Category Archives: Reynolds

Feb
06
2017

Is This House Still Standing?

by Mary Briggeman

For many years, an old photo of a house has intrigued me as I vaguely recalled someone mentioning that the house had been built by Jacob Reynolds, a direct line ancestor from the 1700’s. The picture was inside a very old frame and the backing paper was falling apart. Under the backing paper were wooden […]

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Nov
18
2014

Bathing Style 1930’s

by Mary Briggeman

While I don’t have an exact date on the photo for this post, I can make a pretty good guess of early  to mid 1930’s based on the folks who are present in the picture. The picture was almost certainly taken at the farm of my mother’s great-uncle Jeff McClelland, as his farm in Newlin […]

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Jun
13
2013

An Old Autograph Book

by Mary Briggeman

Mary C. Reynolds was the sister of my great-grandfather, but I’ve never known much about her. She was born in 1860, married George Matson in 1884 and died in 1887. Her father, David M. Reynolds, had died in 1867 and her mother moved the family from the Peach Bottom area of Lancaster County to Kennett […]

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