Name |
Felix C. McReynolds |
Title |
Major |
Birth |
16 Sep 1835 |
Georgia, or Tennessee |
Gender |
Male |
Census |
1870 |
Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas |
- 1870 Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas
residence 17
F.C. McReynolds 34 clerk, H.S. Grocery Tennessee
Laura Mcreynolds 24 Georgia
R Arthur Mcreynolds 5 Texas
J W Dorman 45 Pilot Delaware
Catharine E Dorman 41 keeping house Georgia 1200, 250
Effie Shaw 12 Texas (g-d of Niles Smith)
C H Alexander 54 wholesale grocery 3,000; 10,000 NC
William Allison 30 retail merchant Ayr Scotland 4,000; 5,000
residence 18 (blank)
residence 19 (widower of Helen Smith, aunt of Effie Shaw))
Wesley Garner 47 clerk W.S. Grocery Louisiana
Niles Garner 17 clerk W.S. Grocery Texas
Claud Garner 12 Texas
residence 20
Harris T.P. 29 dry goods merchant Texas
Delia 24 Texas
Richard 7 Texas
McGaffey Otis 49 merchant, 5000, 5000; Ohio
Mary Jane 48 New York
Charles 16 Texas
Otis 11 Texas
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Census |
1880 |
Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas |
- 1880 Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas
F. C. Mcreynolds 44 1836 Tennessee
Laura (McGill) Mcreynolds 35 1845 Georgia
K.(R.) A. Mcreynolds 15 son
S.A. Mcreynolds 4 dau
(note: Bertha listed as dau in 1900, showing born Nov 1875; is S.A. Bertha?
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Residence |
Between 1891 and 1892 |
Victoria, Victoria Co, Texas |
- The "Early Victoria Home," a historical landmark located on Craig Street in Victoria, Texas, lists Major McReynolds among its notable owners. He apparently resided in that city from 1891 to 1893.
(Texas handbook online)
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Census |
1900 |
Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas |
- 1900 Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas
F C Mcreynolds 64 widow
Laura Mcreynolds 14 1886 daughter
Bertha Higy 24 daughter
John H Higy 30 son in law
Note: apparently divorced or separated instead of widowed because Laura didn't die till 1935 in Throckmorton, Texas.
|
Death |
7 Feb 1912 |
Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas |
Burial |
Magnolia Cem, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas |
Notes |
- MCREYNOLDS, FELIX C. (1835?1912). Felix C. McReynolds, Confederate officer and businessman, was born in Tennessee in 1835 to Isaac and Sarah (McGonigal) McReynolds. It is probable that Felix McReynolds came to Texas near the time of the Civil War.
During the Civil War McReynolds served as an executive officer for Col. William H. Griffin of "Griffin's Battalion." Four companies of Griffin's Battalion were then consolidated with six companies of the Eleventh Battalion to create Spaight's Regiment of the Twenty-first Texas Infantry. Although McReynolds was not the original executive officer of the battalion, he was a major by early 1863 and in October of 1863 was placed in command of Fort Manhassett and charged with the defense of Sabine Pass. He commanded the fort through the invasion scare of October and November and immediately thereafter married a local woman, Laura Magill, the younger daughter of Kate Dorman, of Sabine Pass fame. As the commandant of the fort, McReynolds presumably remained at the fort through the winter, although troop strength at the fort was reduced due to the invasion at Brownsville.
Although troubled by desertions in the early spring, Major McReynolds led a battery in an attack on Union gunboats, the Wave and the Granite City, at the battle of Calcascieu Pass on May 6, 1864. After the ninety-minute battle, Major McReynolds personally accepted the surrender of the Wave. In November 1864 Griffin's Battalion was transferred to Houston where it remained until it was decommissioned in 1865.
Following the war, Felix McReynolds returned to Sabine Pass. He was engaged in various business enterprises, including railroads, clerking at H. S. Grocery, and farming. The "Early Victoria Home," a historical landmark located on Craig Street in Victoria, Texas, lists Major McReynolds among its notable owners. He apparently resided in that city from 1891 to 1893. Felix McReynolds died in Jefferson County, on February 7, 1912, and is buried in Magnolia Cemetery with his wife Laura. The couple had two children, a son and a daughter.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
W.T. Block, A History of Jefferson County, Texas, From Wilderness to Reconstruction (M.A. thesis, Lamar University, 1974; Nederland, Texas: Nederland Publishing, 1976).
https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fmcdi
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On May 6, 1864, the date that McReynolds led the Sabine garrison of seven infantry companies to victory at the Battle of Calcasieu Pass, Louisiana, a fellow Beaumonter, Capt. Joseph Brickhouse, described the major as one "of the bravest officers who ever drew sword," who rallied "his men in such terms as no one who heard him could ever forget." Both McReynolds and his wife are buried within a few feet of the main office of Magnolia Cemetery in Beaumont.
http://www.wtblock.com/wtblockjr/catherin.htm
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Person ID |
I98767 |
Roots |
Last Modified |
25 Sep 2016 |
Family |
Laura Magill, b. 1845, Georgia d. 16 Feb 1932 (Age 87 years) |
Marriage |
24 Oct 1863 |
Jefferson Co, Texas |
Divorce |
Yes, date unknown |
Children |
+ | 1. Judge Robert Arthur McReynolds, b. 1866, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas d. 28 Dec 1940, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas (Age 74 years) |
| 2. Bertha McReynolds, b. Nov 1875, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas d. Aft 1900, of, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas (Age ~ 25 years) |
| 3. S.A. McReynolds, b. 1876, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas d. Aft 1880, of, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas (Age 5 years) |
+ | 4. Laura McReynolds, b. 24 Aug 1885, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas d. 26 Mar 1955, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas (Age 69 years) |
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Family ID |
F33166 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
24 Sep 2016 |