Martha Minerva Reynolds

Brief Life History of Martha Minerva

When Martha Minerva Reynolds was born on 3 February 1829, in Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States, her father, John Wesley Reynolds, was 22 and her mother, Phoebe Jane Ramsey, was 16. She married Lewis Dunbar Wilson on 3 February 1846, in Nauvoo Illinois Temple, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States. She lived in Panguitch, Iron, Utah, United States in 1880 and Cannonville, Garfield, Utah, United States in 1900. She died on 23 February 1901, in Panguitch, Garfield, Utah, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Panguitch City Cemetery, Panguitch, Garfield, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Wesley Norton
1820–1901
Martha Minerva Reynolds
1829–1901
Marriage: 1 June 1851
Albert Wesley Norton Sr
1852–1914
Riley Reynolds Norton
1855–1942
Ephraim R Norton
1857–1858
Martha Jane Norton
1861–1865
William Norton
1864–1929
Squire Taylor Norton
1867–1947
Sarah May Norton
1874–1945

Sources (56)

  • Martha Reynolds, "United States Census, 1850"
  • U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
  • Utah, U.S., Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961

World Events (8)

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1839 · Nauvoo is Settled

After the Saints had been chased out of Missouri they moved to a swampy area located next to the Mississippi River. Here they settled and named the place Nauvoo which translates into the city beautiful.

1848 · Fire Destroys the Temple

On October 9, 1848, an arsonists fire claimed everything but the outer walls of the Nauvoo Temple since the structure was made out of limestone and wood. It was meant to discourage the Saints that had fled to never come back.

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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Martha Minerva Reynolds

Martha (Ann) Minerva Reynolds Norton Wife of John Wesley Norton Mother of Albert Wesley Norton Sr. Daughter of John Wesley Reynolds and Phebe Jane Ramsey Typed by Katheryn Haslem Duval West great, gre …

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