Permedus Reynolds^{[1, 2]}

1805 - 1873  (67 years)

• Name	Permedus Reynolds
  Born	20 Dec 1805	Covington, Newton County, Georgia
  Gender	Male
  Died	19 Mar 1873	Covington, Newton County, Georgia
  Buried	Newton County, Georgia Burial: Southview Cemetery Covington, Newton County, Georgia
  Person ID	I9962	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2022

  
  

  Father	'Green', Greensby [LZHL-QJB] Reynolds,   b. 1786, Henry County, VA ,   d. 1853, Walton Co., Ga.  (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Ermine [K2SQ-6J1] Allen,   b. Abt 1785,   d. 1858, Walton, Georgia  (Age ~ 73 years)
  Married	18 Feb 1819	Clarke County, Georgia
  Family ID	F3211	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents		Judge Permedeus Reynolds-Obit Savannah Weekly News Mar29,1873
  		Nancy J Reynolds-Obit The Atlanta Constitution Jan 14, 1896

  
  

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  [S18] Family Search, LDS, https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/K2SQ-B26/purmedus-reynolds-1805-1873. Parents of Purmedus Reynolds: Green Berry Reynolds, 1786?1853 Elizabeth Thrasher, 1790?1818 Green Reynolds Siblings (6) Purmedus Reynolds, 1805?1873 Susan Reynolds, 1807?Deceased Elizabeth Louisa Reynolds, 1809?Deceased Leticia Louisa REYNOLDS, 1814?1884 Priscilla "Phebe" Carolyn Reynolds, 1817?1851 [Margaret] Peggy Reynolds, 1818?Deceased [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/111778608/purmedus-reynolds. Judge Purmedus Reynolds Birth 20 Dec 1805, Georgia Death 19 Mar 1873 (aged 67) Newton County, Georgia Burial: Southview Cemetery Covington, Newton County, Georgia Family Members Spouse: Nancy Foster Reynolds, 1805?1896 Children Emily Reynolds, unknown?1879 Martha V Reynolds Russell, unknown?1888 Mary Ann Reynolds Walker, 1832?1865 Frances Elizabeth Reynolds Merritt, 1835? unknown Nancy Reynolds Maddox, 1838?1890 Margaret Ann Reynolds Crocker, 1844?1926 Fletcher Purmedus Reynolds, 1845?1893 Ada Reynolds Alexander, 1848?1925 Married on April 13, 1831 in Clarke Co, GA The Georgia Enterprise, March 21, 1873 DEATH OF JUDGE REYNOLDS On Wednesday morning, March 19, at 10 o'clock, the spirit of Hon. PERMEDUS REYNOLDS left its tenement of mortality after several months suffering from dropsically effusion. His distress from shortness of breath was at times intense; but the indomitable will which characterized his whole life, sustained him to the last, and disease only prostrated him when his system had been completely wrecked. Born in Clark County, Georgia, in 1805, his father removed to Walton, while Permedus was but a youth and the country afforded meager facilities for his education; but his native mind and unswerving devotion to the right first, last and always, soon triumphed over all unfavorable surroundings, and the people ever attested their appreciation of his worth by calling him continuously to serve in the halls of Legislation for more than a generation. Yet his brightest and best traits were concealed from the public eye. Firm as an iron wall against all attempts to win his consent to public or private wrong, in domestic life, and in the inner court of his sympathies, his heart was tender and easily touched as the affection of a little child. During his last illness the writer was with him much of the time, and knew his deeper feelings perhaps as well as any one outside his immediate family. While he felt strong regrets for the sorrow his departures must inflict upon his children and the wife of his youth, for himself he desired to depart and be with his Lord. The faith which had been his guide in life since early youth he united with the Primitive Baptist Church at Harris Spring, was his support in death; and with no confidence in the flesh, he saw heaven opened in the hour of his departure and expressing a wish to "go up higher" he calmly fell asleep in Jesus, realizing the fulfillment of the prayer expressed in his favorite hymn to which he frequently referred which is the following: O Land of rest, for thee I sigh, When will the moment come, When I shall lay my armor by, And dwell with Christ at home? No tranquil joys on earth I know No peaceful sheltering dome This world's wilderness of woe, This world is not my home. To Jesus Christ I sought for rest, He bade me cease to roam, And fly for succor to his breast, And he'd conduct me home. I should at once have quit the field, Where foes and fury roam; But ah! my passport was not sealed, I could not yet go home. When by affliction sharply tried, I view the gaping tomb, Although I dread death's chilling tide, Yet still I sigh for home. Weary of wandering round and round, This vale of sin and gloom, I long to leave the unhallowed ground, And dwell with Christ at home. **All initial research done by F. Bundy (Contributor #47078032) ** A special thanks to Shirley Ann Bennett Barham (Contributor #46985785) for both probate records for Judge Reynolds & burial location** Also, Deborah R. Dial for finding the location of the cemetery. Debbie is: Genealogist/Historical Archivist Newton County Historical Society,Covington, Georgia.