Sam Sloan's Big Combined Family Trees


Arthur LAFFERTY.Arthur married Maria WALSH.

Maria WALSH [Parents].Maria married Arthur LAFFERTY.


Robert Rice REYNOLDS [Parents] 1 was born on 18 Jun 1884 in Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina. He died on 13 Feb 1963 in Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina. The cause of death was heart failure after a long bout with cancer. He was buried in Riverside Cemetery (Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina). He married Fannie Menge JACKSON on 19 Jan 1910.

Other marriages:
BLAND, Mary
D'ARCY, Denese
BRADY, Eva
MCLEAN, Emily Washington "Evie"

Robert Rice Reynolds (1884-1963)

(U.S. Senator, 1933-1945)

Robert Rice Reynolds was born in Asheville on June 18, 1884, the second son of William Taswell and Mamie Elizabeth (Spears) Reynolds. He was a native mountaineer from pioneer stock who was destined to become a national figure.

Women loved the charming manner and chivalrous ways of Bob Reynolds. It is said that he tipped his hat to each and every lady he passed on the street. The women liked ''Our Bob,'' and he liked them, as evidenced by his five marriages.

His first wife was Frances "Fannie' Jackson, a Mardi Gras Queen, born March 18, 1889 and died October 17, 1913. They were married on January 20, 1909. Fannie's parents, Judge William and Effie (Brome) Jackson, were from Louisville, Kentucky She died of Typhoid Fever when their two children were under 3 years old. Their daughter, Frances (Reynolds) Oertlinq, born 1909, now resides in Firenze, Italy. and their son Robert Rice Reynolds Jr., born Feb. 3, 1913, died at the age of 37 in an automobile accident on October 17, 1950.

Reynolds second wife was Mary Bland whom he met while judging a horse show in Augusta. Georgia. They also made their home in Asheville and had one daughter. Mary Bland Reynolds. They divorced.

His third wife was a French-Canadian named Denese D'Arcy. Her manner and ways were foreign to her western North Carolina neighbors to the degree that she fell misjudged and misunderstood. It didn't take her long to decide to leave the area. Bob was not interested in moving from his ''little gem city of the mountains,'' so they parted ways and were divorced.

Next, ''Our Bob'' married Eva Brady, a former Zigfield Follies' girl on February 27. 1931 She was born June 5, 1904 and died December 13. 1934. the daughter of James Maurice Brady. She had brains as well as beauty, and enjoyed being the wife of a very public politician. Unfortunately her life was cut short when she died did brain tumor at the age of thirty. There were no children.

In 1941 he married Evalyn Washington McLean, daughter of Edmund '' Ned '' McLean, one time publisher of the Washington Post, and Evalyn Walsh McLean. well-known Wash­ington socialite and owner of the Hope Diamond. The Walsh family had struck paydirt out west in the early mining days, and had a very successful silver mining business.

Bob and Evalyn had one daughter, Mamie Spears (Reynolds) Gregory, born October 15, 1942. Mamie and her husband Joseph Gregory, currently maintain residences in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Louisville, Kentucky. and in California. Her mother died in 1946 when Mamie was a child.

After Evalyn's death, Bob Reynolds moved from Washington back to Asheville to raise Mamie. He attempted a political come-back in 1950, running for the U.S. Senate once again, but was unsuccessful. They lived in his home of oak logs and native field stone high on the side of "Reynolds Mountain'' on a 250 acre ranch in northwest Asheville. He died of heart failure after a long bout with cancer, on February 13, 1963. He is buried at Riverside Cemetery in Asheville, N.C.

Sources: Family Records. Quoted from The Asheville Times, Thursday. Feb 14, 1963, page 23 (Quoted from Life Magazine, September 8. 1941, page 49)

-- Ruth C. Reynolds

Fannie Menge JACKSON [Parents] 1 was born on 18 Mar 1889. She died on 17 Oct 1913. The cause of death was Typhoid Fever. She was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Asheville, Buncombe Co., NC. She married Robert Rice REYNOLDS on 19 Jan 1910.

