History of John Hammett Reynolds Family, Conway Co, AR ************************************************************************ Submitted by: Reynolds Family Date: 4 Dec 2006 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ************************************************************************ This is transcribed from a typewritten document entitled "A Biography or Family Tree of John Hammett Reynolds" by J H Reynolds. The notes in (parenthesis) are included in the document. Notes in [brackets] belong to the transcriber. I have tried to copy the document exactly as written. Gina. page 1 I was born two miles North of the present site of Morrilton, Arkansas, on November 30, 1871. - at that time known as Sardis Camp Ground. My father, Rev. William Wallace Reynolds, a Methodist, was born in Lawrence County, Tennessee, December 8, 1837. He died in Arkansas on September, 22, 1882. My mother, Margaret Irene conley, was born in Searcy County Arkansas on August 28, 1848. My grandparents, John Reynols and Jane Ray Reynolds were natives of Tennessee and came to Arkansas soon after the civil War. All we know of my great-grandfather is that he drowned in the Tennessee River, leaving one child, my grandfather, who grew up without knowledge of the family. On my mother's side we have definite knowledge for several generations. My mother was Margaret Irene Conley. Her father was Epaphroditus Conley. Her mother was Mary Ann Conly, (nee Calhoun), a cousin to John C Calhoun. Grandfather Conley was born in Virginia October 1, 1818. Grandmother was born in Tennessee about 1820. She died in 1878. Grandpa died in October 1893, age 75 years. Epaphroditus Conley was the son of Anderson Conley, who was the son of William (Bill) Conley (O'Connally) a typical Irishman who came here from Ireland. He dropped the trimmings and called the name Conley. Reverend W W Reynolds, a Methodist minister, was born in Tennessee. Parents, John Reynolds and Jane Ray Reynolds. She was Scotch. That is where we get to the Scoth-Irish blodd. W W Reynolds was twice married, first wife (a Carter) a girl named Catherine (called Kate), who afterwards married Tip Phillips, and a boy Thomas, who died in childhood. By his second wife, Margaret Irene Conley Reynolds, he had one son and three daughters, John Hammett, Minnie May (died in infancy), Hettie Luella, and Mabel Claire. W W Reynolds died at (Appleton) Jerusalem, Arkansas September 22, 1882 of typhoid fever. John Hammett Reynolds and Nora Montgomery were married at Appleton, Arkansas on September 10, 1893. Rev. Dr. J W Bruton officiating. They have six children living as follows: 1. Amy Vivian, June 20, 1894 2. Catherine Lillian Dec. 15, 1895 3. Francis Willard Dec. 17, 1898 4. Arthur Lee Nov. 10, 1900 5. Willie Lucille June 19, 1902 page 2 Vivian married J R Bartlett Lillian married Faber Spires. (After his death she married Dr. D M Massie Willard married Emmett Cheek (Note: He died Feb 22, 1966) Willie married J C Risinger (He died in 1949) Arthur married Gladys Jamison. Second wide: Opal Gordon My Grandchildren: Vivian and Rube Bartlett had five children, to-wit: Raymond Earl, James Reynolds, Juanita, John Gordon and Fred. Juanita married Harold Hodges and they have four children. Raymond and James have two each. Lillian married Faber Spires, who died in January 1928. They had two chldren, Jean Elizabeth and Faber F Jr. By her second husband, Dr D M Massie she had one son, Robert Reynolds Massie, accidentally shot himself and died at age 17 years. Jean Elizabeth married Kenneth W Gardner. Has two children. Willard married Emmett Cheek. Two children, John Emmett, who married Helen Dean Fields, and Nora Jane. (Note: Jane married Oscar Berryman Jr Aug 29, 1954, and has 4 children) (John E has two). Arthur Lee has 3 girls by first marriage, Margie