Sarah Reynolds

Brief Life History of Sarah

When Sarah Reynolds was born in February 1850, in Gibson, Tennessee, United States, her father, William Buck Reynolds, was 24 and her mother, Kesiah Canady, was 25. She lived in Gibson, Gibson, Tennessee, United States in 1850.

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Family Time Line

William Buck Reynolds
1825–1900
Kesiah Canady
1825–
Nancy Elizabeth Reynolds
1848–
Sarah Reynolds
1850–
James Thomas Reynolds
1857–1938
Alcenia Reynolds
1858–1945
Polly Ann Reynolds
1866–1930
John Reynolds
1876–

Sources (2)

  • Sarah Runnells, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Sarah Rannals in household of Wm Rannals, "United States Census, 1860"

World Events (8)

1862 · Battle of Shiloh

The battle of Shiloh took place on April 6, 1862 and April 7, 1862. Confederate soldiers camp through the woods next to where the Union soldiers were camped at Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. With 23,000 casualties this was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War up to this point.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Reynold , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.

Irish (Leitrim): in Ulster the English name in 1 above was substituted for Mac Raghnaill; see McReynolds .

History: Christopher Reynolds of Gravesend, Kent, England, arrived in America sometime before his marriage in 1644 in Isle of Wight County, VA.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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