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Reynolds Family Circle
The Descendants of William Reynolds and Jane Milliken who married in Green County, Tennessee on August 23, 1790.
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Living Nix
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1. Living Nix (son of William Harold Nix and Living Black). Family/Spouse: Living Wooten. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
2. William Harold Nix was born on 19 May 1932 in Section Jack, Alabama (son of Earskin Nix and Hattie Patterson); died on 29 Apr 2001. William married Living Black. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Living Black (daughter of Walter Black and Rhonda Alta Stiefel). Children:
Generation: 3
4. Earskin Nix Earskin married Hattie Patterson. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Hattie Patterson Children:
- 2. William Harold Nix was born on 19 May 1932 in Section Jack, Alabama; died on 29 Apr 2001.
6. Walter Black was born on 7 Mar 1880; died on 24 Jan 1966. Walter married Rhonda Alta Stiefel on 9 Feb 1913. Rhonda (daughter of General Gartrell Stiefel and Alice Hamilton) was born on 13 Feb 1899; died on 9 Aug 1935. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7. Rhonda Alta Stiefel was born on 13 Feb 1899 (daughter of General Gartrell Stiefel and Alice Hamilton); died on 9 Aug 1935. Children:
Generation: 4
14. General Gartrell Stiefel was born on 12 Jul 1872; died on 9 Sep 1936; was buried in Sep 1936 in Jackson, Alabama, USA. Notes:
From the book "A Window on Yesterday" by Edward H. Carter, pg. 137. General Gartrell (Gart) Stiefel was described by his children as being a friendly, soft-spoken man about 5'8" tall with an average weight of 150 pounds. He had brown hair and blue eyes, with a slight hump on his nose. He wore a mustache continually from age 21 to 56. Gart was a farmer all his life, rainsing mainly cotton and corn. Gart's horse was named "Old Maude. He was a stonemason and a beekeeper. At one time he had over 50 hives of bees. He was also talented as a sorghum molasses maker which he did from age 23 to 57. He was a hunter and fond of wildlife. In his early life he was a Baptist and attended Old Antioch Church, now called Zion Hill. Around 1911 Gart switched his religious affiliation to Free Holiness. Around 1913 he deeded one acre of the family farm in Jackson County south of Macedonia Community for the site of a church. The church is known as Rock House Church. The first family home at the Rock House Place was L shaped with 3 rooms, built in 1916. A second house with 4 rooms was built on the same land in 1929. Gart Stiefel and his family became Republican's during the presidency of Democrat Grover Cleveland, when the price of cotton fell to 3 cents per pound. Gart Stiefel married Alice Hamilton on August 1st, 1895, at her parent's home. Alice had brown hair and a fair compelxion. She was part Indian through the Reynolds family. She was described as being an ambitious, hard-working person. She was a good cook and enjoyed gardening. She was a firm disciplinarian. Each year the family held a gathering at their home and Alice would cook for as many as 60 people.
Buried:
Macedonia CemeteryGeneral married Alice Hamilton on 1 Aug 1895 in Jackson, Alabama, USA. Alice (daughter of Elijah M. Hamilton and Sarah Elizabeth Reynolds) was born on 5 Mar 1879 in Jackson, Alabama, USA; died on 26 Sep 1962 in Section, Jackson, Alabama, USA; was buried in Sep 1962 in Jackson, Alabama, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
15. Alice Hamilton was born on 5 Mar 1879 in Jackson, Alabama, USA (daughter of Elijah M. Hamilton and Sarah Elizabeth Reynolds); died on 26 Sep 1962 in Section, Jackson, Alabama, USA; was buried in Sep 1962 in Jackson, Alabama, USA. Notes:
Buried:
Macedonia CemeteryChildren:
- Living Stiefel
- Annie Lona Stiefel was born on 27 Oct 1913; died on 1 Feb 1995 in Fort Payne, DeKalb, Alabama; was buried in Rainesville, Alabama.
- Augusta Abner Eugene Stiefel was born on 5 Feb 1904; died on 1 Apr 1982.
- Herman Lee Stiefel was born on 12 Oct 1908 in Jackson, Alabama, USA; died about 1912.
- Living Stiefel
- Infant Stiefel was born about 1924 in Jackson, Alabama, USA; died about 1924 in Jackson, Alabama, USA.
- Lena Leola Stiefel was born on 24 Jun 1896 in Jackson, Alabama, USA; died on 14 Dec 1974 in Section, Jackson, Alabama, USA.
- Living Stiefel
- Lillie Mae Stiefel was born on 30 May 1901; died on 4 Feb 1979 in Jackson, Alabama, USA; was buried in Macedonia Cemetery, Section, Jackson, Alabama.
- Wallace Dilmus Stiefel was born on 22 Sep 1906; died on 5 Nov 1981.
- General Oscar Stiefel was born on 10 Mar 1916; died on 21 Jun 1968 in Hammond, Lake, Indiana.
- 7. Rhonda Alta Stiefel was born on 13 Feb 1899; died on 9 Aug 1935.