeds and roots kept her services in great demand. When the stork was due in the neighborhood, she kept her horse saddled and ready to go. Her children married and settled on surrounding farms. The hard times were over for Ellen and Amos, but longing for their lost son stood between them and contentment in their old age.
A clipping from a Cynthiana Democrat under the heading of Claysville News, written by correspondent Mrs. Ella Minor Hitch reads as follows: "I visited Charles Newton Reeves, who was stolen by the Sioux Indians in Missouri in 1853. He was taken, along with a girl named Anna Ware, to Michigan, where the girl was found by her parents. Reeves remained a captive for 20 years. His Indian name was Polar Bear. He escaped to Salt Lake City, Utah, where he learned the English language." After years of searching, he found his aged parents at their home on the Hieatt Road.
"Miss" Ellen's adventurous life came to a close the night of October 4, 1897. Amos refused to go to sleep that night. He sat on the porch over the river to be alone with his memories. When a neighbor lady tried to awaken him early in the morning, she found him dead. He and Ellen were buried in a twin casket in the Kentontown Cemetery. Their gravestone bears the inscription, "Together let us live and love, together let us die." Their son, Charles Newton, lived to the age of 76.
Eleven children were born into the family. Charles Newton was born July 28, 1851, shortly before the family moved to Lone Jack, Missouri. They built a trading post where the Sioux Indians came to trade their furs. The Indians became attached to the little three-year-old boy. They brought gifts for him and taught him the Sioux language.
Mrs. Reeves put him and his sister, Julia, to bed for a nap one afternoon and sat down to write letters to friends in Kentucky. Julia awoke and found her brother gone. A searching party was formed by the neighbors. Julia, who was four years old, was carried and placed on the footprints in the dirt, since she and Charles Newton had the same size feet. Footprints were traced to a clump of bushes by the side of the Missouri River.
Failing to find their son after years of searching, Mr. And Mrs. Reeves, with the 10 remaining children, moved back to Kentucky. They built a house on a cliff near the Hieatt Road in Robertson County between Claysville and Kentontown. A porch was extended over the Licking River. Ellen and Amos spent quiet evenings listening to the ripple of the water flowing past their home.
"Miss" Ellen gave much time from her busy home life to minister to the sick in the community. Her herb garden and knowledge of the medical qualities of common weeds and roots kept her services in great demand. When the stork was due in the neighborhood, she kept her horse saddled and ready to go. Her children married and settled on surrounding farms. The hard times were over for Ellen and Amos, but longing for their lost son stood between them and contentment in their old age.
A clipping from a Cynthiana Democrat under the heading of Claysville News, written by correspondent Mrs. Ella Minor Hitch reads as follows: "I visited Charles Newton Reeves, who was stolen by the Sioux Indians in Missouri in 1853. He was taken, along with a girl named Anna Ware, to Michigan, where the girl was found by her parents. Reeves remained a captive for 20 years. His Indian name was Polar Bear. He escaped to Salt Lake City, Utah, where he learned the English language." After years of searching, he found his aged parents at their home on the Hieatt Road.
"Miss" Ellen's adventurous life came to a close the night of October 4, 1897. Amos refused to go to sleep that night. He sat on the porch over the river to be alone with his memories. When a neighbor lady tried to awaken him early in the morning, she found him dead. He and Ellen were buried in a twin casket in the Kentontown Cemetery. Their gravestone bears the inscription, "Together let us live and love, together let us die." Their son, Charles Newton, lived to the age of 76.
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