Descendent Families
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10/21/1808. Birth Madrid, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA |
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-1/83/1820. East Aurora, Erie County, New York, USA
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00/00/1820. Apprenticed to a miller Churchville, New York, USA |
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1837. Lived in Aurora until 1837, according to Allen H. diary of visit with Harry and Almos to Aurora
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1837. Leaves Buffalo, NY for Chicago, then Blackhawk Purchase Iowa
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1838. Illinois, USA, according to Gilbert bio
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1839. In spring to Davenport, Iowa
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01/09/1839. Leaves Iowa for New York on foot
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02/09/1839. Arrives in New York
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1840. Davenport, Iowa, USA Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, USA |
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-1/84/1840. W.S. Clark says that Almos was building mills across the river in Illinois during the 1840s Illinois, USA |
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1841. Mail at post office in Davenport, Iowa, USA Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, USA |
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12/01/1845. Federal Land Grant. To Almos H. Reynolds Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, USA |
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05/01/1848. Federal Land Grant? To Amos H. Reynolds Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, USA |
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07/26/1849. First wife Mary W. Glidden dies of consumption, age 33
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07/14/1850. Arrives in California, looking for gold
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1851. Partner in building Willamette Woolen Mill in Salem, Oregon
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05/20/1851. Moves to Oregon
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1853. A. H. Reynolds building Buell mill Elkhorn, Oregon, USA |
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1854. Building the Chambers Mill Benton County, Oregon, USA |
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1856. A. H. Reynolds building Agency Creek mill for the government Grand Ronde, Oregon, USA |
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1857. A.W. Reynolds appears on state tax roll in Marion County Marion County, Oregon, USA |
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-1/85/1858. Building mill on present site of Union Station Portland, Oregon, USA |
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1859. Building first mill in Walla Walla, Washington, in partnership with U.S. Grant's brother in law, Capt. F.T. Dent
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05/10/1859. Arrives in Walla Walla Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington, USA |
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05/23/1861. Marriage to Margaret Letitia 'Lettice Jane' Millican
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1865. Building Mill in Union County, Oregon
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04/21/1889. Death, from Dropsy Walla Walla, Walla Walla County, Washington, USA |
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Documents |
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1830. Federal Census, under father 'Nickolas Runalds' Aurora, Erie County, New York, USA |
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1840. Federal Census, with wrong age column checked (40-50, not 30-40?), has wife 20-30 and 1 boy under 5 Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, USA |
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1849. See article from Dec 1849 from William Eldridge. Maybe influence on deciding to go to CA? Author related to DC Eldridge who built first grist mill in 1837? The Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, USA
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1850. Federal Census Waterville and vicinity, El Dorado County, California, USA |
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1854. Territorial Census Benton County, Oregon Territory, USA |
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1860. Federal Census Walla Walla, Walla Walla County, Washington, USA |
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1880. Federal Census Walla Walla, Walla Walla County, Washington, USA |
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1882. Biographical sketch #1
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1889. Almos Reynolds Obituary Walla Walla, Walla Walla County, Washington, USA |
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1899. Biographical sketch #2
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1920. Reminiscences of Charles Webster Clark, oldest son of Ransom Clark and Lettice Jane Millican Clark, later Mrs. Almos H. Reynolds Walla Walla, Walla Walla County, Washington, USA |
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1965. Life of Harry Abbott Reynolds Walla Walla, Walla Walla County, Washington, USA |
Notes |
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First wife and family (maybe excepting one son) died in Iowa fire? Source: paper, Carol Barker, History of American Art (class?), Whitman? |
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Davenport not far from Sterling, Illinois where his mom is buried. Did his parents live there? Why did mom die in Sterling and Nicholas buried back in NY? |
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Brother Daniel in whiteside co in 1845, but back in NY in 1850? |
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http://genealogytrails.com/ore/benton/newspaper/bentonbull.html |
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Ancestral Families
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Almos Holbrook Reynolds PHOTOS:
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Almos Holbrook Reynolds
Date: late 1880s
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A.H. Reynolds family portrait. Back row: Ella Clark, Lizzie Clark, Allen Holbrook Reynolds, Harry Reynolds. Front row: Almos H. Reynolds, Aleta Baker, Lettice Millican Reynolds, Anna Hill.
Date: 1888?
Place: Portland, Multnoman County Oregon, USA
Photographer: Partridge (opposite the post office), Portland, Oregon
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Almos Holbrook Reynolds and Aleta Baker
Date: 1888
Place: Walla Walla, Walla Walla County, Washington Territory, USA
Photographer: Brodeck and Co., Walla Walla, W.T.
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