They had the following children:

  F i Frances Jackson REYNOLDS was born on 24 Nov 1909. She died on 9 Apr 1995.
  M ii Robert Rice REYNOLDS Jr. was born on 3 Feb 1913. He died on 17 Oct 1950.

Robert Rice REYNOLDS [Parents] 1 was born on 18 Jun 1884 in Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina. He died on 13 Feb 1963 in Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina. The cause of death was heart failure after a long bout with cancer. He was buried in Riverside Cemetery (Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina). He married Mary BLAND. The marriage ended in divorce.

Other marriages:
JACKSON, Fannie Menge
D'ARCY, Denese
BRADY, Eva
MCLEAN, Emily Washington "Evie"

Robert Rice Reynolds (1884-1963)

(U.S. Senator, 1933-1945)

Robert Rice Reynolds was born in Asheville on June 18, 1884, the second son of William Taswell and Mamie Elizabeth (Spears) Reynolds. He was a native mountaineer from pioneer stock who was destined to become a national figure.

Women loved the charming manner and chivalrous ways of Bob Reynolds. It is said that he tipped his hat to each and every lady he passed on the street. The women liked ''Our Bob,'' and he liked them, as evidenced by his five marriages.

His first wife was Frances "Fannie' Jackson, a Mardi Gras Queen, born March 18, 1889 and died October 17, 1913. They were married on January 20, 1909. Fannie's parents, Judge William and Effie (Brome) Jackson, were from Louisville, Kentucky She died of Typhoid Fever when their two children were under 3 years old. Their daughter, Frances (Reynolds) Oertlinq, born 1909, now resides in Firenze, Italy. and their son Robert Rice Reynolds Jr., born Feb. 3, 1913, died at the age of 37 in an automobile accident on October 17, 1950.

Reynolds second wife was Mary Bland whom he met while judging a horse show in Augusta. Georgia. They also made their home in Asheville and had one daughter. Mary Bland Reynolds. They divorced.

His third wife was a French-Canadian named Denese D'Arcy. Her manner and ways were foreign to her western North Carolina neighbors to the degree that she fell misjudged and misunderstood. It didn't take her long to decide to leave the area. Bob was not interested in moving from his ''little gem city of the mountains,'' so they parted ways and were divorced.

Next, ''Our Bob'' married Eva Brady, a former Zigfield Follies' girl on February 27. 1931 She was born June 5, 1904 and died December 13. 1934. the daughter of James Maurice Brady. She had brains as well as beauty, and enjoyed being the wife of a very public politician. Unfortunately her life was cut short when she died did brain tumor at the age of thirty. There were no children.

In 1941 he married Evalyn Washington McLean, daughter of Edmund '' Ned '' McLean, one time publisher of the Washington Post, and Evalyn Walsh McLean. well-known Wash­ington socialite and owner of the Hope Diamond. The Walsh family had struck paydirt out west in the early mining days, and had a very successful silver mining business.

Bob and Evalyn had one daughter, Mamie Spears (Reynolds) Gregory, born October 15, 1942. Mamie and her husband Joseph Gregory, currently maintain residences in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Louisville, Kentucky. and in California. Her mother died in 1946 when Mamie was a child.

After Evalyn's death, Bob Reynolds moved from Washington back to Asheville to raise Mamie. He attempted a political come-back in 1950, running for the U.S. Senate once again, but was unsuccessful. They lived in his home of oak logs and native field stone high on the side of "Reynolds Mountain'' on a 250 acre ranch in northwest Asheville. He died of heart failure after a long bout with cancer, on February 13, 1963. He is buried at Riverside Cemetery in Asheville, N.C.

Sources: Family Records. Quoted from The Asheville Times, Thursday. Feb 14, 1963, page 23 (Quoted from Life Magazine, September 8. 1941, page 49)

-- Ruth C. Reynolds

Mary BLAND.Mary married Robert Rice REYNOLDS. The marriage ended in divorce.

