Sophia Ann Travis Reynolds

1857 - 1949  (91 years)

• Name	Sophia Ann Travis Reynolds
  Born	4 Dec 1857	Carroll, Tennessee, USA
  Gender	Female
  Buried	Feb 1949	Fort Towson, Choctaw, Oklahoma, USA
  	Doakesville/Fort Towson Cemetery
  Died	14 Feb 1949	Hugo, Choctaw, Oklahoma, USA
  Person ID	I10160	Reynolds Family
  Last Modified	23 Feb 2023

  
  

  Father	George Washington Reynolds,   b. 27 Jul 1831, Wilson, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 14 Nov 1903, Stringtown, Red River, Texas, USA  (Age 72 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Sarah Frances Laster,   b. 23 Mar 1837, Henry, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 8 Nov 1900, Detroit, Red River, Texas, USA  (Age 63 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	21 Feb 1857	Henry, Tennessee, USA   [1]
  Family ID	F3603	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	James Newton Fodge,   b. 1 May 1855, Henry, Henry, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 4 Oct 1936, Fort Towson, Choctaw, Oklahoma, USA  (Age 81 years)
  Married	13 Jan 1876	Henry County, Tennessee, USA   [2]
  Children	1. Arthur Aaron Fodge,   b. 1 Dec 1876, McKenzie, Carroll, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 6 Mar 1937, Fort Towson, Choctaw, Oklahoma, USA  (Age 60 years)  [natural]   2. Bessie Fodge,   b. 15 Jul 1898, Detroit, Red River, Texas, USA ,   d. 28 Sep 1898, Detroit, Red River, Texas, USA  (Age 0 years)  [natural]   3. Daisy Laura Fodge,   b. 2 Oct 1880, McKenzie, Carroll, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 16 Jul 1965, Willows, Glenn, California, USA  (Age 84 years)  [natural]   4. Jimmie Maude Fodge,   b. 14 Jun 1894, Detroit, Red River, Texas, USA, ,   d. 13 Jan 1932, Meridian, Lauderdale, Mississippi, USA  (Age 37 years)  [natural]   5. John Marvin Bishop Fodge,   b. 29 Jul 1885, Detroit, Red River, Texas, USA, ,   d. 22 May 1947, Fort Towson, Choctaw, Oklahoma, USA  (Age 61 years)  [natural]   6. Mary Etta Fodge,   b. 16 Jun 1879, McKenzie, Carroll, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 21 Nov 1879, McKenzie, Carroll, Tennessee, USA  (Age 0 years)  [natural]   7. Minnie Fodge,   b. 2 Mar 1892, Detroit, Red River, Texas, USA, ,   d. 9 Feb 1968, Redding, Shasta, California, USA  (Age 75 years)  [natural]   8. Ruby Fodge,   b. 31 Mar 1883, Detroit, Red River, Texas, USA ,   d. 28 Mar 1889, Detroit, Red River, Texas, USA  (Age 5 years)  [natural]   9. Willie Fodge,   b. 1 Nov 1889, Detroit, Red River, Texas, USA ,   d. 30 Jan 1890, Detroit, Red River, Texas, USA  (Age 0 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	23 Feb 2023
  Family ID	F3507	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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• Notes

  CHOCTAW PIONEER AT NINETY LIVING AMONG HER MEMORIES by Paris News Correspondent. HUGO, Okla. - It is thankfulness for good health, friends and a good home, as well as memories of much happiness that Mrs. Sophia Ann Fodge, Choctaw County pioneer, treasured on her 90th birthday here Thursday.. Among the numerous cards and gifts which she received was one which read, "May He lead you ever forward in his own mysterious way" and she declared "If it's the Lord's will, I'm ready to live to be 100!". "Granny" as she is familiarily known, was born on Dec. 4, 1857, in Carroll County, Tenn. and came to India(n) Territory 4 years ao with her late husband, James Fodge. After living in Cass County, texas for a time, the couple moved to Fort Towson, where Fodge farmed until he retired because of ill health. He died in 1937.. She kept house for an invalid son, Marvin, until his death five year(s) ago and she came to Hugo seven months to make her home with Mrs. V. B. Toile, a practical nurse at 411 S. 4th St. Only recently have her eyesight and hearing begun to fail.. Though the day was marred by the news of the death Wednesday of a brother, John Reynolds, Detroit, Texas, the last immediate member of her family, Mrs. Fodge was up early as usual. Dressed in a neat black dress and a gay-colored smock, she was ready to greet friends, many of whom came from Fort Towson to offer birthday greetings.. Mrs. Fodge is the sole survivor of a family of eight children, of whom she was the eldest.. As Mrs. Toile made preparations for an informal birthday party, augmented by a cake sent in by a neighbor, 90-year old Sophie Ann Fodge discussed with friends the world in which she has lived for so ong.. Conditions have improved a lot since she came to what was a wilderness back at the turn of the century. "Wickedness is not as bad now, there is more law and order, and young folks as a whole have improved." she says. Her only worry these days is about "all the trouble across the waters.". This was posted to the Eitel-Franks Family Website on June 6, 2009 by Sophia's great granddaughter, Janice Laman. Janice writes: This is a newspaper article that was in Grandma Daisy's things. It must have been published shortly after Dec. 4, 1947. We'v faced another turn of the century and still have the same worry about trouble across the waters. She died Feb. 14, 1949.

  
  

• Sources

  [S610] George Washington Reynolds and Sarah Frances Laster Marriage Record. [S566] Marriage of James Newton Fodge to Sophia Ann Travis Reynolds.