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Richard Reynolds Jr.

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Richard Reynolds Jr.
birth: 5 Sept 1803 in North Carolina to Richard Reynolds Sr. and Mary Anna Holmes
death: 20 May 1861 in Kentucky
burial: Unknown

marriage: 14 Nov 1821 in Shelby County, Kentucky
Martha “Patsy” McAllister
birth: ab. 1801 in Kentucky to James McAllister and Elizabeth Hays
death: between 1841-1854 in Schuyler County, Missouri
burial: unknown

Children of Martha “Patsy” McAllister and Richard Reynolds Jr.:

  • Gabriel b 21 July 1822, d 28 Feb 1883 M. Elizabeth Hackler
  • Parthenia b 18 Dec 1823, d 6 Aug 1907 M. Esau Burgess Nimrod Speer
  • Nancy b 17 Mar 1827 d 1 Jul 1931 M Jeremiah “Jerry” Gray
  • Mary L “Polly” b 5 Dec 1830 d between 1896-1900 M Isaac Franklin Forbes
  • Sarah b 1832 d about 1875 M William Henry Maize
  • Richard b 4 Jan 1838 d March 1911 M Sarah Frances Larue “Fannie” Norman
  • Jackson Andrew b about 1841 d ? M Elizabeth Hulen

Ancestor here lived in:

Lawrence County, Indiana 1827-1841

Ancestor also lived in:

North Carolina 1803-1815; Kentucky 1821-1824; Iowa 1850; Schuyler County, Missouri 1854; Gainesville, Texas 1860

Other Information:

Richard Reynolds Jr. married Christine Sluss Hensley 19 Feb 1854 She was born about 1822 in VA and d before 1870 in Gainesville, TX. Her parents were Peter Sluss Sr. and Elizabeth Magadalena Kegley. Children of Richard Reynolds Jr. and Christine Sluss Hensley: Rhoda b 1854 d 1870; Francis Marion b about 1856 d 1915 M Elizabeth Truehitte; Louisa Catherine b 22 Feb 1861 d4 Aug 1944 M William Perry Haworth; Anna Jemima “Miama” b Feb 1863 D 1930 M David M. Perkins

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Sandra L Norfolk
Email: librariancr@gmail.com

Sarah Robbins

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Sarah Robbins
b. 3 October 1811 at Adams Co., OH, daughter of John and Lydia (Hannah) Robbins
d. 11 February 1869 at Cass Co., IN
bur. Spring Creek Cemetery, Cass Co., IN

Sarah Robbins gravestone

Sarah Robbins gravestone

m1.
John Davidson
b. 6 August 1829
d. 12 April 1845

m2.
Samuel M. McCoy as his second wife
b. abt. 1826 in OH
d. 16 March 1901 at Hoover, Cass Co., IN
bur. Spring Creek Cemetery, Cass Co., IN, in unmarked grave next to Sarah

Children with John Davidson:

  • Clarissa Davidson (?–26 November 1886)
  • Elizabeth A. Davidson
  • Allen Bruce Davidson (29 September 1839–3 October 1910) m. Mary Eliza Hensley
  • Lydia Helen Davidson (1842–2 February 1895) m. John Bunyan Winters

Children with Samuel McCoy:

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Kathy Jones Stickney
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Ormond Beach, FL 32174
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Dr. William J Darnell

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Dr. William J. Darnell
b. 12 December 1837, Scott County, Virginia, to Henry H. and Hannah Retia (Hensley) Darnell
d. 20 February 1926, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma

m/1. 10 May 1868, Fayette County, Illinois
Elizabeth W. Pasley
b. June 1851, Illinois
d. Miami County, Illinois

m/2. 1901, Miami County, Indiana
Mary Martha Keplinger
b. 18 November 1886, Union Township, Miami County, Indiana
d. 4 June 1971, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma

Children with Elizabeth W. Pasley:

  • T. E.
  • Mary
  • Lou
  • Ida Mae
  • Ethel E.
  • Hazel M.

Children with Mary Martha Keplinger:

  • Irene Vinita (b. 17 September 1902)
  • William Jay (b. 29 May 1912)

Dr. Darnell immigrated to Peru, Miami County, Indiana, before 1900 from Fayette County, IL. He emigrated from Indiana to Weer, Indian Territory, south of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, in 1904.

William Darnell served in Company M of the 1st Indiana Cavalry during the Civil War until he was wounded in the head by a steel ball. Doctors then inserted a stainless steel plate, and he was discharged. Darnell was so impressed with the medical profession that he decided to become a physician. He attended the University of Michigan, the University of Illinois, and Johns Hopkins University while earning his Doctor of Medicine degree with a specialization in surgery and obtaining a license to practice pharmacy in 1868.

Dr. Darnell began his profession in Illinois and then moved to Peru, Indiana. In 1903 while practicing in Williford, Arkansas, he became acquainted with the Jesse James gang after treating some of their wounds from one of their escapades.

After visiting Indian Territory a number of times, Dr. Darnell purchased Dr. B. T. Ball’s business at Weer. The Darnell store was a combined drug, grocery, and general store. Since he was a licensed pharmacist, he would prepare various types of medicines for his patients, and his wife would operate the store while he was away on house calls.

His practice took Dr. Darnell as far east as Wagoner and to Kellyville in the west. He rode a horse on most trips, although he did use a horse and buggy on some occasions. Later he purchased a Model T Ford to use on his calls.

Bills were sometimes paid in wood, hogs, chickens, and cows, and a few patients even worked their bills by helping on Dr. Darnell’s farm. For those who made no effort to pay their debts, Dr. Darnell wrote in the back of his journal of uncollected bills “Gone to Hell.”

Submitted by:
Norma M. Sullivan.
Delphi IN