They had the following children:

  F i Mary Bland REYNOLDS.

Robert Rice REYNOLDS [Parents] 1 was born on 18 Jun 1884 in Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina. He died on 13 Feb 1963 in Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina. The cause of death was heart failure after a long bout with cancer. He was buried in Riverside Cemetery (Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina). He married Denese D'ARCY. The marriage ended in divorce.

Other marriages:
JACKSON, Fannie Menge
BLAND, Mary
BRADY, Eva
MCLEAN, Emily Washington "Evie"

Robert Rice Reynolds (1884-1963)

(U.S. Senator, 1933-1945)

Robert Rice Reynolds was born in Asheville on June 18, 1884, the second son of William Taswell and Mamie Elizabeth (Spears) Reynolds. He was a native mountaineer from pioneer stock who was destined to become a national figure.

Women loved the charming manner and chivalrous ways of Bob Reynolds. It is said that he tipped his hat to each and every lady he passed on the street. The women liked ''Our Bob,'' and he liked them, as evidenced by his five marriages.

His first wife was Frances "Fannie' Jackson, a Mardi Gras Queen, born March 18, 1889 and died October 17, 1913. They were married on January 20, 1909. Fannie's parents, Judge William and Effie (Brome) Jackson, were from Louisville, Kentucky She died of Typhoid Fever when their two children were under 3 years old. Their daughter, Frances (Reynolds) Oertlinq, born 1909, now resides in Firenze, Italy. and their son Robert Rice Reynolds Jr., born Feb. 3, 1913, died at the age of 37 in an automobile accident on October 17, 1950.

Reynolds second wife was Mary Bland whom he met while judging a horse show in Augusta. Georgia. They also made their home in Asheville and had one daughter. Mary Bland Reynolds. They divorced.

His third wife was a French-Canadian named Denese D'Arcy. Her manner and ways were foreign to her western North Carolina neighbors to the degree that she fell misjudged and misunderstood. It didn't take her long to decide to leave the area. Bob was not interested in moving from his ''little gem city of the mountains,'' so they parted ways and were divorced.

Next, ''Our Bob'' married Eva Brady, a former Zigfield Follies' girl on February 27. 1931 She was born June 5, 1904 and died December 13. 1934. the daughter of James Maurice Brady. She had brains as well as beauty, and enjoyed being the wife of a very public politician. Unfortunately her life was cut short when she died did brain tumor at the age of thirty. There were no children.

In 1941 he married Evalyn Washington McLean, daughter of Edmund '' Ned '' McLean, one time publisher of the Washington Post, and Evalyn Walsh McLean. well-known Wash­ington socialite and owner of the Hope Diamond. The Walsh family had struck paydirt out west in the early mining days, and had a very successful silver mining business.

Bob and Evalyn had one daughter, Mamie Spears (Reynolds) Gregory, born October 15, 1942. Mamie and her husband Joseph Gregory, currently maintain residences in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Louisville, Kentucky. and in California. Her mother died in 1946 when Mamie was a child.

After Evalyn's death, Bob Reynolds moved from Washington back to Asheville to raise Mamie. He attempted a political come-back in 1950, running for the U.S. Senate once again, but was unsuccessful. They lived in his home of oak logs and native field stone high on the side of "Reynolds Mountain'' on a 250 acre ranch in northwest Asheville. He died of heart failure after a long bout with cancer, on February 13, 1963. He is buried at Riverside Cemetery in Asheville, N.C.

Sources: Family Records. Quoted from The Asheville Times, Thursday. Feb 14, 1963, page 23 (Quoted from Life Magazine, September 8. 1941, page 49)

-- Ruth C. Reynolds

Denese D'ARCY.Denese married Robert Rice REYNOLDS. The marriage ended in divorce.


