Butler county Missouri, History of Reynolds House in Qulin MO formerly Melville Written and submitted by: Mary Hudson BUTLER COUNTY MISSOURI ****************************************************************** ****************************************************************** File contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Mary Hudson mahud@rollanet.org USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non- commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. Unauthorized use for commercial ventures expressly prohibited. All information submitted to this project remains - to the extent the law allows - the property of the submitter who, by submitting it, agrees that it may be freely copied but NEVER sold or used in a commercial venture without the knowledge & permission of its rightful owner. The USGenWeb Project makes no claims or estimates of the validity of the information submitted and reminds you that each new piece of information must be researched and proved or disproved by weight of evidence. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ****************************************************************** ****************************************************************** Reynolds House in Qulin, formerly Melville, Butler County Missouri Submitted by: Mary Hudson mahud@rollanet.org In 1910; lot 2, of block 6, was sold to James B. Chadwick. James built a house on this lot, which at one time served as a saloon. Also, this house has been occupied by different families as a private home until 1925. The year of 1925, the house was purchased by Jacob and Cynthia Oller. In 1939 ownership again was transferred. This time to Mrs. Eliya Walls, the daughter of Jacob and Cynthia Oller. In 1946, it was to change ownership again. This time to Eliya's daughter, Ruth Reynolds. After the death of Ruth and her husband John Reynolds, their son Jerry acquired ownership. Jerry, retained the house and land until he and his wife Laverne donated the house to the City of Qulin, to be placed under the care of the Melville-Qulin Historical Society. The house was moved from 4th Street, to it's present site in 1989. Context of Information for this document is taken from a doucument printed for the:
Historical Society of Qulin. This Page Created On November 1998 and Placed Here By: Mary A. Hudson