Joseph Coleman Reynolds
and Manerva Morgan

Manerva Morgan Reynolds

Click On This Picture to See  Death Certificate of Joseph Coleman Reynolds Sr Courtesy of Kristie Reynolds Davis

Joseph Coleman Reynolds Sr (Known as Josiah in Volume II of the Letcher Co., Family Histories) b 26 Nov 1847 Russell Co VA d 18 Nov 1930 Union, Lewis Co, WA; buried 19 Nov 1930 Claquato Cemetery, Chehalis, Lewis Co, WA; (See 1860 Letcher Co KY Census), s/o Noah Milburn Reynolds and Mary Chaney Stone. Joseph Coleman Reynolds Sr m. 29 Feb 1868 Letcher Co KY (1) to Mary Manerva Morgan b 15 Mar 1850 Letcher Co KY d 29 Mar 1905 Letcher Co KY of Tuberculosis; d/o James Morgan and Mary Emily Polly. (See Family Photo Album). Children of Joseph Coleman Reynolds Sr and Mary Manerva Morgan;

 Albritton Reynolds b about 1871 d 2 Aug 1876 Letcher Co KY at age 5 or 6 years.

 William Cody "Billy" Reynolds b 24 Jul 1890 Letcher Co KY d 5 Apr 1978 Pound, Wise Co, VA; m. 23 Jul 1913 Stacy Branch, Wise Co VA to (1) Clara Jane Whitaker, b 19 Apr 1891 Wise Co VA d 20 Jan 1956 Pound, Wise Co, VA; d/o McDonald "Mac" Whitaker and Mary Belle Haddon. William Cody "Billie" Reynolds m. (2) to Female Robinson (she died between 1980 - 1985). William Cody "Billy" Reynolds m. to (3) Effie "Eddie" Hall.

 Kentucky Florida Reynolds b 17 Oct 1876 KY d Oct 1941  m. 3 May 1895 Letcher Co KY to Joel M Johnson b about 1864 d about 1936 Letcher Co KY, s/o Tandy Johnson and Matilda Wright.

 Morgan T Reynolds b 14 Jul 1874 Millstone, Letcher Co KY d 4 Jun 1957 Letcher Co KY; m. 4 May 1896 Letcher Co KY to Almyra Myra Matilda Johnson b 7 Sept 1877 Etty, Pike Co KY d 12 Jun 1948, d/o Benjamin Franklin Johnson and Mary Elizabeth Wright.  Morgan T Reynolds was a Veteran of the Spanish American War. He was elected Sheriff of Letcher Co KY and he was a teacher.  Morgan Reynolds m. (2) to Talitha Hall b 15 Mar 1889 d 7 Dec 1969, d/o Elijah Hall and Nancy Meade. Talitha Hall m. 6 Nov 1902 Letcher Co KY to Robert M. Meade b 1885, s/o William Meade and Elizabeth Yonts. Talitha Hall m. (3) to Jeff Bentley b 1885.

 Mary C Reynolds b 15 Jul 1882 d 19 Nov 1961 Pound, Wise Co, VA. m. to (1) Charles Brown. Mary C Reynolds m. 3 Jan 1907 Letcher Co, KY to (2) Joel E Wright b 29 June 1883 d about 1962, s/o John Wesley "Devil John" Wright and Ellen Sanders.

 Maryland Reynolds b 4 Aug 1879 d 1 May 1955 m. 27 Aug 1895 Letcher Co KY to Spencer Adkins Johnson b 13 June 1888 Lionellie, Pike Co KY d 6 Sept 1938 McRoberts, Letcher Co KY,  s/o Tanda "Tandy" Johnson and Matilda Wright.

Joseph Coleman Reynolds Sr b 26 Nov 1847 Russell Co VA d 18 Nov 1930 Union, Lewis Co, WA; buried 19 Nov 1930 Claquato Cemetery, Chehalis, Lewis Co, WA; s/o Noah Milburn Reynolds and Mary Chaney Stone. Joseph Coleman Reynolds Sr m. 2 Mar 1901 Millstone, Letcher Co KY to (2) Hortense Lee Friley b 26 May 1861 Roanoke, Russell Co VA d 27 Oct 1943 Lexington, Fayette Co KY, buried Lexington Cemetery next to her daughter Marjorie Lee (Reynolds) Rogers, d/o Rachel Lee & adopted by Isaac Friley of Roanoke, VA. Hortense Lee Friley m. (1) to Buddy Baker.  (Grandparents of Kristie Reynolds Davis). Children of Joseph Coleman Reynolds and Hortense Lee Friley;

 James Martin Reynolds b 1 Aug 1887 Baker, KY d  1943 Detroit, MI. Children of James Martin Reynolds and Unknown;

I. Emmalee Reynolds b about 1922

II. Margaret Reynolds b about 1924

III. Polly Reynolds b about 1926

IV. Dotsy Reynolds b about 1928

V. David Reynolds b about 1930

Joseph Coleman Reynolds Jr - Photo Courtesy Kristie Reynolds Davis

Joseph Coleman Reynolds Jr m.  after 1928 to (2) Loyis E Finke b 30 Mar 1902 Alameda, CA d 28 Jul 1989 Chelan WA.

