James Thomas Reynolds

Brief Life History of James Thomas

When James Thomas Reynolds was born on 4 January 1857, in Tennessee, United States, his father, William Buck Reynolds, was 31 and his mother, Kesiah Canady, was 32. He married Eliza Robinson on 18 December 1878, in Gibson, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Clay Township, Dunklin, Missouri, United States in 1910 and Civil District 21, Gibson, Tennessee, United States in 1920. He died on 2 July 1938, in Gibson, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Davis Grove Cemetery, Bradford, Gibson, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Thomas Reynolds
1857–1938
Louisa Agnes
1856–1917
William Reynolds
1880–
Mary Kay Reynolds
1882–1960
Martha O Reynolds
1885–
Nancy Elizabeth Reynolds
1890–1972
Georgia Mae Reynolds
1892–1990

Sources (22)

  • James T Reynolds, "United States, Census, 1900"
  • J T Reynolds, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
  • Jack Reynolds, "Tennessee, Deaths, 1914-1966"

World Events (8)

1863

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

1872

Oldest grave seen in the memorials list.

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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