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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Grant County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1889.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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Benjamin E. Reynolds, a farmer of prominent acquaintance in DeKalb Township, was born in Tuscaloosa County, Ala., January 7, 1848, being a son of Benjamin and Sarah (Pall) Reynolds, both natives of Alabama, the former of whom died there about 1850. Subsequently Mrs. Reynolds moved to Arkansas with her people, in 1851, and married again, residing in what is now Grant County, where she remained until her death, in 1861. Our subject lived with his mother until her demise, and then made his home with a brother-in-law until his twenty-second year. There were three children in the family, but one brother died in the army. Mr. Reynolds was married in 1870, to Mary M. Holiman, a charming young lady, and daughter of the Hon. Warren Holiman, one of Grant County’s pioneers. After this event, he located on a new farm, and cleared and greatly improved it. Since that time he has cleared two other farms. In the fall of 1877 he moved to his present home, and his desire to have a fine place has been well fulfilled, for it would be a difficult task to find one in any better condition. He has built a comfortable double log and frame house and stables, sheds, etc. Of the 160 acres of land, about seventy are under cultivation, the balance of the land being timber. A good bearing orchard of apples and peaches yields magnificent crops, and in fact the whole farm betokens thrift and good management. Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds are the parents of six interesting children: Susan A. (wife of George W. Roberts), Barbara Jane, Millie Ann, Sarah Etter, Benjamin K. and Corrah Alice. In the midst of an agreeable and hospitable family, Mr. Reynolds enjoys the confidence of the entire community, a confidence which is not misplaced. Himself and wife are members of the Liberty Baptist Church.

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This family biography is one of 68 biographies included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Grant County, Arkansas published in 1889.  For the complete description, click here: Grant County, Arkansas History, Genealogy, and Maps

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