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JosephThompson Painter was born in Pennsylvania to William Painter and Martha Torton. He was the seventh of nine children born to his parents. His sister, Sarah Painter Reynolds is our direct ancestor. She married Henry Reynolds. Among the many accomplishments of Joseph Painter there are these: Served three years for the Union in the Civil […]
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Lydia is such a pretty name. In fact we have a granddaughter named Lydia. The same age as Lydia Viola was when she died of cholera at the age of four. Lydia was the oldest child of Jerome Timothy and Mary June Reynolds Watrous. She was born in the tiny farming community of Terre Haute […]
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Direct ancestor William Painter was possibly born in New Jersey and died in Pennsylvania. From 1780 through 1783, William served in the Revolutionary War. He served in the company of Capt. William Smith, 6th Battalion, Chester County Militia. After he returned from three years of service, he married Martha Torton in 1784 in the Second […]
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Mary June Reynolds was born in Pennsylvania to Henry Reynolds and Sarah Painter. She was the seventh of eleven children born to her parents. Her father Henry was a Quaker. He baptized his daughter Mary June. Her mother was an Episcopalian. When she was still young, her parents migrated from Pennsylvania to Illinois and settled […]
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This is the obituary for direct ancestor Henry Reynolds which was carried in the Nauvoo Independent as a reprint in 1973. Henry married Sarah Painter. They became the parents of direct ancestor Mary June Reynolds who married Jerome Timothy Watrous. A summary of the life of Henry Reynolds is on this site.
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This is the original grave stone for Jerome Timothy Watrous who was born in 1818 in Ohio and died in 1904 in Illinois. It was originally placed in a straight row with similar stones for his wife Mary June Reynolds Watrous and little daughter Lydia Viola who died at the age of four. We we […]
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Among the inspiring stories surrounding our ancestors is the story of John Painter Reynolds. He was the youngest child of eleven born to his parents Henry Reynolds and Sarah Painter. He came to Illinois from his birthplace in Pennsylvania in 1836. His father Henry bought a farm two miles north of LaHarpe. After the death […]
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“The Quaker Lovers” by Homer Pyle Henry Reynolds was born in Delaware in 1786 to James England Reynolds and Hannah Webster. He was the oldest of eleven children born to his parents. By 1803 he was living in Pennsylvania where he settled near New Castle and built a grist mill. In 1809 he married Sarah […]
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This is the city cemetery in Terre Haute, Henderson County, Illinois. I remember when I began my research into our ancestors in this place. The person I contacted was maintaining a website for US Genweb. She informed me that there was no such place as Terre Haute in Illinois. Well, here it is and we […]
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This Methodist church was built in 1892 in the little town of Terre Haute in Henderson County Illinois. There, in the next year, Mary June Reynolds Watrous was remembered upon her death. Her husband Jerome Timothy Watrous also came to this little church in a coffin to be remembered as one of the pioneers of […]