Dale, Edith and Wilda, all married. By second wife, Opal Gordon, twin girls, Opal Lee and Iris Marie, born Febeuary 13, 1945. Willie and J C Risinger had two children, Mona Irene and James Clyde Jr. Mona married Oscar Zotz and they have three children, girls. (Mona died in 1964). Clyde married Willard Brent Taylor. They have one daughter, Ada Ruth and one son, Willard Brent Jr. (Note: Ada Ruth married Jack winchell in 1952 Jack was killed in auto accident in 1958. Their son, Jack Jr was born June 30, 1958). page 3 J H Reynolds, also known as John Hammett Reynolds. In early life he was a farmer and teacher. He taught for thirteen years and was County Examiner for six years. He entered politics in 1912 and was elected County Treasurer of Conway County, Arkansas and served four years. He was elected Circuit Clerk and Recorder in 1916 and served four years. He was elected County Judge in 1922 and served six years. He was elected Representative in 1932, served two years and refused re-election. He was also elected City Attorney for the city of Morrilton, Arkansas in 1936 and has served six terms of two years each. and is now serving his fourteenth year and does not intend to ask re-election but means to retire. He was admitted to the bar in 1920 and has practiced continually since. Politics: Democrat Church: Methodist My Sisters; Hettie married Don S Dickson. They had three chldren, Herbert, Bertie and Jewel. Herbert married Iva Lasater. They have two children, Bettie Lou and Bertie Married Arthur Williams. They had two boys, Afton and Charles and two girls, Inez and Irene. Inez married Clarence Moll. Irene married ______Todd. Jewel Dickson married Eddie Scroggins. They had one boy, E S. Her husband died and she married a man named Freeman. Don't know the number of children born to them. Mabel married L J (Jess) Boyer. They had 3 boys, Herschel, Will Lee, and Ronald. Hershel married Essie O'Brien. My half sister, Kate, married Tip Phillips, a farmer and good man. They had one boy, Willie who married ______ Norwood, Lillie, who married Jack Tucker. Fannie married Oscar ______. Alma, don't remember. All lived in Oklahoma. My wife- Nora Montgomery: Born at Shiloh, Arkansas January 4, 1872. Her mother was Mona Montgomery (Nee Poe), daughter of Bill and Tabitha (nee) Buckley Poe. My wife had two brothers, James F Montgomery, a Presbyterian minister, and John F Montgomery, a blacksmith. One sister, Willie Montgomery, married Arthur Bunnell. Jim's children are Dolon, Finos, Ennis, Addie, Buell, Fay, Jim, Lilly, Ina Mae. Arthur and Willie Bunnell's children are Berta, May, Queenie, Arthur Jr, Claud and Bess. John F Montgomery and Annie Foster had three sons: Leonard, Bryan and John. Bryan married Bobbie Vick. Lilly Montgomery married Mace Hamilton. Several children, names unknown. page 4 Dr Harmon Poe was a brother to Mona Poe Montgomery. His wife, Mildred collins. Two children, Clifford and Ethel. Henry Poe, another brother. Wife, Mollie Carpenter. Two daughters, Annie and Hattie. Annie married a Thorne, don't recall who Hattie married. Lou Poe Waller. Wife of John Waller. Two sons, Lee and Bud. Two daughters, Mollie who married Ed Ragon (one son, Page) and Effie, who married Wm Hines. (see below). Bud Waller married Ida Ransom and had six sons, Eugene, Bryan, Homer, Perry, James and John. Lee Waller married Mattie Harrison, one child, a girl. Josephine Poe married Dan Crain and had two boys, Truman and Rupert, and two girls, Minnie and May. The Hines family: Effie Waller married Wm. Hines. Had two sons, Earle and Embry, four daughters, Bess, Elma, Ethel and Reba. Bess married W A Tucker. Elam married Charlie Shelton, Ethel married Cas ______. Reba died single. Earl married ______. Embry married Oal McDaniel. RELATIVES OF MY FATHER, W W REYNOLDS: He had six brothers