Benjamin Jeremiah Reynolds

Brief Life History of Benjamin Jeremiah

When Benjamin Jeremiah Reynolds was born on 30 January 1861, in Whitley, Kentucky, United States, his father, Daniel Reynolds, was 26 and his mother, Matilda Ann Gouge, was 21. He married Nancy Estella Hume on 24 May 1885, in Fremont, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Plattsmouth, Cass, Nebraska, United States for about 20 years and Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States in 1930. He died on 9 April 1936, in Nebraska, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Plattsmouth, Cass, Nebraska, United States.

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Family Time Line

Benjamin Jeremiah Reynolds
1861–1936
Nancy Estella Hume
1870–1913
Marriage: 24 May 1885
Ruby Ethel Reynolds
1887–1960
Edward Raymond Reynolds
1889–1976
Charles Arthur Reynolds
1891–1949
Joseph Henry Reynolds
1892–1967
Jennie Florence Reynolds
1894–1976
William Carl Reynolds
1896–1898
George Vernon Reynolds
1898–1899
Reynolds
1900–
Benjamin Franklin Reynolds
1901–1906
Jessie Marie Reynolds
1903–1996
Reynolds
1906–1906
Estella Lucile Reynolds
1909–2001
Gerald Francis Reynolds
1912–1997

Sources (20)

  • Benjamin Reynolds, "United States Census, 1920"
  • B J Reynolds, and Birdie Martin "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
  • Benjamin Jeremiah Reynolds, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1862

Oak Hill Cemetery Photo shows the established year as 1862.

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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