Sally married James Reynolds in 1832 in Bedford, Tennessee, USA. James (son of William Reynolds and Jane Milliken, son of William Reynolds and Jane Milliken) was born in Jun 1792 in Crab Orchard, Lincoln, Kentucky, United States; died before 1840 in Izard, Arkansas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Arkansas Confederate Veterans and Widows Pension Applications Veteran Name: Reynolds, Hugh Widow #: 14465 Widow's Name: Reynolds, Nancy J. Unit: Co, F, 14th Arkansas Inf. Date: 1861-1865 Widow Appl: 8/6/14 County: Baxter Vet. Dec: 1871 Hugh's parents both died when he was young and he went to live with his uncle David in Illinois. After he was older he moved back to Arkansas. He may have met Nancy Ellen Stone in Illinois and married. Hugh Reynolds of Fulton County, Arkansas, Land records shows that he owned 120 acres. dated 3-28-1861, Cert. # 18700. August 17, 1942, Army Corps of Engineers moved the cemetery to Cemetery No NFC 9 Buzzard Roost, Arkansas. Moved because of the Norfork Dam, Norfork of the White River Arkansas. Also moved was John Reynolds and John Stone. Cem. No. NVA -3-R Grave #37. John Stone Grave #35.

Died:
Date of death from Arkansas, Confederate Pension Records, 1891-1935

Family/Spouse: Nancy Ellen Stone. Nancy (daughter of John Stone) was born about 1841 in Illinois, USA; died about 1945 in Shawnee, Techumseh, Oklahoma; was buried in Mission Hill Cemetery, Techumseh, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: George W. Denton. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died in 1893 near the Arkansas River, near Ft. Smith (Andrew is one of four children. It is not certain whether he was the brother that married Martha Jane. Iva says John was Martha Jane's husband. Prince says it was John. Myrtle says it was Andrew. Others remember it to be Andrew.) lived in or near Union Township, Baxter Co, at age 20 A photograph exists of Andrew as a young man, it appears to have been made from a painting. Myrtle remembers that Andrew's grandfather was said to have been from Irland. Velva Reynolds (Reagan) says he died when, after a day's work in the hot sun he ate a watermelon kept cold at the bottom of a spring. Another story says he died of a local fever.

Andrew married Martha Jane Brinsfield about 1884 in Mountain Home, Baxter, Arkansas, USA. Martha (daughter of Simpson B. Brinsfield and Elvira Redding) was born on 8 Jan 1866 in Izard, Arkansas, USA; died on 18 Mar 1956 in Seminole, Oklahoma, USA; was buried in Mar 1956 in Seminole, Oklahoma, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Homestead Cert. No 13218, appl. 19733 shows Rachel owned 160 acres. Cert. dated 2-10-1901. Shows Rachel as widow of James B. Douglass

Family/Spouse: John Barton. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Racheal married James Burton Douglas on 22 Jul 1878 in Mountain Home, Baxter, Arkansas, USA. James (son of William Albert Douglas and Abbie Jane Dickerson) was born on 21 Sep 1864 in Penne, Christian, Illinois, USA; died on 4 Nov 1898 in Mountain Home, Baxter, Arkansas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Bill Green. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Dan was a farmer, oil field worker, and bootlegger. Rosa said he was a very strong man, once stealing a good size calf from a man who refused to pay a debt and running with the calf over his sholder most of the way from Wewoka.

Trix tells a story of Dan at a local dance, the sort that neighbors rotated among their homes. Dan was playing fiddle and was ready to leave at some point that was too early for one of the other partygoers. They went outside to fight. The other man grabbed an ax and chopped Dan in the back. The ax stuck, Dan pulled it out and then chopped the man's legs off.

Dan and Rosa's first house at Letha was a 12x24 ft. red wooden house. Their previous place was just off the road to Wewoka Lake.

Dan was wealthy during the bootleg years. Prince remembers as a small boy playing in a tunk full of money. Prince remembers that Dan had more than 20 stills in the Kiamishi Mountains and at least that number of drivers.

