Texas Ranger N. O. Reynolds, the Intrepid

Texas Ranger N. O. Reynolds, the Intrepid
Author: Chuck Parsons
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
Total Pages: 447
Release: 2014-08-15
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1574415727

Historians Chuck Parsons and Donaly E. Brice present a complete picture of N. O. Reynolds (1846-1922), a Texas Ranger who brought a greater respect for the law in Central Texas. Reynolds began as a sergeant in famed Company D, Frontier Battalion in 1874. He served honorably during the Mason County "Hoo Doo" War and was chosen to be part of Major John B. Jones's escort, riding the frontier line. In 1877 he arrested the Horrells, who were feuding with their neighbors, the Higgins party, thus ending their Lampasas County feud. Shortly thereafter he was given command of the newly formed Company E of Texas Rangers. Also in 1877 the notorious John Wesley Hardin was captured; N.O. Reynolds was given the responsibility to deliver Hardin to trial in Comanche, return him to a safe jail during his appeal, and then escort him safely to the Huntsville penitentiary. Reynolds served as a Texas Ranger until he retired in 1879 at the rank of lieutenant, later serving as City Marshal of Lampasas and then County Sheriff of Lampasas County.

The Shell Family

The Shell Family
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 394
Release: 1999
Genre: Caldwell County (N.C.)
ISBN:

William Shell (1802-1883) was born in Burke County, North Carolina to John Shell, Jr. and Margaret MaCall. William was a great-grandson of German immigrant Johann Casper Schell, who settled in Pennsylvania 1742. William married Cynthia Elvira Davis (1804-1885), and had thirteen children. They lived mainly in North Carolina and Tennessee. Both William and Cynthia died in Little River Township, Caldwell County, North Carolina. The Shell (Schell) family has some members who have Cherokee bloodlines. Some ancestors, descendants and relatives also lived in Ireland, Japan, Switzerland, Florida, Texas and Virginia. Focus is mainly on the Civil War heritage of William and Cynthia's family in Caldwell County, North Carolina during the Nineteenth-Century.

Membership Directory

Membership Directory
Author: Federation of Genealogical Societies (U.S.)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2000
Genre: Genealogy
ISBN:

The Ross Family

The Ross Family
Author: Ross Chappell
Publisher:
Total Pages: 380
Release: 2005
Genre: Southern States
ISBN:

John Ross was born in about 1695 in Scotland. He was a soldier in the Jacobite Rebellion of 1715 and was transported to America in 1716. He married Sarah and they had ten children. He died in 1759 in Hanover County, Virginia. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Kentucky and Alabama.

The Wild Ram of the Mountain

The Wild Ram of the Mountain
Author: Jermy Benton Wight
Publisher:
Total Pages: 540
Release: 1996
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

Lyman Wight (1796-1858) was born at Fairfield, New York, the son of Levi and Sarah Corbin Wight, and a descendant of Thomas Wight (d. 1674), the immigrant. He married Harriet Benton (1801-1889) in 1823 at Henrietta, New York. They had six children, 1823-1838. The family joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Saint in 1830 at Kirtland, Ohio, and migrated with members of the Church to western Missouri in 1831. He was imprisoned with the Prophet Joseph Smith and others at Liberty Jail, 1838-1839. Lyman Wight was ordained a member of the Council of the Twelve of the Church in 1841 at Nauvoo, Illinois. He married four other women, ca. 1845, and was the father of nine other children. In 1843, a group of families, known as the "Pine Company" went to Wisconsin to havest timber for building at Nauvoo with Lyman Wight in charge. This "Pine Company" migrated to Texas in 1845 after Joseph Smith's death, and settled at "Zodiac Community", near Fredericksburg, Texas. They later moved to Hamilton Valley, Burnet County, Texas, then Bandera County, Texas. The colony left Bandera County and was perhaps migrating to Utah when Lyman Wight died near San Antonio, Texas. Children and grandchildren listed lived in Nebraska, Iowa, Texas, Arizona, Utah, and elsewhere.