Joseph Coleman Reynolds Jr m. (3) to Darlene Dixie Marie Barrett. (living in Lewiston, Nez Perce Co, Idaho)  Parents of Kristie Reynolds Davis. Children of Joseph Coleman Reynolds Jr and Darlene Dixie Marie Barrett;

I. Kristie Reynolds m. Male Davis

II. Female Reynolds

 David Coleson Reynolds (twin to Joseph Coleman) b 24 Sept 1892 Whitesburg, KY died as a toddler unknown date.

 Augie Reynolds (AKA Aggie or Oggie) b 6 Mar 1895 Millstone, Letcher Co KY d 9 Dec 1967 Gallia Co OH; m. William Sherman Potter b 18 Feb 1895 d 21 Jul 1971, s/o Reuben Potter and Arminda Hall. Augie Reynolds m. Manuelo Manuebo Wanebo?

 Margie Lee Reynolds b 25 Aug 1899 Letcher Co KY d 2 Oct 1995 Versailles, Woodford Co, KY m. 18 Aug 1926 Versailles, KY to George Owen Rogers b 5 Jan 1904 Lexington, Fayette Co KY d St Joseph Hospital, Lexington, Fayette Co, KY. Children (according to Kristie Reynolds Davis);

I. Virginia Cathrine Rogers

II. Caroline Rogers

 Amanda Reynolds b about 1902 (aka Manda Triplett) m. James Floyd Strickland (aka Triplett, lived in Washington State in 1943) d 11 Sept 1980. Children of Amanda Reynolds and James Floyd Strickland;

I. Mary Lou Strickland b about 1930 m. about 1950 to Ronnie Goble b about 1930; Child;

1. Linda Goble b about 1953

Mary Lou Strickland m. about 1955 to 2nd Harold Bingen b about 1930. Children;

1. Stephen Bingen b about 1958

2. Scott Bingen b about 1960

II. James "Jim" Strickland b about 1945 m. 1965 to Christina Twogood. Children;

1. Shelly Ann Strickland b about 1967

2. James Strickland Jr b about 1967

3. Kristie Marlene Strickland b about 1969

Hortense Lee Friley b 26 May 1861 Roanoke, Russell Co VA d 27 Oct 1943 Lexington, Fayette Co KY, buried Lexington Cemetery next to her daughter Marjorie Lee (Reynolds) Rogers, d/o Rachel Lee and Jim Turner & adopted by Isaac Friley of Roanoke, VA. Hortense Lee Friley m. (1) to Buddy Baker. Children of Buddy Baker and Hortense Lee Friley:

 Luther Baker m. 7 Oct 1932 to Mildred Cleo Bates b 11 Sept 1912 d 25 Feb 1991 d/o Robert Bates and Elizabeth Bentley.

 Elijah Baker

 Irvin Baker

 Calvin Baker

 Millard Baker

From Anne M Younger:
Hortense Lee Friley Reynolds was half Indian, but I was told that she was Cherokee. This may not be completely accurate. Hortense was my mother's grandmother and raised her for most of her childhood, but Hortense was illiterate and was not raised by her father's people, but by her mother's family. My mother has written about Hortense's family and I can send you more information. Hortense's biological father was called Jim Turner, supposedly an Indian field hand who had an affair with Rachael Friley. Hortense was a servant as a teenager in the Baker home and married Bud Baker. He left her and their four sons. She then married Joseph Reynolds and had James, Amanda, Marjorie, Coleman and Coleson, twin boys. Coleson died as a toddler.

Obituary, Hortense Lee Friley Reynolds:
Mrs Hortense Reynolds: 26 May 1861 - 27 Oct 1943
Funeral services for Mrs Hortense Reynolds, who died yesterday at the home of a daughter, Mrs. G. O. Rogers, on the Spurr pike, (Lexington, Fayette Co KY) will be held at 2 p. m. Friday at Kerr Brothers funeral home. Dr. J. Archer Gray, pastor of Everybody's church, will officiate and burial will be in the Lexington cemetery, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky. Mrs. Reynolds, 82, was a daughter of the late Isaac and Rachel Lee Friley of Roanoke, Va. Survivors include two other daughters, Mrs Amanda Triplett, Seattle, Wash; and Mrs. Audrey Potter, Whitesburg; five sons, Luther Baker, Whitesburg; Irvin and Elijah Baker, both of Keene Va.; James M. Reynolds, Detroit, Mich., and Coleman Reynolds, Fairbanks, Alaska, and 18 grandchildren.

Thanks to Margo Reynolds for submitting update information and photos for this family by email March 2010.