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Erastus D. Reynolds
1844 - 1884

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• Birth	28 Jun 1844	, , New York, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Military Service	Civil War, Company H, 15th New York Engineers  [3, 4]
  Census	25 Sep 1850	Venango Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA   [5]
  Census	11 Jul 1860	Amity Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA   [6]
  Census	2 Jun 1880	French Creek Town, Chautauqua, New York, USA   [7]
  Died	29 Jul 1884	Wattsburg, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA   [1, 8]
  Census	1890	French Creek Town, Chautauqua, New York, USA   [4]
  Buried	Wattsburg Cemetery, Wattsburg, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA   [1]
  		Erastus D. Reynolds Photograph by William F. Bisbee
  Person ID	I2561	Bisbee
  Last Modified	28 Jun 2009

  
  

  Father	Truman D. Reynolds,   b. Abt 1808, , , New York, USA ,   d. Bef 1875
  Mother	Lydia Bisbee,   b. 26 Jun 1811, , , New York, USA ,   d. Aft 1880
  Family ID	F7186	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Ruth Ann Bisbee,   b. 21 Jan 1838, Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA ,   d. 2 Jun 1906, French Creek Town, Chautauqua, New York, USA
  Married	28 Jun 1871	Wattsburg, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA   [8, 9, 10]
  	An 1881 Atlas of Chautauqua County, NY shows a 50-acre parcel, with house, fronting on Old State Line Rd. belonging to Mrs. R. A. Reynolds.
  Children	1. Mary Jane Reynolds,   b. 29 Aug 1873, French Creek Town, Chautauqua, New York, USA ,   d. 12 Apr 1961, Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA   2. Frank L. Reynolds,   b. 28 Nov 1880, French Creek Town, Chautauqua, New York, USA ,   d. 17 Feb 1949
  Last Modified	28 Jun 2009
  Family ID	F57	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Event Birth - 28 Jun 1844 - , , New York, USA Census - 25 Sep 1850 - Venango Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Census - 11 Jul 1860 - Amity Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Married - 28 Jun 1871 - Wattsburg, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Census - 2 Jun 1880 - French Creek Town, Chautauqua, New York, USA Died - 29 Jul 1884 - Wattsburg, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Census - 1890 - French Creek Town, Chautauqua, New York, USA Buried - - Wattsburg Cemetery, Wattsburg, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

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  Erastus D. Reynolds Civil War Pension Records (83) Documents from his pension file at the National Archives

  
  

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  [S1809] Erastus D. Reynolds Gravestone, (Wattsburg Cemetery, Wattsburg, Erie County, Pennsylvania). [S2069] Erastus D. Reynolds Household: 1875 New York State Census, French Creek, Chautauqua, New York, (family 47.). [S44] Erastus D. Reynolds Civil War Pension Records, Pension Application No. 420002, (Washington, D. C.: National Archives). [S2072] Erastus D. Reynolds: 1890 US Census, French Creek, Chautauqua, NY, (Special Schedule, Surviving Soldiers, Sailors, etc., Chautauqua County Courthouse, Mayville, New York, Jun 1890, ED 67, page 1, dwelling 57, family 57.). [S1938] Truman D. Reynolds Household: 1850 US Census Population Schedule, Venango, Erie, Pennsylvania, (www.ancestry.com (2005): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M432, roll 777; page 70(B), line 2, dwelling 111, family 114; image downloaded 9/2/2008.). [S1943] Truman D. Reynolds Household: 1860 US Census Population Schedule, Amity, Erie, Pennsylvania, (www.ancestry.com (2004): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M653, roll 1107; enumerated page 20, master page 20, line 9, dwelling 1410, family 155; image downloaded 9/2/2008). [S2071] Erastus D. Reynolds Household: 1880 US Census Population Schedule, French Creek, Chautauqua, New York, (www.ancestry.com (2005): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication T9, roll 815; enumeration district (ED) 57, enumerated page 2B, master page 374B, line 25, dwelling 22, family 22; image downloaded 11/3/2008.). [S42] Erastus D. Reynolds Civil War Pension Records, Pension Application 319872, (Washington, D. C.: National Archives). [S1457] Erastus D. Reynolds Civil War Pension Records, Pension Application No. 319872, (Washington, D. C.: National Archives). [S43] Erastus D. Reynolds Civil War Pension Records, (Washington, D. C.: National Archives Soldier's Pension Application No. 420 002 Soldier's Pension Certificate No. 330 497 Widow's Pension Application No. 319 872 Widow Certificate No. 223 608 Disabled son's Pension Application No. 861 333 Disabled son's Certificate No. 634 942). Ruth Bisbee married John W. Reynolds about 1860 in Smyrna, Chenango, New York, by whom she had two normal, healthy children, Addison and Nellie. After John's death in 1866, Ruth moved to French Creek, Chautauqua County, New York, across the road from her father. In 1871 she married her first cousin, Erastus D. Reynolds, and had two children by him: Frank L. and Mary Jane Reynolds. Frank was severely retarded and his intellectual capacity never exceded that of a child, five to ten years old. In her will, Ruth directed that her son Addison care for his half-brother after her death. On 28 October 1907, Addison became guardian to Frank and collected a Helpless Child disability for him, stemming from his father's Civil War service. When Addison died in 1942, a trust company in Pittsburg was appointed gaurdian. Frank went to live with his sister Mary Jane Gorndt, who, in the opinion of Veteran's Administration Field Examiners, was of limited intelligence, and displayed signs of extreme nervousness. "She was a frail neurotic type of person." A neighbor had convinced Mary Jane that she should not accept any money from the government to avoid a lot of red tape and trouble. For years, she adamantly refused to take Frank for a Veteran's Administraion physical examination. She even went so far as to hire a lawyer to make the government stop paying Frank's monthly benefit. Frank's legal guardian, the trust company in Pittsburg, refused to allow his disability payments to be discontinued. The Veterans Administration found itself in the unusual position of fighting for Frank to keep his benefits against the wishes of his family. Frank was paid a Civil War disability pension up until he died in 1949.