Robert Rice REYNOLDS [Parents] 1 was born on 18 Jun 1884 in Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina. He died on 13 Feb 1963 in Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina. The cause of death was heart failure after a long bout with cancer. He was buried in Riverside Cemetery (Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina). He married Eva BRADY on 27 Feb 1931.

Other marriages:
JACKSON, Fannie Menge
BLAND, Mary
D'ARCY, Denese
MCLEAN, Emily Washington "Evie"

Robert Rice Reynolds (1884-1963)

(U.S. Senator, 1933-1945)

Robert Rice Reynolds was born in Asheville on June 18, 1884, the second son of William Taswell and Mamie Elizabeth (Spears) Reynolds. He was a native mountaineer from pioneer stock who was destined to become a national figure.

Women loved the charming manner and chivalrous ways of Bob Reynolds. It is said that he tipped his hat to each and every lady he passed on the street. The women liked ''Our Bob,'' and he liked them, as evidenced by his five marriages.

His first wife was Frances "Fannie' Jackson, a Mardi Gras Queen, born March 18, 1889 and died October 17, 1913. They were married on January 20, 1909. Fannie's parents, Judge William and Effie (Brome) Jackson, were from Louisville, Kentucky She died of Typhoid Fever when their two children were under 3 years old. Their daughter, Frances (Reynolds) Oertlinq, born 1909, now resides in Firenze, Italy. and their son Robert Rice Reynolds Jr., born Feb. 3, 1913, died at the age of 37 in an automobile accident on October 17, 1950.

Reynolds second wife was Mary Bland whom he met while judging a horse show in Augusta. Georgia. They also made their home in Asheville and had one daughter. Mary Bland Reynolds. They divorced.

His third wife was a French-Canadian named Denese D'Arcy. Her manner and ways were foreign to her western North Carolina neighbors to the degree that she fell misjudged and misunderstood. It didn't take her long to decide to leave the area. Bob was not interested in moving from his ''little gem city of the mountains,'' so they parted ways and were divorced.

Next, ''Our Bob'' married Eva Brady, a former Zigfield Follies' girl on February 27. 1931 She was born June 5, 1904 and died December 13. 1934. the daughter of James Maurice Brady. She had brains as well as beauty, and enjoyed being the wife of a very public politician. Unfortunately her life was cut short when she died did brain tumor at the age of thirty. There were no children.

In 1941 he married Evalyn Washington McLean, daughter of Edmund '' Ned '' McLean, one time publisher of the Washington Post, and Evalyn Walsh McLean. well-known Wash­ington socialite and owner of the Hope Diamond. The Walsh family had struck paydirt out west in the early mining days, and had a very successful silver mining business.

Bob and Evalyn had one daughter, Mamie Spears (Reynolds) Gregory, born October 15, 1942. Mamie and her husband Joseph Gregory, currently maintain residences in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Louisville, Kentucky. and in California. Her mother died in 1946 when Mamie was a child.

After Evalyn's death, Bob Reynolds moved from Washington back to Asheville to raise Mamie. He attempted a political come-back in 1950, running for the U.S. Senate once again, but was unsuccessful. They lived in his home of oak logs and native field stone high on the side of "Reynolds Mountain'' on a 250 acre ranch in northwest Asheville. He died of heart failure after a long bout with cancer, on February 13, 1963. He is buried at Riverside Cemetery in Asheville, N.C.

Sources: Family Records. Quoted from The Asheville Times, Thursday. Feb 14, 1963, page 23 (Quoted from Life Magazine, September 8. 1941, page 49)

-- Ruth C. Reynolds

Eva BRADY [Parents] was born on 5 Jun 1904. She died on 13 Dec 1934. The cause of death was brain tumor. She married Robert Rice REYNOLDS on 27 Feb 1931.


William T. REYNOLDS [Parents] 1 was born on 14 Oct 1849 in Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina. He died on 16 Jan 1892. He was buried in Riverside Cem.. He married Mamie SPEARS on 6 Oct 1880 in Asheville, Nc.

