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| Name |
Mary Alice Reynolds |
| Born |
May 1886 |
Staunton River District, Pittsylvania, Virginia  [2] |
| Gender |
Female |
| Notes |
- Alice married when I was three years old, so I don't remember much about her at our home. I enjoyed going to visit her and Jim and staying for days. She was almost like a second mother to me. It was Alice who named me, and because of that, she gave me a little gold ring when I was perhaps five years old. When I was 14, Mother went to Portsmouth for about a week to visit Julia and left Daddy the three younger brothers and me for about a week. Mother returned on a Sunday, and in preparation for her homecoming Alice and I prepared a Sunday dinner. She was of a happy disposition. I think the thing that means most to me now is what Alice did for our family. As she was dying, she asked Mother if she (Mother) had any music. Of course, Mother did not them. Alice said she wanted them to sing! Then she talked about the sweet music she heard, that it was all around her! This was her happy theme until she lay back on the bed and breathed her last. What a testimony.
Christine Reynolds Stone, daughter of Keene Johnson Reynolds, granddaughter of William Garrett Reynolds
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| Person ID |
I8307 |
Devin Timber | William Devin Progeny, Margret Devin Reynolds Descendants |
| Last Modified |
13 Jan 2011 |
| Father |
Keene Johnson Reynolds, b. 30 Nov 1861, Pittsylvania County, Virginia , d. 17 Jan 1926, Pittsylvania County, Virginia (Age 64 years) |
| Mother |
Mary Susan "Molly" Brumfield |
| Married |
15 Nov 1883 |
Pittsylvania County, Virginia |
- On November 14, 1883 when Daddy was nearly 22 and Mother was sixteen, they were married at her home, "The Elms" near what is now Renan. Mother's family had moved from the Greenpond-Hollywood neighborhood to Renan in 1882. The first year of their marriage, Daddy and Mother lived with his mother, Betsy Blair Reynolds, and farmed with her. The next year, they moved to the land Grandfather Brumfield had given them at Renan. The home they built was located below what later became the highway. Mother had wanted to be on high ground, however, the house was placed just a few yards from one of the best springs anywhere around and, in the days when water was brought in by bucketsful and a springhouse was the only means of cooling food, having a spring nearby was a real asset.
Published family history by Christine Reynolds Stone, daughter of Keene Johnson Reynolds, s/o William Garrett Reynolds; can be seen at Danville Public Library 2nd floor, genealogy room, Danville, Virginia
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| Family ID |
F2774 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Sources |
- [S67727] Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston.
Published Family History of Keene Johnson Reynolds, s/o William Garrett Reynolds s/o Allen Gilmer Reynolds, as told by Christine Stone, daughter of Keene Johnson Reynolds; may be seen at the Danville Public Library, Genealogy Room, 2nd floor
- [S67727] Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston.
1900 Va Census Pittsylvania County, Staunton River District Series T623, Roll 1723, Page 148, Line 40-48; Keen Nov 1869, Mary Apr 1867, Julia Feb 1885, Mary A May 1886, Posy D. Aug 1889, Bruce D June 1894, Clifton J. Jul 1995, Kate Aug 1897, Ruben S. May 1900. Married 16 years 9 children, 7 living.
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