Abigail Jane Reynolds
1856 - 1943 (86 years)-
Name Abigail Jane Reynolds [1] Birth 27 May 1856 Wattsburg, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA 
[1, 2] Gender Female Census 11 Jul 1860 Amity Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA [2] Death 14 Jan 1943 Jamestown, Chautauqua, New York, USA [1] Burial Y [1] Person ID I20156 Bisbee Last Modified 1 Sep 2010
Father Truman D. Reynolds, b. Abt 1808, , , New York, USA d. Bef 1875 (Age 67 years)Mother Lydia Bisbee, b. 26 Jun 1811, , , New York, USA d. 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.
Family ID F7186 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 
Benjamin Franklin Smith, b. 18 Jul 1853, French Creek Town, Chautauqua, New York, USA d. 13 Dec 1944, Lakewood, Chautauqua, New York, USA (Age 91 years) [3]Marriage 17 Dec 1874 French Creek Town, Chautauqua, New York, USA [1] Children + 1. Bertha May Smith, b. 4 Apr 1876, French Creek Town, Chautauqua, New York, USA d. 19 Jul 1945 (Age 69 years)+ 2. Elmer Eric Smith, b. 7 Mar 1878, French Creek Town, Chautauqua, New York, USA bur. Lake View Cemetery, Jamestown, Chautauqua, New York, USA + 3. Ernest William Smith, b. 28 Aug 1880, French Creek Town, Chautauqua, New York, USA d. 21 May 1962, Woodland, Yolo, California, USA (Age 81 years)+ 4. Katherine Mary Smith, b. 15 Sep 1884, French Creek Town, Chautauqua, New York, USA d. 9 Jan 1974 (Age 89 years)+ 5. Frances Ezoa Smith, b. 12 Dec 1886, French Creek Town, Chautauqua, New York, USA d. 10 Aug 1959 (Age 72 years)+ 6. Eva Amber Smith, b. 20 Sep 1889, French Creek Town, Chautauqua, New York, USA d. 23 Sep 1960 (Age 71 years)+ 7. Ava Lydia Smith, b. 27 Sep 1891, French Creek Town, Chautauqua, New York, USA d. 7 Mar 1977 (Age 85 years)+ 8. Grace Alene Smith, b. 19 Sep 1893, French Creek Town, Chautauqua, New York, USA d. 21 Nov 1980, Highland Park, Wayne, Michigan, USA (Age 87 years)9. Leah Arlene Smith, b. 13 Jun 1898, French Creek Town, Chautauqua, New York, USA d. 4 Dec 1905 (Age 7 years)Family ID F3718 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 1 Sep 2010
- The conclusion that Reuben Bisbee's daughter Lydia became wife of Truman D. Reynolds is not directly proven, but the circumstantial evidence is compelling.
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Birth - 27 May 1856 - Wattsburg, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA 
Census - 11 Jul 1860 - Amity Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA 
Marriage - 17 Dec 1874 - French Creek Town, Chautauqua, New York, USA 
Death - 14 Jan 1943 - Jamestown, Chautauqua, New York, USA = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Sources - [S3112] Gary V. Smith, Montgomery, Alabama, Nathaniel Smith of Vermont and Some Descendants circa 1775-1985, (Higgenson Book Company, Salem, MA 01970), 48, 0-7404-5191-x.
- [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.
- [S3112] Gary V. Smith, Montgomery, Alabama, Nathaniel Smith of Vermont and Some Descendants circa 1775-1985, (Higgenson Book Company, Salem, MA 01970), 55, 0-7404-5191-x.
- [S3112] Gary V. Smith, Montgomery, Alabama, Nathaniel Smith of Vermont and Some Descendants circa 1775-1985, (Higgenson Book Company, Salem, MA 01970), 48, 0-7404-5191-x.