Calhoun County AlArchives Biographies.....Reynolds, Walker 1799 - January 1871
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Author: Brant & Fuller (1893)
    WALKER REYNOLDS was born in Warren county, Ga., in 1799, and came to Alabama
in 1832, settling among the Indians in Talladega county, buying his land from
them, with whom he was on very friendly terms, though on one occasion he came
unexpectedly on and Indian who had killed, and was butchering, an ox of his. The
Indian jumped for his gun - Mr. R. fired first - the Indian, down, with one leg
broken, leveled his rifle at Mr. R., who stood behind a small tree reloading.
The Indian's bullet cut the bark of the tree and hit Mr. R. a glancing shot in
the abdomen, after which he captured the Indian and had him punished by law for
his misdemeanor; neither wound proved serious and both recovered. Walker
Reynolds was a son of Reuben and Margaret Reynolds, both of whom were natives of
South Carolina; he was reared on a plantation and followed the vocation of a
planter through life. In 1850 he was elected to represent Talladega county in
the state legislature, and while thus serving, secured the passage of the
charter of the old Selma, Rome & Dalton railroad, now the East Tennessee,
Virginia & Georgia. He at once took the lead in the construction of this road,
made liberal and large subscriptions thereto, and to him is due most of the
credit of its having been built. In 1826 he married Epsey Gibson of Georgia, who
died in 1838, leaving of this marriage one child, Thomas H. In 1841 he married
Hannah E. Welch a native of Virginia, and left at his death in January, 1871, of
this union, six living children, viz.: Epsey A.; Jane P.; Bessie.; Mary W.; O.
M. ; and Maud. Epsey A. died in 1878, she was married twice, first to S. N.
McCraw, and next to Dr. I. T. Tichenor, leaving one child by each marriage -
Miss Newton McCraw and Walker R. Tichenor. Mrs. Hannah E. Reynolds died in
October, 1890. Mr. Reynolds was a Union man before, but went with his adopted
state after she seceded; on account of his old age he did not enter the service
of the Confederate States, but he fed the wives and children of those who were
fighting for the cause and also the widows of those who fell. Although he came
to Alabama a poor man he succeeded, by untiring energy and excellent judgment,
in accumulating a large property. Both Walker and Hannah E. Reynolds were
lifelong members of the Baptist church, kept open house in their hospitable and
elegant mansion and were known far and wide for their charity and kindness to
those in distress.



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from "Memorial Record of Alabama", Vol. I, p. 614-615

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