Bethuel G. maybe Greenfield Reynolds (1801 - 1867)

Born 1801 in Stephentown, Rensselaer, New York, United States of America

Ancestors

Husband of Catherine (Kephart) Reynolds — married 23 Dec 1823 in Ripley, Brown, Ohio, United States

Descendants

Died 1867 at about age 66 in Clermont County, Ohio, United States of America

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Biography

Bethuel was born in 1801. He passed away in 1867. ^[1]

EMPL 31 AUG 1829. Neville, Clermont, Ohio, United States of America. Note: Postmaster. 1837 Felicity, Clermont, Ohio, United States of America. Note: Tailor.

Census: 1830 Neville, Clermont, Ohio, United States of America. 1840 Felicity, Clermont, Ohio, United States of America. 1850 Franklin Township, Clermont, Ohio, United States of America. 1860 Franklin Township, Clermont, Ohio, United States of America.

Event 1837 Franklin Township, Clermont, Ohio, United States of America. Note: Served as Trustee for township. ^{[2] [2]} 1880 Franklin Township, Clermont, Ohio, United States of America. Note: From Beverly Roy total $203. ^[3]

Buried 1867 Felicity, Clermont, Ohio, United States of America. Note: Smyrna Cemetery.

Occupation: Postmaster; Tailor In Felicity In 1837. ^[4]

Religion: Presbyterian, Elder Presbyterian Church In Felicity. ^[5]

Notes

Note N262 Name Bethuel (Beth.ú.el) means “affirmation of House of God.” Marshall Sellman of the Reynolds Family Association believes that our “Bethuel G.” Reynolds is named after Bethuel Greenfield who married Lydia Rose (daughter of Jeremiah and Barsheba Rose; also sister to Ester Rose who married Henry Reynolds).

1830 Clermont County Census Reynolds, Bethuel NEVILLE 237

Clermont County Genealogical Society POSTMASTERS OF CLERMONT COUNTY 1800-1930 This list of Postmasters of Clermont County and their dates of appointment have been extracted from a roll of microfilm obtained from the Post Mark Museum located in Bellevue, OH. Margaret E. Pfund, now deceased, spent endless hours transcribing the information from microfilm from the National Archives. She made a complete list of all Post Offices in Ohio. Her work was donated to the Ohio Historical Society and many copies of the microfilm have been distributed by the Ohio Postal History Society. submitted by Barbara J. McCarthy NAME - POST OFFICE - APPOINTED REYNOLDS, Bethuel Neville 31 Aug 1829 http:/www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohclecgs/newsletterpostmasters.html

Trustees of Franklin Township, Clermont County, Ohio http:/www.heritagepursuit.com/ClermontClermont1880P325.htm 1837.—Joseph Woodmansee, Jacob Bolander, Bethuel Reynolds

FELICITY.

In population and business importance this is the second village in the county. It has a fine location on an elevated plateau rming a portion of the high table-lands of this part of Clermont, near the centre of the township, being about four miles from the Ohio, at Rural, and five from Chilo. To these places and three other points lead good free turnpikes, making the village the centre of a densely populated country, filled with thriving and intelligent farmers. Originally the village site was heavily wooded and the surface was somewhat wet, but as the timber was removed the ground became dry, and the general salubrity of the place will compare with other points in the county. The village is on the Byan and Carter surveys, which were surveyed Dec. 25, 1787, by John Obannon and his assistants for Capt. Morgan Bryan and Maj. Nicholas Carter, both soldiers of the Continental Line. The two surveys embrace 600 acres of choice land, whose fertility is rarely surpassed.

On the 17th of October, 1805, Thomas Fee purchased the survey of 200 acres, belonging to Capt. Bryan, for 0, and Sept. 15, 1806, William Fee secured the 400 acres constituting the Carter survey for 0, a part of which he subsequently conveyed to Peter Hastings. In 1818, William Fee also became owner of the 200 acres which, until this time, had belonged to Thomas Fee, and for many years he was the largest land-owner in this part of the township. On part of this extensive tract was laid out, April 19, 1817, the village of Felicity, by William Fee and Peter Hastings, rming a plat of 72 lots and embracing 22f acres. The streets were laid out to run with the points of the compass, and received the names of Walnut, Main, Light, Union, Market, and West. On the edge of Light Street was a well which was reserved by one of the proprietors. May 28, 1819, William Fee platted an addition

346 - HISTORY OF CLERMONT COUNTY, OHIO.

of lots, numbered from 73 to 104, with new streets, named Minor and Coffee. The second addition was made by William Fee and Peter Hastings, Jan. 21, 1836, and consisted of 34 acres, forming 'lots numbered from 105 to 216, and streets called Mulberry, Sycamore, and Neville; and May 5, 1846, another addition of lots was recorded in behalf of William Fee. These additions were made on all sides of the original plat, and the village at present has a very irregular shape, owing to its extended growth along some of the principal highways on lots which were not regularly laid out.

The proprietors of the village were also the first actual settlers, and from this circumstance, and after the manner of that day, the place was called by many Feestown. Felicity also owes its derivation to the name of Wm. Fee. His cabin stood on what is now known as the Hayden corner, and was a building 15 by 20 feet, of logs, with a ground floor and a large rock set up for a chimney. Later, a two-story log house, with a long front porch, took the place of this humble cabin, and was occupied by Mr. Fee until he could erect a fine brick residence, He had three sons,—Thomas, Arthur, and Jesse,—who also lived many years at Felicity, one of them until his death, a short time ago. Jesse Fee was married to Maria Knowles in 1822, and was the father of O. P. S., Dart E., Mart T., and Luther K. Fee, who became widely known in the county and the southern part of Ohio. Arthur Fee married Sally Miller, and their children were Marcns, Arthur M., Thomas, Price T., William I., and two daughters, who also identified themselves with the interests of Clermont and Felicity. The other proprietor—Peter Hastings--was an Irishman and a local Methodist minister, who was wonderfully gifted in exhortation and prayer. In his passage to America he suffered shipwreck and other calamity, making his life full of vicissitudes, He was the ancestor of Peter H. Hastings, an attorney of note in Cincinnati. His house on Main Street was not far from Mr. Fee's.

