Leona
McReynolds
formerly Sisk
Born in Arkansas
Ancestors 
Daughter of Joseph Samuel Sisk
and Cyntha Jane (Wiggins) Sisk
Wife of
Elmer McReynolds
— married
19 Dec 1915 in Yell County, Arkansas, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Euella (McReynolds) Whitecotton, Calvin Lee McReynolds, Marion Laverne (McReynolds) Stewart, Billie James McReynolds and Samuel Owen McReynolds
Died
at about age 53
in Arkansas
Profile last modified
| Created 4 Feb 2015
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Biography
Leona was born Dec 15,1898, and grew up on a farm in Shoal Creek Arkansas. On December 19, 1915 she married a local boy, Elmer McReynolds. The couple had 4 children who lived to adulthood and one child, Billy Jane, died when a toddler. Leona developed breast cancer and died in 1952 at the age of 53. Within three years her husband also died of cancer.
Leona was buried in Elizabeth Hall Cemetery, New Blaine, Logan County Arkansas with her husband, parents and grandchildren.
Sources
- Birth Certificate
- "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQ1S-WZ5 : 17 October 2017), Elmer McReynolds and Leona Sisk, 19 Dec 1915; citing Marriage, , Yell, Arkansas, United States, county offices, Arkansas; FHL microfilm 1,026,822.
- U.S. Census for 1900, 1910, 1920 and 1940 in Shoal Creek, Logan County Arkansas.
- "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XC77-MSJ : accessed 7 November 2017), Household of Elmer Mcreyolds, Boswell, Choctaw, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1, sheet 7B, line 88, family 228, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1897; FHL microfilm 2,341,631.
- Find A Grave: Memorial #63504864
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Leona by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Leona:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Leona by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Leona:
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~25.00%
50.00%
Peggy McReynolds 
:
AncestryDNA
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~25.00%
Jon McReynolds :
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Peggy McReynolds
I am a granddaughter of Leona (Sisk) McReynolds. Am working on how to present my DNA results for my biological grandfather , Irving Farnam, since Elmer McReynolds was my non-biological grandfather, who reared my father and was always considered his father.
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