Living

Bruce married Jane Rust Monroe 2 Dec 1944, Hampton, Virginia . Jane was born 12 Jan 1924, Hampton, Virginia; died 25 Oct 2008, Rockville, Maryland; was buried , Chatham Burial Park Chatham, Virginia . [Group Sheet]

Notes:

The following is an article Homie Stone Hubbard (Sam's
sister) found in an old DAR Magazine and sent to me. Date
Unknown.
Article attributed to Bruce Reynolds, brother of Christine
Reynolds Stone, daughter of Keene Johnson Reynolds, s/o
William Garrett Reynolds.

"When your luck is all out and you're down in the mouth;
when you're stuck in the North when you want to be South;
and the world looks a blank, and there's no one to love and
it seems even God's not in Heaven above - I've a cure for
that grouch and it works like a shot. I just think of the
things I am glad I AM NOT. I just think of the hundreds of
worse things I might be, then down on my knees I thank God
I am ME. Oh, yes, my blues disappear when I think what
I've GOT and quite soon I've forgotten the things I have
not."

-Bruce Reynolds


My first recollection of Bruce is when he was a teenage
boy. He was strong and proud of it. He could take me up
on one hand and lift me high over his head. What fun! He
went to Brookneal school for awhile, staying in the home of
Uncle Will Brumfield who encouraged him to continue his
education. Later he attended Fork Union Military Academy,
a boys' Baptist school. From there he went to the
University of Virginia, University of Iowa, and the Johns
Hopkins University, earning his Doctor of Science degree.
He was professor of Biology at the University of Virginia,
and was the heard of that department when he died. He was
the founder of the summer Graduate Department of Biology at
Mountain Lake, Va. at Mountain Lake. During World War I he
was First Lieutenant in the Air Service, Aircraft
Production. Some of his professional and social
organizations were A.A.A.S. (Council 1953-56); A.ES., S.P;
A.S.B. (President 1953-54)
Bruce and his wife, Kitty, lived in Arkansas a short while,
then in Charlottesville. When I finished school at
Bluefield College and wanted to go to the Univrsity of
Virginia in the fall of 1928, Burce and Kitty took me into
their home for one session. The next session they had
moved out of Charlottesville, and I boarded in town. I
have fond memories of their kindnesses to me while I was a
student.

Christine Reynolds Stone, daughter of Keene Johnson
Reynolds, s/o William Garrett Reynolds

!BIRTH:Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston, Eggleston, Mary
Frances Reynolds

Bruce married Katherine Brown 'Kitty' Grason. Katherine (daughter of John Grason and Ida May Brown) was born 27 Mar 1895, Towson, Maryland; died 16 May 1987, Danville, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia; was buried , University of Virginia Cemetery and Columbarium, Albemarle County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Name:
Katharine Brown Grason Reynolds
Daughters of the American Revolution: Virginia State Regent 1941 - 1944; Jack Jouett Chapter Regent 1929 - 1932, 1935 - 1938

Notes:

Our farm was not large--100 acres given to Daddy and Mother by Grandmother and Grandfather Brumfield and about 100 acres added by Daddy and Mother. The crops were somewhat varied on our farm; tobacco, (the money crop), wheat, corn, hay, beans, and perhaps some oats. We had fruit trees: apples, peaches, plums, cherries, carrots, and one apricot. And there were strawberries and grapevines. Of course we had a garden. Daddy raised enough hogs for his family's use. Mother's aim each year was to get 300 baby chicks (hatched on the farm) for home use. We had fried chicken often. Most times Mother would dress six or more chickens for our Sunday dinners. We had a few turkeys, but not many. There were about four horses to work the farm and ride. In addition, we had milk cows and beef cows enough for home consumption. Sometimes in the winter Daddy would kill a beef, keep what his family could use (no refrigeration then) and give or sell the rest to the neighbors. We had plenty of food to feed our big family and to share with visitors. And Visitors we had.
************
Published family history by Christine Reynolds Stone, daughter of Keene Johnson Reynolds, s/o William Garrett Reynolds; can be seen at Danville Public Library 2nd floor, genealogy room, Danville, Virginia


Johnson rode a horse with a pleasing appearance and dignity. His erect posture on a horse and his oneness with the animal's movements was a delight to see. Johnson enjoyed fox hunting, did not use alcohol or tobacco, although he raised tobacco for his money crop, and used profanity freely although he was a religious man.

Johnsie was about six or seven years old when his father, William Garrett died. About the same time, he fell out of a tree which caused him to have a slight limp for the rest of his life.

Keene Johnson Reynolds was born November 30, 1861, a few months after the Civil War began. He was the ninth and youngest child of William Garrett Reynolds and Elizabeth Elvira "Betsy" Blair. The Reynolds' home was near Tomahawk Creek in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Keene Johnson Reynolds was called by his middle name, Johnson, or simply Johnse, by those who knew him best. His Mother called him "Johnsie". When he was born, four of his six brothers were serving in the Confederate Army and his father, William Garrett, was a member of the Home Guard..When the war began John S. (age 21 or 22), and Henry C. (age 15) joined the Virginia forces or at least they joined before the war ended.

Christine Reynolds [Stone]

Keene married Mary Susan "Molly" Brumfield 15 Nov 1883, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Mary (daughter of Henry Anderson Brumfield and Julia Ann Craddock) was born 21 Apr 1867, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 25 Nov 1951, Gretna, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; was buried , Reynolds Family Cemetery, Gretna, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Married:
On November 14, 1883 when Daddy was nearly 22 and Mother was sixteen, they were married at her home, "The Elms" near what is now Renan. Mother's family had moved from the Greenpond-Hollywood neighborhood to Renan in 1882. The first year of their marriage, Daddy and Mother lived with his mother, Betsy Blair Reynolds, and farmed with her. The next year, they moved to the land Grandfather Brumfield had given them at Renan. The home they built was located below what later became the highway. Mother had wanted to be on high ground, however, the house was placed just a few yards from one of the best springs anywhere around and, in the days when water was brought in by bucketsful and a springhouse was the only means of cooling food, having a spring nearby was a real asset.

Published family history by Christine Reynolds Stone,
daughter of Keene Johnson Reynolds, s/o William Garrett
Reynolds; can be seen at Danville Public Library 2nd floor,
genealogy room, Danville, Virginia

Christine Reynolds [Stone]

Notes:

Name:
Son of Judge Richard Grason. Grandson of Governor William and Susan Orrick Sulivane (of Dorchester County) Grason.

John married Ida May Brown Bef 1875. Ida (daughter of Carlton Brown and Elizabeth Risteau) was born 1855, Maryland; died 9 Mar 1930, Towson, Maryland. [Group Sheet]