Jeramiah Reynolds

Brief Life History of Jeramiah

When Jeramiah Reynolds was born on 11 June 1843, in Owsley, Kentucky, United States, his father, Richard Reynolds, was 41 and his mother, Jemima Scrivner Owens, was 36. He married Sarah Jane Wilson in 1874, in Owsley, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Magisterial District 1 Sandy Hook, Elliott, Kentucky, United States in 1900 and Election Precinct 2 Devils Fork, Elliott, Kentucky, United States in 1910. He died on 19 October 1928, in Lytten, Elliott, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Booneville, Owsley, Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

Jeramiah Reynolds
1843–1928
Sarah Jane Wilson
1851–1929
Marriage: 1874
Lavina Ellen Reynolds
1875–1913
Albert M Reynolds
1876–1943
Emeley Reynolds
1879–1940
Daniel Boone Reynolds
1881–1963
Elihue Reynolds
1884–1962
Laura B Reynolds
1886–
Charles Dewey Reynolds
1888–1972
Edmond Reynolds
1890–1986
Andrew C Reynolds
1893–1983
Greenberry Reynolds
1895–1924

Sources (19)

  • Jerry Reynolds, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Jeramiah Reynolds, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Jerry Reynolds in entry for G B Reynolds and Ada M Wilder, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1850 · 8th Most Populated State

According to the 1850 census Kentucky was the 8th most populated state with 982,405 people.

1866 · The First Civil Rights Act

The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.

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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