Person Sheet


Name Phineas Bates Reynolds
Birth 9 Jun 1820, Black Rock, New York
Death 3 Aug 1901, Lexington, Dawson County, Nebraska
Occupation Farmer; Supervisor of the township of Prophetstown, 1876-77
Father Nathaniel Gardner Reynolds (1794-1866)
Mother Phoebe Bates Brace (1799-1876)
Spouses
1 Elizabeth Gardner May
Birth 26 Aug 1836, Bath, Stuben County, New York
Death 7 Nov 1912, Lexington, Dawson County, Nebraska
Father Samuel Stillman May
Mother Barbara Logan
Marriage 26 Nov 1857, Davenport, Scott County, Iowa
Children Fannie May (1863-1917)
Edward Bates (1863-1917)
Samuel Stillman (1867-1944)
Robert Logan (1869-1869)
Herbert Brace (1875-)
Anna Barbara (1860-1924)
Jennie May (1864-1930)
Luella Grace (1871-1947)
Bessie Logan (1877-1910)
2 Polly Frances Smith
Birth 25 Sep 1825, Poultney Township, Vermont
Death 8 Jul 1857, Prophetstown, Whiteside County, Illinois
Marriage 19 Oct 1843, Prophetstown, Whiteside County, Illinois
Children Orange Brace (1846-1849)
Orin Curtis (1848-1849)
Irvin Edson (1850-)
Lester Bernice (1853-1860)
Nathaniel Gardner (1857-1860)
Notes for Phineas Bates Reynolds
MyFamily.com has: "He was a volunteer in Company K 34th Infantry during the Civil War."
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Info from my Dad, 5/9/2001:
Phineas lived at Prophetstown, Il; joined the Union army; later homesteaded around Lexington, NE. Dad indicated that family lore says the Reynoldses first came to US via Canada. (Note: info re Phineas all checks out.)
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5/11/01: Found this at Illinois Civil War Veterans Database (www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/genealogy/civilwar.html): "REYNOLDS, PHINEAS B REC K 34 IL US INF PROPHETSTOWN"--"REC" evidently means Recruit. The rest indicates he was with Company K, 34th Regiment, Illinois Infantry.
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5/27/2001: Per civilwardata.com, Phineas enlisted 12/2/1861. Per rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/r050/034-k-in.htm, discharged July 21, 1862.
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