Company F 59th Alabama Infantry and Company A Hilliard's Legion 2nd Battalion of Infantry CSA. He was the son of John Reaves and Hannah McWhorter. Gus attended the University of Georgia in Athens, graduating in 1860. He married Georgia Ann Roberts in 1860 and they were the parents of eight children: A.L., Florence, Lucy Frances, Correna Eldorado "Corrie", Alfred Stephen, Blanche, Larkin Armstead and Achsa "Eksa". After Georgia died in 1884, Gus married Georgia's sister Frances. They had a daughter whom they named Georgia. The following was written by James Miles Killian Guinn from The Red Man's Home, The White Man's Eden, 1896: Judge S.E.A. Reaves. Judge Reaves, known and called in boyhood days "Gus" Reaves, is a farmer and mechanic. He was elected County Treasurer in 1877 by the largest majority ever given in the county. He is our present representative. Honest, frank,open and manly in private or public life and dealings, an ex- Confederate Captain, a good and brave soldier honored and loved by his men. He is a member of the M.E. Church, South and is known and loved for his many Christian virtues and charitable deeds. He was elected Representative in 1894 by the Populist, and is eligible for future honors. The following is from the Roanoke Leader, Roanoke, Randolph County, Alabama, Wednesday May 27,1925: After an illness of several weeks, Judge S.E.A. Reaves died at five o'clock last Saturday afternoon at his home several miles east of Wedowee. His son, Mr. Larkin Reaves of Birmingham and daughter Mrs. Lucy West of Ashland, besides his children living in this county, including Mrs. W.H. McMurray of Roanoke, were with him when the end came. Funeral services were conducted at Green's Chapel at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon by Revs. W.L. Groover and S.R. Towns in the presence of a very large concourse. The deceased was a member of the Methodist Church. Judge Reaves was one of Randolph County's oldest and most prominent citizens. He was eighty-eight and a half years of age. He was an Officer in the Confederate Army, had served one term as a Judge of Probate and one term as a member of the Legislature. He was a man of great integrity and was universally honored by his neighbors and all who knew him.(The preceding bio info was provided by Find a Grave Contributor lmb.