Benjamin Franklin Reynolds

1849 - 1927  (78 years)

• Name	Benjamin Franklin Reynolds
  Born	1 Jun 1849	Lawrence County, Tennessee
  Gender	Male
  Buried	Nov 1927	Pioneer Cemetery, Ranger, Eastland, Texas
  Died	27 Nov 1927	Ranger, Eastland, Texas
  Person ID	I5841	Reynolds Family
  Last Modified	23 Feb 2023

  
  

  Father	John Harrison Reynolds,   b. 1807, Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States of America ,   d. 15 Sep 1875, Van Buren, Arkansas, United States  (Age 68 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Jane Ray Lampkins,   b. 6 Feb 1816, Bedford, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 22 Dec 1895, Scotland, VanBuren, Arkansas  (Age 79 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	17 Oct 1828	Wilson, Tennessee, USA
  Family ID	F2264	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Flora Viola Frances Speck,   b. 10 Mar 1862, Overton County, Tennessee ,   d. 2 Aug 1937, Ranger, Eastland, Texas  (Age 75 years)
  Married	16 Jul 1879	Eastland, Texas, USA
  Children	1. Benjamin Allen Reynolds,   b. 10 Apr 1900, Ranger, Eastland, Texas ,   d. 11 Jun 1938, Clyde, Callahan, Texas  (Age 38 years)  [natural]   2. Dovie Reynolds,   b. 12 Jul 1883, Ranger, Eastland, Texas, USA ,   d. 16 Mar 1969, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA  (Age 85 years)  [natural]   3. Jessie Reynolds,   b. 11 Mar 1891, Texas, USA ,   d. 21 Sep 1970, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA  (Age 79 years)  [natural]   4. Lillian Twilight Reynolds,   b. 26 Mar 1888, Ranger, Eastland, Texas ,   d. 8 Oct 1966, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California  (Age 78 years)  [natural]   5. Trulie Reynolds,   b. 17 Dec 1889, Ranger, Eastland, Texas, USA ,   d. 10 May 1970, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA  (Age 80 years)  [natural]   6. Walter Reynolds,   b. 22 Jun 1880, Texas, USA ,   d. 26 Mar 1898, Ranger, Eastland, Texas  (Age 17 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	23 Feb 2023
  Family ID	F2137	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		Benjamin Franklin Reynolds Headstone(1)
  		Benjamin Franklin Reynolds Death Certificate

  
  

• Notes

  The State of Texas, to-wit: Eastland County, ss TO ALL WHO SHALL SEE THESE PRESENTS--GREETING: Know Ye, That any person legally authorized to celebrate the RITES OF MATRIMONY, is hereby licensed to join in Marriage, as Husband and Wife B. F. Reynolds and Miss Flora V. Sparks and for so doing this shall be his sufficient authority IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I, Ike P Schunick (?) Clerk of the District Court, hereunto subscribe my name, and affix the Seal of said Court, this 8th day of July, 1879 THE STATE OF TEXAS, to-wit: EASTLAND COUNTY,ss. This certifies, that I joined in Marriage, as Husband and Wife B. F. Reynolds and Miss Flora V. Sparks on the 16 day of July 1879 H.P. Mann Pastor Recorded this 16 day of August 1897 ****** Flora's last name is listed as Sparks on this Marriage License. That is incorrect. Her maiden name was Speck. At the time of Benjamin's death he was a Storekeeper. His grandaughter Mary Ruth Reynolds remebers him putting her inside of the candy counter where she would crawl around and pick out treats. She was only 1 yr old when he died. mothers name is listed as Jane lampkins not Jane Ray on death cert. 6. Benjn. F. REYNOLDS - 1880 United States Census / Texas Self Gender: Male Birth: <1849> TN 7. Flora V. REYNOLDS - 1880 United States Census / Texas Wife Gender: Female Birth: <1862> TN 1880 Census for Eastland Co. TX "your grandfather was a small man about the size of your father. He had sandy red hair and a red mustache. He was real kind and good, we kids just loved him. He had a small grocery store on the corner of the lot where they lived. We would go over and he would give us candy, etc. The little old house where they lived is still standing but looks like it is about ready to crumble. I asked Vic yesterday if he was sick very long befor eh died. He said No, just a week or so. he had pneumonia and of course there wasn't any medications much for it at that time." (Letter from Anna Mae and Bill from Granbury TX July 1983 to Mary Ruth Reynolds)