Moses Benjamin Franklin (B. F.) McReynolds was born November 17, 1851 in Martin County, Indiana. His parents were George Washington McReynolds and Maria Greene Bridges. B. F. owned the People's Bank of Bronaugh.
B. F. married Sarah Jane King ca. 1870. They were the
parents of seven children: Ava married Louis Biersmith Elmer Married Minne Triplett Lola married Boyd Hartman Walter never married Bertha married William Bales Sarah Jane "Jennie" King McReynolds died 21 December 1891
and was buried at McKill Cemetery. After his first wife died in 1891, B. F. married Mary
Hoagland in Nevada, Vernon County, MO on December 29, 1892.
She had been born in September 1872 in Indiana. B. F. and
Mary were the parents of two children and lived at
Bronaugh.: Leona McReynolds was the valedictorian of Nevada High
School in 1914. She married Arthur Kresse on 5 Nov 1915 in
Johnson County, KS. Lucille Marshall wrote that "Both Aunt
Leona and her husband were Baptist ministers. I believer
that Aunt Leona was the first female minister ordained by
William Jewell. The college is located in Liberty, MO. Uncle
Dick later became a teacher in the K. C. MO schools. He
taught English at Northeast High School in 1928. Mamie McReynolds married Jerry Wilhite who later joined
the bank with his father in law.
Leona McReynolds
B. F. McReynolds died 4 September 1930 at Bronaugh. He was buried beside his first wife at McKill Cemetery. His obituary appeared in the Bronaugh Journal. It was also the same day that the People's Bank was in trouble - it was the great depression and banks were closing:
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Sources: The information for this page came from materials purchased from the Bill and Juanita Bales estate in April 2009.
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