and two sisters. Names: James W, George M, John, Herman, Zacariah, and Ben Franklin (Aunt "Sis and Ben twins). She married Jim Neal and had a bunch of boys, John, William and Zack, one girl, Drucilla married a George. Father had an older sister whose name I do not recall. She married Rev "Dick" O'barr. One son, Harmon, one girl Mattie. James W Reynolds married Celia Bradley. Four girls Cora (George Maxwell), Belle (J Frank Hawkins), Sarah (John Lindsay), Zona (Tom Jones), Frank and Bell have two sons, Jim and Joe, and three girls. Herman Reynolds had one sone, Herman. He had a blue eye and a black eye. Rev George M Reynolds, a Methodist minister, wife Janie Guest. Two sons, Frank and ______. Two daughters, Alice, wife of Rev Jesse Mason. Bettie Corbett. Ben F Reynolds and wife had two sons, Walter and Ben Allen. Three daughters, Dovie Ratliff, Truly and Twilight. John Reynolds died single. Zack died when a boy. CONLEY FAMILY: Epaphroditus Conley, Mary Ann Calhoun Conley, husband and wife. Children: Rev John A Conley, Jane Conley, Anne Conley, Eliza, Mary, Lucinda, Martha, Margaret Irene and William "Bill". 1. John A Conley (1st wife Caroline Draper, 2nd Mollie DeStaniel ?). Two sons James Porter and Mace, two daughters, Sally Josephine and May. Porter married Dora Poe and they had two girls, Eula and Hattie, alias Ruth & Esther. 2. Bill Conley had one daughter, Ellen. She married Jim Brents. One sone, Oda, who had three sons, Albert, Nathan and Dolph. 3. Jane Conley married Jim McElroy. Children, Gasham, Will, John, Elliott & Sarah & Minnie. 4. Anne Conley married Louis Henley. Children: John Samuel, Frank, Millard. Girls: Rosetta, Alice, Nettie & Ida Mae. Alice and Rosetta married Singletons, brothers. 5. Eliza Conley married Sam McElroy. Had one son, LeRastus, two girls, Mattie & Mettie. 6. Mary Conley married John Andrews. Five sons: Will, Ollie, John C, Lonnie, Hobert. page 5 7. Lucinda Conley married James Hamm. [could be Hamms] Two girls Idella and Rado (Eldorado). 8. Martha Conley married J F (Frank) Myers. No children (1 child - Mother & child died at birth). 9. Margaret Irene Conley (my mother) married W W Reynolds. Children: John Hammett, Minnie May, Hattie Luella, Mabel Claire. "Aunt" Sallie cobbs, sister to grandfather Conley. George Dickey married her daughter and had a son, John Dickey. She (Aunt Sallie) had one son, John J Cobbs. His wife was Mollie McAlister, No children. My grandmother, Mary Ann Calhoun Conley, had sisters as follows: Margaret, married ______ Grinder, James Grinder was their son. Jane married "Lum" Cox. ______ married ______ Hurley. The Hurley family consists of James H Hurley, Will L Hurley, and Andrew Hurley. The Houstons: John A Conley was the father of C J (Joe) or Josephine. She married J H "Hawk" Houston. They had two boys, John Hawk Jr, and Elbert (latter died in teens) and three girls, Eva, Grace and Eugenia. Eva married Hugh Cheek. Grace married Walter Duncan, Eugenia married Luther Maxwell. Walter and Grace Duncan had two boys, Conley and Houston, one girl Pattie Grace. Eugenia had one girl, Louise. She married a Skipper (twins). John Hawk married Ida Bell Massingill (first wife) and Bertha Webb (nee Massingill) second wife. His children: Mack and John Jr are his sons. Three daughters Willard (married Bert Ruff), one married James T Brown and one married a Wells. Halbrook family: After my great grandfather drowned, his widow married a Halbrook, George, I think. He had several sons. I remember "Uncle Joe an Aunt Linda. Uncle Tom Halbrook was father of Dr J F Halbrook. Wiley Halbrook had four sons, Wm E, Oscar, Clarence and Orlando. John Halbrook sons, W T, Allen, Matt, Andrew and Jim. Holloway family: Relatives thru the Halbrook branch. T J Holloway, Erry, Bob and Dr W R Holloway. Dr Opie R Holloway, son of Dr W R.