Our Family Genealogy Pages


Discovering our American, Canadian and European Ancestors

First Name Last Name
Print Bookmark

Truman D. Reynolds

Male Abt 1808 - Bef 1875  (67 years)

Personal Information    |    Sources    |    Event Map    |    All    |    PDF

  • Name Truman D. Reynolds  [1]
    Birth Abt 1808  , , New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Gender Male
    Census 1 Jun 1840  Busti Town, Chautauqua, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Census 25 Sep 1850  Venango Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 11 Jul 1860  Amity Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Death Bef 1875 
    Person ID I18312  Bisbee
    Last Modified 19 Aug 2009

    Family Lydia Bisbee,   b. 26 Jun 1811, , , New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1880 (Age 69 years)
    Marriage
    • The conclusion that Reuben Bisbee's daughter Lydia became wife of Truman D. Reynolds is not directly proven, but the circumstantial evidence is compelling.
      1) From Reuben Bisbee's 1865 Last Will and Testament, we know that Lydia Bisbee's married name was Reynolds.
      2) Lydia Bisbee was born in 1811; according to the census this Lydia Reynolds was born about 1811.
      3) Lydia Bisbee grew up in Madison County, New York; according to the census Lydia Reynolds was born in Madison County.
      4) Lydia Bisbee's parents were born in Massachusetts; according to the census Lydia Reynolds' parents were born in Massachusetts.
      5) Mrs. Truman Reynolds lived in and around Wattsburg during the mid- to late 1800's. Three of Lydia Bisbee's siblings--Joseph, Reuben and Betsy--all lived in close proximity to Mrs. Reynolds at one time or another. In 1875 and 1880 she is living right across the road from the Joseph Bisbee homestead.
      6) Through 40 years of electronically searchable census, no other "Lydia Reynolds" has surfaced, who is of Lydia Bisbee's approximate age and place of birth.
      7) If Lydia Bisbee and Mrs. Truman Reynolds are indeed the same person (as your compiler believes they are), then Lydia's son Erastus married his first cousin Ruth, daughter of Joseph C. Bisbee, a conclusion supported by evidence that their two children suffered afflictions often associated with marriage between first cousins.
    Children 
     1. Almira Reynolds,   b. Abt 1835, , , New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    +2. Polly M. Reynolds,   b. 24 Jan 1840, , , , Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 May 1906 (Age 66 years)
    +3. Erastus D. Reynolds,   b. 28 Jun 1844, , , New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Jul 1884, Wattsburg, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 40 years)
     4. William H. Reynolds,   b. 18 Jul 1846, , , New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 May 1880 (Age 33 years)
     5. Hannah Reynolds,   b. Abt 1849, , , New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     6. Phillip Reynolds,   b. Abt 1851, , , New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     7. Richard Reynolds,   b. Abt 1852, , , New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    +8. Abigail Jane Reynolds,   b. 27 May 1856, Wattsburg, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Jan 1943, Jamestown, Chautauqua, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)
    Family ID F7186  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 28 Jun 2009

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1808 - , , New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1 Jun 1840 - Busti Town, Chautauqua, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 25 Sep 1850 - Venango Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 11 Jul 1860 - Amity Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 
    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Sources 
    1. [S2309] Viola Drake Bisbee, compiler, Geneology of The Bisbee Family (I) - Viola Drake Bisbee, (June 2000, Bisbee Family Connection, Decatur, MI), p. 21.

    2. [S1736] Note.
      In the 1850 Census, Truman is given as age 40; in 1860 he is 52. Assuming one of those ages is correct, he was born between 1807-1810, in New York State. In the 1850 census, his daughter Polly's birthplace suggests that either she was adopted, or the family lived in, or visited, Canada sometime between 1835 and 1840.

    3. [S1938] Reynolds, Truman D (I18312): 1850 US Census, (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.), 1850-Venango.16.jpg.

    4. [S1932] Reynolds, Truman D (I18312): 1840 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2004): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M704, roll 271; page 81, line 6; image downloaded 9/2/2008), 1840-Busti.27.jpg.

    5. [S1943] Reynolds, Truman D (I18312): 1860 US Census, (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), 1860-Amity.20.jpg.