In 1818 there was a public sale of village lots at Felicity, in front of the residence of Wm. Fee, when the first choice was sold to John McGraw for . He selected the southwest corner of Main and Market, and the following year erected on it a large house r hotel purposes. At this time Mathew Day and Joseph Parrish also purchased lots, and soon erected buildings thereon. The increase of population was steady, but not remarkable; but the inhabitants were generally an excellent class of citizens. In 1837 there were having at Felicity John Artus, merchant ; Thomas Boude, merchant ; Sterling and Nathaniel Bagby ; John C, Cramer, tailor ; Robert Chalfant, merchant; George Crossley, wagon-maker ; John Dimmitt, hatter ; Joseph Frambes, Wm. Thomas, and Arthur Fee, Samuel Goodwin, Wm. Hitch, Peter Hastings, Reason Hooten, Michael Hughes, blacksmith ; J. H. Hastings ; David House, shoemaker ; Jeremiah Joslin ; J. C. Kennedy, physician ; Alonzo Knowles, merchant ; James Meeker, shoemaker; J. H. Merritt, saddler ; James Mullen, merchant ; Moses McWealthy ; Joseph Parrish, saddler ; C. W. Pearre, cabinetmaker;. Bethuel Reynolds, tailor ; Jeremiah Smith, chair-maker ; James T. Sargent, carpenter ; James and M. Sargent, carders; Erasmus Sargent, merchant ; John Shannon, blacksmith ; and John Van Briggle, chairmaker and merchant.

http:/www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohclecgs/newsletterpostmasters.html 25 April 2015 Clermont County Genealogical Society POSTMASTERS OF CLERMONT COUNTY 1800-1930 This list of Postmasters of Clermont County and their dates of appointment have been extracted from a roll of microfilm obtained from the Post Mark Museum located in Bellevue, OH. Margaret E. Pfund, now deceased, spent endless hours transcribing the information from microfilm from the National Archives. She made a complete list of all Post Offices in Ohio. Her work was donated to the Ohio Historical Society and many copies of the microfilm have been distributed by the Ohio Postal History Society. submitted by Barbara J. McCarthy NAME - POST OFFICE - APPOINTED REYNOLDS, Bethuel Neville 31 Aug 1829

"United States Census, 1830," index and images, FamilySearch (https:/familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1XHGJ-GY7 : accessed 01 Sep 2013), Bthnel Reynolds, 1830. Name: Bthnel Reynolds Event Place: Monroe, Clermont, Ohio Page Number: 237 Affiliate Publication Number: M19 Affiliate Film Number: 128 GS Film number: 0337939 Digital Folder Number: 004093938 Image Number: 00475

"United States Census, 1840," index and images, FamilySearch (https:/familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1XHTR-GLZ : accessed 01 Sep 2013), Bathuel Reynolds, 1840. Name: Bathuel Reynolds Event Place: Felicity, Clermont, Ohio Page Number: 179 Affiliate Publication Number: M704 Affiliate Film Number: 384 GS Film number: 0020161 Digital Folder Number: 004410634 Image Number: 00362

1850 Clermont County, Franklin Township, Ohio Census p. 385 Bethuel Reynolds http:/www.mocavo.com/visit?q=&url=http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~clermontcountyohio185037.htm&m=42cb24cc5980cc7afdf4dbdf883f4d2d

1850 United States Census × Full Name Bethuel Reynolds Age 49 Birth Year abt 1801 Birth Place New York Census County Clermont State OHIO Residence Franklin, Clermont, Ohio Census Year 1850 Census Country Us Batch Locality Ohio, United States Event Date 1850 Gender Male Census Place Franklin, Clermont, Ohio Census Schedule Population Census Locality Franklin Dwelling 1538 Household Members Name Age Birth Yr Role Catharine Reynolds 43 1807 Esther Reynolds 13 1837 Joseph Reynolds 10 1840 Henry Reynolds 6 1844 Charles Reynolds 2 1848 SOURCE: FAMILYTREENOW.COM. 1850 US CENSUS RECORDS [ONLINE]. ORIGINAL DATA: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, BUREAU OF THE CENSUS. GS NUMBER: 4191057, FILM NUMBER: 20215.

After 1850 a number of colored people took up their residence at Felicity, and at present constitute a fourth of the population. The village has about 1200 inhabitants and the interests noted in the following pages.

1860 Clermont County, Franklin Township, Felicity Ohio Census Bethuel Reynolds, 59, Farmer, born NY Catherine, 54, born PA Esther, 23, School Teacher, born OH Joseph S., 20, Farmer, born OH FW(?), 16, Farmer, born OH Charles F., 12, born OH Frank, 10, born OH Mary Wells, 79, born PA

1870 Clermont County, Franklin Township, Ohio Census Reynolds, Catherine, 64, keeping house, born PA Frank, 20, farm labor, born OH Kephart, Mary, 85, born PA ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Unsourced family tree handed down to Bradley J.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Source: #S3 341
3. ↑ Source: #S10
4. ↑ Source: #S3 346
5. ↑ Source: #S3 354
6. ↑ Source: #S7

• Source: S10 Tax List Assessment of Real Property Clermont County, Ohio 1880 Source Locality: Probate Court

• Source: S3 Book Periodical: History of Clermont County, Ohio 1795-1880 Source Locality: Cincinnati Historical Society, Union Terminal