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 1834 - 1910

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• Birth	18 Feb 1834	Guthrie, Callaway, Missouri, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	26 Feb 1910	Guthrie, Callaway, Missouri, USA
  	Cause: catarrh of stomach and valvular heart disease
  Obituary	3 Mar 1910	Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA
  	Callaway Weekly Gazette
  	James Reynolds Dead Well known citizen of near Guthrie passes away - made coffin and vault years ago. James Reynolds who was born in Callaway County in 1834, died at his home near Guthrie, Saturday evening, after an illness of several months, and was buried at the Dry Fork Church Monday afternoon, Rev. C.A. Mitchell preaching the funeral and the body being laid to rest with Masonic ceremonies. He leaves a wife and six children to mourn their loss. He had long been one of the prominent citizens of his section of the county a man of strong convictions and of influence. He was eccentric in many ways and years ago provided a burial place for himself by cutting out a vault in the rock on a hillside on his farm. He also made for himself a coffin from walnut lumber sawed from a tree cut on his land. However a more modern casket and a steel vault contain the remains.
  Buried	Dry Fork Cemetery, , Callaway, Missouri, USA
  Person ID	I5319	Herring Family of Callaway County, Missouri
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2009
  Father	John Payne Reynolds,   b. 3 Dec 1804, , Halifax, Virginia, USA ,   d. 24 Mar 1881
  Mother	Lavina Newman,   b. 10 Oct 1805, , , Virginia, USA ,   d. 6 Jan 1887
  Family ID	F1641	Group Sheet
  Family	Margaret Davenport Crank,   b. 22 Sep 1835, , Callaway, Missouri, USA ,   d. 7 Jan 1914, Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA
  Married	18 Jun 1853	, Callaway, Missouri, USA
  Children	1. Sarah Francis Reynolds,   b. 22 Sep 1853, , Callaway, Missouri, USA ,   d. 22 Dec 1940, Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA   2. Permilla Reynolds,   b. 1 Aug 1855, , Callaway, Missouri, USA ,   d. 27 Dec 1860, , Callaway, Missouri, USA > 3. John Robert Reynolds,   b. 9 Apr 1857, Guthrie, Callaway, Missouri, USA ,   d. 13 Jul 1932, Saint Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA   4. William H. Reynolds,   b. 21 Jul 1859, , Callaway, Missouri, USA ,   d. 28 Jul 1860, , Callaway, Missouri, USA   5. Sterling Price Reynolds,   b. 9 Nov 1861, , Callaway, Missouri, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Charles Samuel Reynolds,   b. 31 Jul 1866, , Callaway, Missouri, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Abbie Reynolds,   b. 1870, , Callaway, Missouri, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Annie Guy Reynolds,   b. 1872, , Callaway, Missouri, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	12 Oct 2006
  Family ID	F14346626	Group Sheet

• Death Certificates		Death certificate of Reynolds, James Carey 18 Feb 1834 - 26 Feb 1910. He was my 2nd cousin 4 times removed.

• Notes

  1860; Census Place: Round Prairie, Callaway, Missouri; Roll: M653_610; Page: 0; Image: 490. Name: James C Reynolds Age in 1860: 26 Birth Year: abt 1834 Birthplace: Missouri Home in 1860: Round Prairie, Callaway, Missouri Gender: Male Post Office: Boydsville Value of real estate: $1,500 Household Members: Name Age James C Reynolds 26, farmer Margaret D Reynolds 25 Sarah F Reynolds 7 Permelia I Reynolds 5 John R Reynolds 3 William H Reynolds 1 1880; Census Place: Cedar, Callaway, Missouri; Roll: T9_677; Family History Film: 1254677; Page: 501.2000; Enumeration District: 27; Image: 0425. Name: James C. Reynolds Home in 1880: Cedar, Callaway, Missouri Age: 46 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1834 Birthplace: Missouri Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head) Spouse's Name: Margaret D. Father's birthplace: Virginia Mother's birthplace: Virginia Occupation: Farmer Marital Status: Married Race: White Gender: Male Household Members: Name Age James C. Reynolds 46 Margaret D. Reynolds 44 Sterling P. Reynolds 18, works on farm, attended school Charles S. Reynolds 13, works on farm, attended school Abby Reynolds 10, attended school Annie G. Reynolds 8, attended school Handmade Coffin too Small- Callaway County Man's Preparations defeated by his Flesh. Mexico Intelligencer, February 28, 1910 After working for years to complete a handsome walnut casket and erecting a large vault from limestone taken from cliffs on his farm, James Reynolds of Guthrie, a small town near here was not buried as he had arranged.He was one of the representative farmers in Callaway County, and in constructin his casket allowed no one to assist him, even cutting the trees from which the casket was made. He died Sunday night, but as he had become very fleshy it was impossible to bury him in the casket because it was too small.

• Event Map

  Event Birth - 18 Feb 1834 - Guthrie, Callaway, Missouri, USA Married - 18 Jun 1853 - , Callaway, Missouri, USA Died - Cause: catarrh of stomach and valvular heart disease - 26 Feb 1910 - Guthrie, Callaway, Missouri, USA Obituary - Callaway Weekly Gazette - 3 Mar 1910 - Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA Buried - - Dry Fork Cemetery, , Callaway, Missouri, USA  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth