Brief Life History of Ephraim
When Ephraim Reynolds was born on 29 March 1803, in Highgate, Franklin, Vermont, United States, his father, Silas Hyatt Reynolds, was 39 and his mother, Deiadama Leonard, was 25. He married Elouise Olive Pond on 26 January 1826, in Shoreham, Addison, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. He lived in Williamstown, Dodge, Wisconsin, United States in 1860. He died on 26 February 1869, in Rice Lake, Steele, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 65.
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- Ephr Raynolds, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: Ephraim Reynolds - Individual or family possessions: birth: 29 March 1803; Highgate, Franklin, Vermont, United States
- Efrum Reynolds in entry for Louise O. Maw, "Minnesota, Death Records and Certificates, 1900-1955"
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1804
Lewis and Clark set out from St. Louis, MO to explore the West.
1804 · The Twelfth Amendment
With not having a very clear statement in the Constitution about Presidents and Vice Presidents, the Twelfth Amendment was Born. Before the Electoral College could cast two votes for those that they saw fit for President. This was changed to just one electoral vote for President and one electoral vote for Vice President. With the amount of people even allowed to vote, there was no way for there to be a tie during the elections.
1821 · Financial Relief for Public Land
A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.
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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