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1908 - 1953 (44 years)
1850 - 1918 (68 years)
Birth |
20 Jul 1850 |
Rock Springs, Patrick Co., Va |
Died |
29 Jul 1918 |
Old Town, Forsyth, North Carolina |
Buried |
Salem Cemetery, Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
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Father |
Hardin William Reynolds, b. 20 Apr 1810, Patrick County, Virginia |
Mother |
Nancy Jane Cox, b. 31 Mar 1825, Brown Mountain, Stokes Co., NC |
Married |
26 Jan 1843 |
Stokes, North Caroline |
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Family |
Mary Katharine Smith, b. 17 Nov 1880, Mount Airy, North Carolina |
Married |
27 Feb 1905 |
Children |
+ | 1. Richard Joshua "Dick" Reynolds, Jr., b. 4 Apr 1906, Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
| 2. Mary Katherine Reynolds, b. 8 Aug 1908, Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
| 3. Nancy Susan Reynolds, b. 5 Feb 1910, Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
+ | 4. Zachary Smith Reynolds, b. 5 Nov 1911, Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
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1880 - 1924 (43 years)
Birth |
17 Nov 1880 |
Mount Airy, North Carolina |
Died |
23 May 1924 |
New York |
Buried |
Salem Cemetery, Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
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Family 1 |
Richard Joshua Reynolds, b. 20 Jul 1850, Rock Springs, Patrick Co., Va |
Married |
27 Feb 1905 |
Children |
+ | 1. Richard Joshua "Dick" Reynolds, Jr., b. 4 Apr 1906, Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
| 2. Mary Katherine Reynolds, b. 8 Aug 1908, Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
| 3. Nancy Susan Reynolds, b. 5 Feb 1910, Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
+ | 4. Zachary Smith Reynolds, b. 5 Nov 1911, Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
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Family 2 |
John Edward Johnston, b. 22 Oct 1893, South Carolina |
Married |
11 Sep 1921 |
Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
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Name |
Mary Katherine Reynolds |
Born |
8 Aug 1908 |
Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
Gender |
Female |
Died |
17 Jul 1953 |
New York County, New York |
Buried |
Salem Cemetery, Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
Person ID |
I16135 |
My Reynolds Line |
Last Modified |
1 Feb 2021 |
Father |
Richard Joshua Reynolds, b. 20 Jul 1850, Rock Springs, Patrick Co., Va , d. 29 Jul 1918, Old Town, Forsyth, North Carolina (Age 68 years) |
Mother |
Mary Katharine Smith, b. 17 Nov 1880, Mount Airy, North Carolina , d. 23 May 1924, New York (Age 43 years) |
Married |
27 Feb 1905 |
Family ID |
F5680 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Notes |
- Married Charles Henry Babcock from Philadelphia on December 14, 1929, North Carolina
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Sources |
- [S150] Photograph, http://mv.ancestry.com/viewer/365edbab-7cc0-4baf-85ab-86b61a6858ff/64960365/40160400392?_phsrc=hOS2577&usePUBJs=true.
- [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=BAB&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GSst=29&GScntry=4&GSsr=161&GRid=10170328&.
Mary Katherine Reynolds Babcock
Birth 8 Aug 1908
Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina
Death 17 Jul 1953 (aged 44)
New York, New York County (Manhattan), New York
Burial: Salem Cemetery
Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina
Mary Babcock, daughter of Richard Joshua Reynolds, founder of R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company and Mary Katherine Smith Reynolds, attended a private school at Reynolda, the family estate, and later, Salem Academy and Miss Wright's School in Bryn Mawr, PA. After she graduated, she spent time in Paris studying art. She married Charles Henry Babcock, an investment banker from Philadelphia.
They lived in Greenwich, CO and then moved to Winston-Salem, NC, in 1934, when she acquired Reynolda. In 1936, she inherited $30 million from her father. In 1951, she gave 300 acres at Reynolda to Wake Forest College, in Winston-Salem, where it is located today.
Her Will provided $12 million for a charitable trust, and the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation was established at Reynolda, with her husband as the first chairman of the board.
After retirement, she enjoyed a limited circle of friends and collected recipes and grew flowers, but her primary interest was philanthropy.
She died of stomach cancer.
- [S46] Marriage Record/Certificate, http://interactive.ancestry.com/8909/NCVR_M_C038_62081-0695?pid=2366640&backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2f%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3findiv%3d1%26db%3dNCMarriages%26h%3d2366640%26tid%3d64960365%26pid%3d40160400392%26usePUB%3dtrue%26rhSource%3d70634&treeid=64960365&personid=40160400392&hintid=&usePUB=true.
Mary Reynolds to Charles Henry Babcock (far right hand of page towards bottom)
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