A partner of Dan was Red McBride.

Dan built a large wooden house that burned. He built a new stone home in the same location and also put up a stone barn.

After Dan's health went, the family was broke. His wife, Rosa kept up the liquor sales for a time, but couldn't manage it for long. She remarried Bill Clifton, who had managed the business for Dan after Dan was sick. Bill couldn't manage it either and also drank quite a lot, so they were divorced.

Dan was drinking "Jake" whiskey with a man named Rice, another named R.T. Harbor, Woody Woodward, and Sheriff Sims. Rice, Harbor, and Sims got what was called Jake Leg from a poison in the whiskey, Sims was called Jake Sims thereafter.

Dan built a large brick mansion next to the stone house just before his health broke. A local teacher, Ethyl Miller, rented a room in the house during that time. School board did not object to a teacher renting from a bootlegger because board supt. was one of Dan's whiskey customers. Ethyl now lives on her family's place near Antlers, OK near a small town named Finley. She had no furniture so Dan bought her $10,000 worth of furniture, including a piano which Ethyl's sister Mabel used to teach Edna.

Edna says Dan died of pellagra, (from eating too much corn?). Rosa said consumption.

The last 3 or 4 years of his life he had stomach ulcers and was only able to eat raw oysters. These were imported from New Orleans. It was due to his health that Dan surrrendered to the law and was sent to Leavenworth. It is said that he believed he would get better health care there than in Seminole.

Many important politicians, including the Governor, were frequent guests and drinking buddies with Dan, so it is entirely possible that Dan did have, as the family story has it, the option of going to jail or not.

It is said that Dan and John pulled a few jobs with Pretty Boy Floyd. They were going to rob one of the big county dances and the old man at the door told Dan that he knew who he was and he had better go home. Sos they left empty handed that night.

It is also said that Al Capone, sent a man down to take over Dan's bootlegging business. The man made friends with Dan's right had man to whom he told his plans. So Dan's friend went and told him what this fellow planned to do. So Dan had them come and eat breakfast and said to this fellow, "You have been here long enough now. I will show you where all of my stills are." which is what the man had been waiting for. They say a big smile came upon this man's face at this time. As they left the house that morning, Dan took Rosa aside and said one one of us will be back! About a week later Rosa was going to wash Dan's overcoat, and found a bullet hole in the pocket. The man from Chicago was never seen again.
Dan was a farmer, oil field worker, and bootlegger. Rosa said he was a very strong man, once stealing a good size calf from a man who refused to pay a debt and running with the calf over his sholder most of the way from Wewoka.

Trix tells a story of Dan at a local dance, the sort that neighbors rotated among their homes. Dan was playing fiddle and was ready to leave at some point that was too early for one of the other partygoers. They went outside to fight. The other man grabbed an ax and chopped Dan in the back. The ax stuck, Dan pulled it out and then chopped the man's legs off.

Dan and Rosa's first house at Letha was a 12x24 ft. red wooden house. Their previous place was just off the road to Wewoka Lake.

Dan was wealthy during the bootleg years. Prince remembers as a small boy playing in a tunk full of money. Prince remembers that Dan had more than 20 stills in the Kiamishi Mountains and at least that number of drivers.

A partner of Dan was Red McBride.

Dan built a large wooden house that burned. He built a new stone home in the same location and also put up a stone barn.

After Dan's health went, the family was broke. His wife, Rosa kept up the liquor sales for a time, but couldn't manage it for long. She remarried Bill Clifton, who had managed the business for Dan after Dan was sick. Bill couldn't manage it either and also drank quite a lot, so they were divorced.

Dan was drinking "Jake" whiskey with a man named Rice, another named R.T. Harbor, Woody Woodward, and Sheriff Sims. Rice, Harbor, and Sims got what was called Jake Leg from a poison in the whiskey, Sims was called Jake Sims thereafter.

