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Morgan dmorgan@efn.org ==================================================================== Chapter 7 Sarah Barber Reynolds Sarah Barber, daughter of George and Margaret (Watkins) Barber, was born ca. 1780 in Wilkes County, Georgia. She married George Reynolds, son of Spencer Reynolds, ca. 1799 in Oglethorp County, Georgia. It is not known when Sarah and her husband died. Their known children: 1. daughter Reynolds, born 1800, Oglethorpe County, Georgia.[1]57 ( Is this Sarah, who married ____ Johnson?) 2. Josiah Reynolds, born Oglethorpe County, Ga., married _____. A. Josiah Reynolds, Jr., born before 1829. 3. George W. Reynolds. 4. Benjamin Franklin Reynolds, married _____. A. Sarah J. Reynolds, born 1853, married Bob Coffee.[2]58 5. Baskin Reynolds. 6. Barber Watkins Reynolds, born 17 October 1819, Oglethorpe County, Georgia, died 7 June 1882, Throckmorton County, Texas. He married Anne Maria Campbell, 31 January 1841, Chambers County, Alabama.[3]59 A. John Archibald Reynolds, born 1842, died 1843, Chambers Co AL B. George Thomas Reynolds, born 14 February 1844, Chambers Co AL died 5 March 1925, Fort Worth, Texas. He married Lucinda Elizabeth Matthews, 15 July 1867, Ft. Griffin, Texas. Lucinda was the daughter of Joseph Beck Matthews. a. Betty Cantelou (adopted). Betty was the daughter of Frazier and Lulu (Matthews) Cantelou. Lulu neice of Joseph Beck Matthews, Frazier nephew of Anne Marie (Campbell) Reynolds. C. William David Reynolds, born 22 April 1846, Montgomery County, Alabama, died 4 January 1929, Fort Worth, Texas. Married (1) Mary Bird, (2) Susan Alice Matthews, 1 January 1879. Susan was the daughter of Joseph Beck Matthews. a. George Eaton Reynolds, born 14 February 1880, Throckmorton County, Texas. b. Ella Reynolds, born 1881, married Carl T. Burns. c. William David Reynolds JR. born 1883, Albany, Texas. d. Joseph Matthews Reynolds, born 1886, Albany, Texas. e. Anne Merle Reynolds, born 1887, Albany, Tx., married Robert E. Harding. aa. Robert E. Harding Jr bb. Sue Harding f. Watkins Wendell Reynolds, born 1889. g. John Reynolds, born 1892. h. Nathan B. Reynolds, born 1893 D. Susan Emily Reynolds, born 27 September 1848, Shelby County, Tx., married (1)Samuel Pierce Newcomb, 10 November 1862, (2) Nathan Loomis Bartholomew. a. Samuel Augustus Newcomb, born 21 August 1854, married Minna Matthews 29 April 1886, Albany, Texas. Minna was the niece of Joseph Beck Matthews. aa. Augusta Newcom, married ___ Yantsi. bb. Elizabeth Newcomb, married Frank Watts. E. Benjamin Franklin Reynolds, born 4 March 1851, Shelby County Tx married Florence Matthews 6 May 1879. Florence was the niece of Joseoph Beck Matthews. a. Joe Eugene Reynolds b. Andrew W. Reynolds c. Anna Reynolds married Clark Wilkinson d. George Reynolds e. Benjamin Franlin Reynolds, JR, born 1890. f. Caroline Reynolds married J. B. Wilkinson g. Ida Ruby Reynolds married J R. Hale. h. Ivy Reynolds F. Glenn Reynolds, born 19 December 1854, Shelby County Tx, killed 2 November 1889, Gila County, Arizona, married Augusta Russell 2 March 1876. a. Elmer Glenn Reynolds, born 4 February 1877. b. Ashel Watkins Reynolds, born 19 March 1878. c. Elizabeth Reynolds, married ____ Hollowell. d. Augusta married ___ Connell. e. George Reynolds G. Phineas Watkins Reynolds, born 3 August 1857, San Augustine County Tx, married Roseannah Marion Matthews, 20 March 1883, Albany, Tx. Roeseannah was the niece of Jospeh Beck Matthews. Phineas was living in 1945. a. Benjamin Gholson Reynolds, born 5 April 1884, married Lucy McIntire. aa. Phineas Watkins Reynolds Jr., born 1 November 1910, Albany, Texas. bb. William H. M. Reynolds, born 28 June 1912. cc. James Walton Reynolds, born 6 August 1913. b. Caroline Reynolds, born 1885, died 1886. c. Dewitt Clinton Reynolds, born 29 June 1887, Throckmorton County, Texas, married (1) Frances Nail, 11 October 1917, (2) Annette Deller, 13 January 1938. aa. Dewitt Clinton Reynolds Jr. born 11 November 1918. bb. George Thomas Reynolds, born 13 July 1920, Las Vegas Nevada. cc. Jack Nail Reynolds, born 21 December 1927, Las Vegas Nevada. d. Eugene Lavert Reynolds, born 2 December 1888. e. Anna Laura Reynolds, born 1 December 1890, Albany, Tx, married George Finley Bishop 14 June 1916. aa. George Finley Bishop Jr., born 1 November 1917, married Marie Corbin. bb. Eugene Lavert Bishop, born 3 June 1920, married Ana Gorgenson, moved to Mineapolis, Minnesota. aaa. Mary Katherine Bishop, born 1 June 1946. f. James Julian Reynolds, born 4 October 1893, married Eugenia Meyers. aa. Jack Reynolds bb. Rosana Reynolds married Daniel Duff. cc. Marjorie Reynolds married Lloyd C. Shelby. dd. Bobby Hart Reynolds ee. Andrew Eli Reynolds ff. James Edward