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Barber Watkins Reynolds

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Barber Watkins Reynolds

Birth
Oglethorpe County, Georgia, USA
Death
27 Jun 1882 (aged 62)
Throckmorton County, Texas, USA
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Throckmorton County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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B.W. Reynolds moved to Shelby County, Texas and lived there only a few years. In 1859, he moved to Stephens County on the old Burkett Ranch. He was a good honest man and those who knew him called him "Old Rawhide." He was tougher than he looked and could stand more hardships than most people. His brand was called the "Spanish Gourd" and was used by him until his sons grew up and took charge of the business. The "Spanish Gourd" brand was discontinued in 1870.

Information from J.A. Matthews, his son-in-law.

B. W. Reynolds was one of the first white men to attempt a permanent settlement in the Palo Pinto hills. He was a Georgian by birth, descended from that sturdy Scotch stock which is so largely represented along the front of American civilization. He had fought in the Seminole war in Florida and Alabama, in 1836, and after that struggle had ended he married, his wife being a Miss Ann M. Campbell, and, in 1847 moved to Texas, settling first in Shelby County, where he resided for thirteen years. His removal to Palo Pinto County was made in 1860, and the same year he moved still further westward, locating on the Clear Fork of the Brazos, in Stephens County, where he engaged in the cattle business, buying his cattle from J. R. Baylor, and paying in part with a colored girl, valued at $l,000, and the difference in gold. This was the first transaction in a long and successful career as a cattle grower and dealer, during which Mr. Reynolds received material aid and assistance from his sons. (Source: Historical and Biographical Record of the Cattle Industry and the Cattlemen of Texas by James Cox, Published by Woodward & Tiernan Printing Co, St Louis, 1895
Contributor: Sherry (47010546)
B.W. Reynolds moved to Shelby County, Texas and lived there only a few years. In 1859, he moved to Stephens County on the old Burkett Ranch. He was a good honest man and those who knew him called him "Old Rawhide." He was tougher than he looked and could stand more hardships than most people. His brand was called the "Spanish Gourd" and was used by him until his sons grew up and took charge of the business. The "Spanish Gourd" brand was discontinued in 1870.

Information from J.A. Matthews, his son-in-law.

B. W. Reynolds was one of the first white men to attempt a permanent settlement in the Palo Pinto hills. He was a Georgian by birth, descended from that sturdy Scotch stock which is so largely represented along the front of American civilization. He had fought in the Seminole war in Florida and Alabama, in 1836, and after that struggle had ended he married, his wife being a Miss Ann M. Campbell, and, in 1847 moved to Texas, settling first in Shelby County, where he resided for thirteen years. His removal to Palo Pinto County was made in 1860, and the same year he moved still further westward, locating on the Clear Fork of the Brazos, in Stephens County, where he engaged in the cattle business, buying his cattle from J. R. Baylor, and paying in part with a colored girl, valued at $l,000, and the difference in gold. This was the first transaction in a long and successful career as a cattle grower and dealer, during which Mr. Reynolds received material aid and assistance from his sons. (Source: Historical and Biographical Record of the Cattle Industry and the Cattlemen of Texas by James Cox, Published by Woodward & Tiernan Printing Co, St Louis, 1895
Contributor: Sherry (47010546)

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