Dan built a large brick mansion next to the stone house just before his health broke. A local teacher, Ethyl Miller, rented a room in the house during that time. School board did not object to a teacher renting from a bootlegger because board supt. was one of Dan's whiskey customers. Ethyl now lives on her family's place near Antlers, OK near a small town named Finley. She had no furniture so Dan bought her $10,000 worth of furniture, including a piano which Ethyl's sister Mabel used to teach Edna.

Edna says Dan died of pellagra, (from eating too much corn?). Rosa said consumption.

The last 3 or 4 years of his life he had stomach ulcers and was only able to eat raw oysters. These were imported from New Orleans. It was due to his health that Dan surrrendered to the law and was sent to Leavenworth. It is said that he believed he would get better health care there than in Seminole.

Many important politicians, including the Governor, were frequent guests and drinking buddies with Dan, so it is entirely possible that Dan did have, as the family story has it, the option of going to jail or not.

It is said that Dan and John pulled a few jobs with Pretty Boy Floyd. They were going to rob one of the big county dances and the old man at the door told Dan that he knew who he was and he had better go home. Sos they left empty handed that night.

It is also said that Al Capone, sent a man down to take over Dan's bootlegging business. The man made friends with Dan's right had man to whom he told his plans. So Dan's friend went and told him what this fellow planned to do. So Dan had them come and eat breakfast and said to this fellow, "You have been here long enough now. I will show you where all of my stills are." which is what the man had been waiting for. They say a big smile came upon this man's face at this time. As they left the house that morning, Dan took Rosa aside and said one one of us will be back! About a week later Rosa was going to wash Dan's overcoat, and found a bullet hole in the pocket. The man from Chicago was never seen again.

Dan married Rosa Bell Chatagnier on 25 Jan 1916 in Houston, Harris, Texas. Rosa was born on 12 Mar 1901 in Abbyville, Louisiana; died on 13 Oct 1961 in Seminole, Oklahoma, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Was the town marshal (or maybe the county sheriff). He was killed by a drunk driver while making an arrest at a bar near Highway 9. A friend of Hugh killed by bootleggers, was Cris Whitson.

Family/Spouse: Berta Norma Phelps. Berta died about 1970. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

John owned Seminole's ice making plant. He also drove a team of mules or horses pulling a "drey" wagon (like a moving van). Once he dragged a man out of the Corner Bar with ice tongs under the man's armpits. The man had evidently called John's brother Dan an insulting name, so John dragged him the length of main street with the tongs. Another version of this is thaat it occurred in the Commercial Hotel.

Family/Spouse: Hattie Tyler. Hattie was born on 11 Jul 1888; died on 17 Feb 1922 in Seminole, Oklahoma, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Blinded at the age of 17 by a charlatan doctor treating her for an eye infection. Owned half a block of rent houses across the street from Seminole Florist (near the old Elementary School)

Family/Spouse: Ben Andrew Rich. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Abbie married Christopher Columbus Petross on 23 Dec 1907 in Mountain Home, Baxter, Arkansas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Bettie married John Thadious Baker on 20 Nov 1911 in Mountain Home, Baxter, Arkansas, USA. John was born about 1866 in Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas; died on 26 Nov 1916. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hattie married George Washington Elliott on 23 Dec 1904 in Mountain Home, Baxter, Arkansas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Laurie married Aurther E. Ware on 19 Aug 1910 in Mountain Home, Baxter, Arkansas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Frank and Myrtle came to Oklahoma in 1912, settling east of Holdenville and later moving to Shawnee where he was a boilermaker for the Santa Fe Railroad. They then lived and worked at the Indian agency south of Shawnee and in 1926, they moved to Wetumka, farmed a year and in 1927 they established a home south of Seminole in what now is known as Letha.

Buried:
Mission Hill Cemetery

Nancy married William Franklin Petross on 23 Mar 1905 in Mountain Home, Baxter, Arkansas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Shorty Baucum. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]