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Author: S. J. Clarke (Publisher, 1922)

S. E. McREYNOLDS.
    S. E. McReynolds, county and probate clerk of Conway county, was born in
Conway on the 19th of December, 1891, a son of T. J. McReynolds and Isabelle
(Templeton) McReynolds. The paternal grandfather, James McReynolds, came to
Conway several years prior to the Civil war, making the trip overland with oxen.
He entered land here, which he had to clear and upon which he erected log
improvements. He did his trading at Lewisburg, a landing on the Arkansas river
and obtained his meat by shooting deer, bear and turkey. He was an extensive
farmer and slave owner and resided on his homestead until his death, at the age
of seventy-four years. T. J. McReynolds was born in Conway county, where he
engaged in farming, owning some valuable land, the original homestead acquired
by his father. He received his education in the country schools of the county
attending them but three months out of every year. He won substantial success as
a general farmer and stock raiser. Upon the outbreak of the Civil war, his
sympathies being with the south, he enlisted in the Confederate army and served
under Colonel Gordon, for the most part west of the Mississippi. He was captured
and held prisoner at Rock Island, Illinois, his release being secured only after
hostilities had ceased. He then returned to Arkansas, where he lived until his
death at the age of fifty-nine years, in 1903. Mrs. McReynolds died in 190S, at
the age of fifty years. To their union six children were born, four of whom are
living: T. J., who is a mail carrier of Morrillton; S. E., the subject of this
review; Walter, a barber at Morrillton; and Terry, a stenographer for the board
of Commerce at Little Rock, Arkansas. Two other children died in infancy. The
family was reared in the faith of the Presbyterian church and Mrs. McReynolds
was an active worker in that organization. Throughout his life the father was a
stanch supporter of the democratic party, having firm belief in the principles
of that party as factors in good government.

    S. E. McReynolds received his education in the country schools of his native
county and later attended the high school at Hattieville. Upon putting his
textbooks aside he became bookkeeper for the sheriff of Conway county, being
then but twenty-one years of age, and he was active in that connection for six
years. At the termination of that time he became bookkeeper of the Bank of
Morrillton and the Rainwater Bank and he was active in financial circles until
1920, when he was elected to his present office of county and probate clerk. He
devotes his entire time to the duties devolving upon him in that office and has
won the respect and confidence of all with whom he has come into contact.

    In 1921 occurred the marriage of Mr. McReynolds to Miss Ora Childress, a
native of Conway county and a daughter of J. W. Childress. Her father was a well
known business man in Hattieville, where he conducted a mercantile establishment
for some time. Mrs. McReynolds is prominent in the club and social circles of
Morrillton and is a consistent member of the Christian church.

    On October 19, 1918, Mr. McReynolds enlisted for service the World war and
as a member of Company 36, Depot Brigade, he received training at Camp Pike. He
was there ten days when he was transferred to Benton as clerk on the local board
and he served in that capacity until receiving his discharge on the 19th of
December, 1918, at Camp Pike. In his political views he is a democrat and he has
always taken an active part in local political affairs. He is discharging the
responsibilities of his present office in a manner highly creditable to himself
and his constituency and by reason of his faithful discharge of all matters of
trust and his high standards of citizenship, he has won the esteem of the
community.


Additional Comments:
Citation:
Centennial History of Arkansas
Volume II
Chicago-Little Rock: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company
1922


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