Benjamin Franklin Reynolds

Brief Life History of Benjamin Franklin

When Benjamin Franklin Reynolds was born on 15 September 1855, in Indiana, United States, his father, Jordan W. Reynolds, was 24 and his mother, Sarah Butner, was 34. He married Sarah Martha Stafford in 1873, in Emporia, Lyon, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Emporia Township, Lyon, Kansas, United States in 1900 and Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States in 1930. He died on 26 October 1931, in Carthage, Jasper, Missouri, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Park Cemetery, Carthage, Jasper, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

Benjamin Franklin Reynolds
1855–1931
Sarah Martha Stafford
1859–1904
Marriage: 1873
Olive Viola Reynolds
1874–1943
William Jordan Reynolds
1876–1965
Ebb Lee Reynolds
1882–1965
Ada Pearl Reynolds
1887–1967
Bertha A. Reynolds
1889–1921
Anna Reynolds Barrett
1893–1963
Dora Fay Reynolds
1897–1970
Theodore Reynolds
1898–1900

Sources (10)

  • Benjn F Reynolds in household of Jordan Reynolds, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Benjamin Franklin Reynolds, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Benjaman F Reynolds in entry for Dora F Reynolds, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"

World Events (8)

1856 · The Town of Santa Claus

The town of Santa Fe was denied their application for a United States Postal Service as a town of Santa Fe, Indiana, was already established. Several meetings were held and the name was changed to Santa Claus, Indiana. The United States Postal Service granted their application. Due to the name, the post office in Santa Claus continues to receive thousands of letters to Santa Claus from children around the world each December.

1861

Kansas is the 34th state

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

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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