Brief Life History of James Marion
When James Marion Reynolds was born in 1823, in Alabama, United States, his father, Hughriah Reynolds, was 28 and his mother, Elizabeth L Hamm, was 23. He married Polly Ann Morton on 11 March 1847. They were the parents of at least 6 sons. He lived in Lauderdale, Alabama, United States in 1850 and Wayne, Tennessee, United States in 1860. He died on 28 March 1909, in Mountain View, Kiowa, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Kiowa, Oklahoma, United States.
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- James M Runnels, "United States Census, 1860"
- James Marion Reynolds, "Find A Grave Index"
- James Marion Reynolds in entry for John Wesley Reynolds, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
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1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
1835 · The Hermitage is Built
The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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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Military Records for Captain James Marion Reynolds
Captain James Marion Reynolds in the Confederacy. Includes reference to brothers – (Wes) Wesley Blassingame, (Pettis) Winston Pettus, and (Dolf) Richard Randolph Reynolds. Numerous, but …
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