Taylor Reeves Bird Family. Taylor Reeves was born in Southport, New York, February 25, 1832. He traveled west in the early 1850's and married Alice Stokes in St. George, Utah, October 26, 1862. They came to the Uinta Basin in the early 1880's. The couple were blessed with children, Clarence Bird, Effie Bird, Alice Bird, Eliza Bird, and Ida Bird. Taylor Reeves died January 6, 1914 in Vernal, Utah. Alice died April 24, 1900. They are buried in the Maeser Cemetery in Vernal, Utah. Identified are Effie Bird is third from the left, Taylor Reeves and Alice are in the center, Eliza is to the left of Alice