John Wilson McReynolds

  Noted events in his life were:

• Census: 1850 U.S. Federal Census, on 19 Aug 1850, in Grant, Wisconsin.
John McReynolds age 45
Rebecca McReynolds age 40
James A McReynolds age 20
Thomas L McReynolds age17
Jesse N McReynolds age 17
John W McReynolds age 14 *
Harriet A McReynolds age 12
William McReynolds age 9 *
Franklin L McReynolds age6
Francis L McReynolds age 6

John and William married two sisters of my great grandfather, George Henry Atwood. John married Ellen Francis Atwood, and William married Lucy Jane Atwood.

[source: The National Archives in Washington, DC; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: District 24, Grant, Wisconsin; Roll: 998; Page: 17b].

• Census: 1870 U.S. Federal Census, on 20 Jul 1870, in Fennimore, Grant, Wisconsin.
John McReynolds, age 34, farmer
Ellen F. McReynolds, age 19
Eva McReynolds, age 1

[Source: Year: 1870; Census Place: Fennimore, Grant, Wisconsin; Roll: M593_1716; Page: 123A].

John married Ellen Francis Atwood, daughter of John Fletcher Atwood and Sarah Ann Woods, on 4 Jul 1868 in Grant, Wisconsin. (Ellen Francis Atwood was born on 22 Feb 1851 in Hazelgreen, Wisconsin ¹⁷⁰ and died on 22 Jan 1929 in Grinnell, Poweshiek, Iowa.)

  Marriage Notes:

Marriage Source [Wisconsin Historical Society. Pre-1907 Vital Records Collection. Madison, WI, USA: Wisconsin Historical Society Library Archives.]