Mamie SPEARS [Parents] 1 was born on 24 Jan 1862 in Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina. She died on 29 Jul 1939. She married William T. REYNOLDS on 6 Oct 1880 in Asheville, Nc.

They had the following children:

  M i George Spears REYNOLDS 1 was born on 18 Sep 1881 in <Asheville, Nc>. He died on 21 Jan 1924.
  M ii Robert Rice REYNOLDS was born on 18 Jun 1884. He died on 13 Feb 1963.
  F iii Jane REYNOLDS 1 was born on 3 Sep 1888 in <Mt. Kisco, , Ny>. She died on 20 Dec 1927 in Asheville, , Nc.
  M iv William Taswell REYNOLDS 1 was born on 23 Sep 1890 in <Mt. Kisco, , Ny>. He died on 29 Mar 1892.

William Lowther JACKSON was born on 12 Aug 1854 in St. Marys, Pleasants Co., WV. He died on 29 Dec 1895 in Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY. He was buried in Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY.

He had the following children:

  F i Fannie Menge JACKSON was born on 18 Mar 1889. She died on 17 Oct 1913.

Robert Rice REYNOLDS Jr. [Parents] 1 was born on 3 Feb 1913. He died on 17 Oct 1950. The cause of death was automobile accident. He married Mary Margaret MCKEEHAN on 4 Apr 1940.

Mary Margaret MCKEEHAN was born on 23 Nov 1912. She married Robert Rice REYNOLDS Jr. on 4 Apr 1940.


Grothan OERTLING.Grothan married Frances Jackson REYNOLDS.

Frances Jackson REYNOLDS [Parents] was born on 24 Nov 1909 in Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., NC. She died on 9 Apr 1995 in Firenze, Toscana, Italy. She married Grothan OERTLING.

Resides in Firenze, Italy.


Colonel Daniel REYNOLDS [Parents] 1 was born on 10 Mar 1809 in Bent Creek, N.c.. He died on 21 Jan 1878 in Asheville, N.c.. He married Susan Adelia BAIRD on 7 Oct 1844 in Asheville, Nc.

Susan Adelia BAIRD [Parents] 1 was born on 9 Apr 1826 in Asheville, N.c.. She died on 17 Feb 1915. She married Colonel Daniel REYNOLDS on 7 Oct 1844 in Asheville, Nc.

They had the following children:

  M i Nathaniel Augustus REYNOLDS 1 was born about 1851 in <Asheville, Nc>.
  M ii Israel Henry REYNOLDS 1 was born on 13 May 1846 in <Asheville, N.c.>. He died on 14 Jan 1896.
  F iii Annie Lee REYNOLDS 1 was born in 1866 in <Asheville, N.c.>. She died in 1948.
  F iv Mary Sophronia (Mollie) REYNOLDS 1 was born in 1847 in <Asheville, N.c.>. She died in 1915.
  F v Susan Evelyn REYNOLDS 1 was born on 13 Dec 1860 in <Asheville, N.c.>. She died on 12 Apr 1940.
  F vi Julia Matilda REYNOLDS 1 was born in 1863 in <Asheville, N.c.>. She died in 1950.
  F vii Margaret Elizabeth REYNOLDS 1 was born in 1851 in <Asheville, N.c.>. She died on 14 Mar 1854.
  M viii Daniel Leazer REYNOLDS 1 was born in 1854 in <Asheville, N.c.>. He died in 1919.
  M ix Nathaniel Augustus REYNOLDS 1 was born on 16 Oct 1858 in <Asheville, N.c.>. He died on 1 Mar 1950.
  M x William T. REYNOLDS was born on 14 Oct 1849. He died on 16 Jan 1892.
  M xi John REYNOLDS 1 was born in 1856 in <, Looking Glass Fa, Transylvania, North Carolina>. He died in 1910.

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