William Blackstone Reynolds

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57. William Blackstone10 Reynolds (James Harrison9, Elijah8, Ebenezer7, Jeremiah6, William5, Henry4, William3, Richard2, Christopher1, was born July 15, 1849 in Smith Co. Tennessee1, and died February 18, 1942, in Hopkins County, Sulphur Springs, Texas. He married Mary Ann Popplewell January 2, 1879 in Izard County, Arkansas, daughter of John Popplewell and Elizabeth Grimmitt. She was born May 29, 1858 in Alabama (or Arkansas), and died July 25, 1924 in Sulphur Springs, Texas, Hopkins County.

Notes for William Blackstone Reynolds: William Blackstone Reynolds was a Farmer. Born in Tennessee, July 15, 1849, and died February 18, 1942 in Sulphur Springs, Texas, Hopkins County, at this homeplace in Mt. Sterling Community. He was 93 years old at his death.

1. William was taken from his home when he was 5 yr. and put on a log and pushed across the Mississippi River around Memphis, Tenn. Into Ark. William B. Reynolds was Conscripted into the Confederate Army by Lt. Rector in July 1863. He was only 12 yr’s old in 1863.