Floyd Keene Reynolds^{[1, 2]}

1904 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Floyd Keene Reynolds
  Born	17 Nov 1904	Pittsylvania County, Virginia
  Gender	Male
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I8305	My Reynolds Line | Descendants Hugh Pittsylvania Reynolds
  Last Modified	2 Jul 2022

  
  

  Father	Keene Johnson Reynolds,   b. 30 Nov 1861, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ,   d. 17 Jan 1926, Pittsylvania County, Virginia  (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Mary Susan "Molly" Brumfield,   b. 21 Apr 1867, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ,   d. 25 Nov 1951, Gretna, Pittsylvania County, Virginia  (Age 84 years)
  Married	15 Nov 1883	Pittsylvania County, Virginia
  	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]
  Family ID	F2774	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ruth Truman Burnette,   b. 9 Nov 1906, Pittsylvania County, Virginia
  Married	30 Oct 1926	Pittsylvania County, Virginia
  Last Modified	2 Jul 2022
  Family ID	F9012	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		Floyd Keene Reynolds
  		Family of Keene Johnson Reynolds KeeneFamily.JPG

  
  

  Documents

  Birth Record-Floyd Keene Reynolds bfloydkeenereynolds.jpg

  
  

• Notes

  Floyd was my playmate, for he was nearer my age than any of the other siblings. We played in the sandbox together and built tree houses together. We built one tree house in the grove behind our home, a tree house which was higher off the ground than our two-storey home was high. Of course, Floyd did most of the work. He found an old telephone and connected it to the wire to our phone at the home, and the tree phone worked! When Daddy learned about it, the phone had to come down from our tree house! It was a good phone! Floyd and I would "break" a calf so that we could hitch it to a Floyd-made cart. I loved Floyd dearly and was his slave - until I wanted to assert my own mind. Floyd went to Hargrave Military Academy (then C.T.S.) and to Bluefield College for a while. Later he took training for servicing dial telephones, a new device in those days. Christine Reynolds Stone, daughter of Keene Johnson Reynolds s/o William Garrett Reynolds !NAME:Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston, Eggleston, Mary Frances Reynolds !BIRTH:Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston, Eggleston, Mary Frances Reynolds

  
  

• Sources

  [S36] Birth Certificate, Floyd Keen Reynolds. [S211] State Select Marriages, https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/23411:62154. Name: Floyd Keene Reynolds Race: White Age: 21 Birth Date: abt 1905 Marriage Date: 30 Oct 1926 Marriage Place: Virginia, USA Marriage License Place: Appomattox Person performing the Ceremony: H. L. Thomas Parent 1: Johnson K. Reynolds Parent 2: Mary Susan Reynolds Spouse: Ruth Truman Burnette Occupation: Farmer