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Mary Jane Reynolds

Female 1873 - 1961  (87 years)

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  • Name Mary Jane Reynolds  [1]
    Birth 29 Aug 1873  French Creek Town, Chautauqua, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Gender Female
    Census 2 Jun 1880  French Creek Town, Chautauqua, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Census 29 Apr 1910  French Creek Town, Chautauqua, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Census 21 Jan 1920  North East, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Census 11 Apr 1930  North East, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Death 12 Apr 1961  Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 11] 
    Burial Wattsburg Cemetery, Wattsburg, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 11] 
    Charles and Mary J. Gorndt    		 Charles and Mary J. Gorndt
    Photograph by William F. Bisbee
    Person ID I2562  Bisbee
    Last Modified 28 Jun 2009

    Father 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)
    Mother Ruth Ann Bisbee,   b. 21 Jan 1838, Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Jun 1906, French Creek Town, Chautauqua, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)
    Marriage 28 Jun 1871  Wattsburg, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 12, 13] 
    • 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.
    Family ID F57  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Charles H. Gorndt,   b. 1874, , , Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1953 (Age 79 years)
    Marriage Abt 1895  [8, 10] 
    Children 
     1. Floyd Gorndt,   b. Abt 1898, , , New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F7476  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 28 Jun 2009

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 29 Aug 1873 - French Creek Town, Chautauqua, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 2 Jun 1880 - French Creek Town, Chautauqua, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 29 Apr 1910 - French Creek Town, Chautauqua, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 21 Jan 1920 - North East, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 11 Apr 1930 - North East, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 12 Apr 1961 - Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Wattsburg Cemetery, Wattsburg, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S2309] Viola Drake Bisbee, compiler, Geneology of The Bisbee Family (I) - Viola Drake Bisbee, (June 2000, Bisbee Family Connection, Decatur, MI), p. 57.

    2. [S1810] Reynolds, Erastus D: Birth of Children, (Washington, D. C.: National Archives).

    3. [S42] Reynolds, Ruth A. Bisbee: Widow's Declaration (CWPF), (Washington, D. C.: National Archives).

    4. [S973] Reynolds, Ruth Ann Bisbee: Probate, (Chautauqua County Courthouse, Mayville, New York, (decree) volume 19, page 284, (letters) volume 9, page 262).

    5. [S2069] Reynolds, Erastus D. (I2561): 1875 NY State Census, (family 47.).

    6. [S1811] Gorndt, Mary Jane Reynolds: Gravestone, (Wattsburg Cemetery, Wattsburg, Erie, Pa.).

    7. [S2071] Reynolds, Erastus D. (I2561): 1880 US Census, (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.), 1880-French_Creek.57.2.jpg.

    8. [S2459] Gorndt, Charles H. (I2995): 1910 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2006): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication T624, roll 929, enumeration district (ED) 134, sheet 9A, page 113A, line 6, dwelling 199, family 201; image accessed 12/29/2008.), 1910.NY.Chautauqua.French Creek.134.17.

    9. [S2473] Gorndt, Charles H. (I2995): 1920 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2005): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication T625, roll 1567, enumeration district (ED) 134, sheet 7A, page 234A, line 2, dwelling 143, family 151; image accessed 12/29/2008.), 1920.PA.Erie.North East.134.13.

    10. [S2474] Gorndt, Charles H. (I2995): 1930 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2002): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication T626, roll 2038, enumeration district (ED) 131, sheet 8A, page 73A, line 15, dwelling 115, family 116; image accessed 12/29/2008.), 1930.PA.Erie.North East.131.15.

    11. [S675] Gorndt, Mary Jane Reynolds: Obit (U.C.), (Public Library, Union City, Pennsylvania, online at ).

    12. [S1457] Reynolds, Ruth A. Bisbee: Marriage, (Washington, D. C.: National Archives).

    13. [S43] Reynolds, Erastus D: CWPF, (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.