Reynolds g. Edward Ellsworth Reynolds, born 4 October 1893 (Twin of James J.) married Kate Renfro. aa. Chandler Reynolds h. Effe Glenn Reynolds, born 24 July 1899, Texas, married Saul Harberg, 10 February 1936, settled in Taos, New Mexico. H. Sarah (Sallie) Ann Reynolds, born 234 May 1861, Palo Pinto County, Texas, married John Alexander Matthews, 21 November 1877. John was the son of Joseph Beck Matthews. Sallie was the author of Interwoven, A Pioneer Chronicle, 1936. a. Annie Caroline Matthews, died 24 May 1881. b. May Louise Matthews, born 14 May 1880, married Congressman Thomas LIndsey Blanton 27 September 1899. aa. Thomas LIndsey Blanton Jr. bb. Ann Matthews Blanton cc. William Blanton dd. Joseph Blanton c. Joseph Beck Matthews, Jr., born 12 September 1882, married Louise Webb. d. Susette Matthews, born 15 October 1884, married Arthur Burns. e. Lucille Matthews, born 2 July 1890, married Harold H. Brittingham. f. Sallie Matthews, born 10 June 1893, married Arden B. Judd. g. John Alexander Matthews Jr. born 15 December 1894. h. Watkins Reynolds Matthews, born 1 February 1899. i. Ethel Matthews, married Lister Casey. *********** Barber Watkins Reynolds Two books, Interwoven, A Pioneer Chronicle by Sallie Reynolds Matthews, published in 1936, and Rennolds-Reynolds Family Roster by Stephen F. Tillman, published in 1959, state that the parents of Barber Watkins Reynolds were Benjamin Franklin Reynolds -- Sarah Barber. The will of George Barber, Sr., and his wife Margaret (Watkins) Barber, on pages 8-11 of this genealogy, prove that the parents of Barber Watkins Reynolds were George Reynolds and Sarah Barber, not Benjamin Franklin Reynolds. Sallie Reynolds Matthews was the daughter of Barber Watkins Reynolds. She states in Interwoven that her father and Sam R. Barber of Weatherford, Texas were double first cousins. Samuel Reynolds Barber was the son of George Barber Jr. and his wife Elizabeth Reynolds. George Barber and Sarah Barber were brother and sister, and George Reynolds and Elizabeth Reynolds were brother and sister. "Watt" Reynolds and Sam R. Barber were double first cousins, but Watt's father was George Reynolds, and not Benjamin Franklin Reynolds. Barber Watkins Reynolds was the first commissioner of Buchanan County, Texas (now Stephens County) The Reynolds-Matthews family found the first Presbyterian Church in Albany, Texas, also a Presbyterian Orphanage. George THomas Reynolds and William David Reynolds were among the founders of the first National Bank of Albany, Texas, and George was the founder of First National Bank in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He also was a confederate Civil War veteran. Glenn Reynolds was the first sheriff of Throckmorton County, Texas, later was sheriff of Gila County, Arizona. He was killed by his prisoners while he was transporting them to another place. One of his prisoners was the Apache Kid. Samule Pierce Newcomb was the first clerk of Buckanan County, Texas, was also a school teacher and surveyor. John Alexander Matthews, commissioner of Shackelford County, Texas, became Judge in Throckmorton County in 1894. Matthews Family[4]60 John Matthews married Anna Beck. Some of their children: 1. Joseph Beck Matthews married Carolina Spears, daughter of Alexander and Lucinda (Maynor) Spears. A. Lucinda Elizabeth Matthews married George Thomas Reynolds, son of Barber Watkins Reynolds. B. John Alexander Matthews married Salie Ann Reynolds, daughter of Barber Watkins Reynolds C. Mary Jane Matthews married (1) John M. Larn, (2) Rev. John Brown. John M. Larn was a cattle rustler and horse thief, he was killed 22 June 1878 in the Albany, Texas jail by a vigilante committe, believed to be led by one of his Reynolds brothers-in-law.[5]61 John Brown was a Presbyterian minister in Albany and later Fall River, Massachusetts. D. Martha Ann Matthews married Martin Van Buren Hoover. E. Susan Alice Matthews married William David Reynolds, son of Barber Watkins Reynolds. F. Rose Ella Matthews married Frank Eben Conrad. Frank was one of the founders of First National Bank, Albany, Texas. 2. Frank Baker Matthews married Sarah Jane Wood. They had several children, including: A. Minnie Matthews married Samuel Augustus Newcomb, grandson of Barber Watkins Reynolds. B. Lulu Matthews married Frazier Cantelou, 1892. Frazier was the nephew of Anne Mara (Campbell) Reynolds. a. Betty Cantelou, adopted by George Thomas and Lucinda Elizabeth (Matthews) Reynolds. 3. Andrew Jackson Matthews married Caroline Golson Walton, several children including: A. Florence Rebecca Matthews married Benjamin Franklin Reynolds, son of Barber Watkins Reynolds. B. Roseannah Marion Matthews married Phineas Watkins Reynolds, son of Barber Watkins Reynolds.