Anna
(Swearingen) McReynolds
(1870-1918)
Anna Morris (Swearingen) McReynolds was born on March 7, 1870 in Tarlton, Pickaway County, OH, the daughter of John S. and Eliza J. (Miner) Swearingen.
In about 1884, when she was age 14, Anna moved with her parents and siblings to Missouri, residing in Carlton and later in Butler, Bates County.
Anna married George Edward McReynolds (1859-1929), a native of Iroquois, Iroquois County, IL, and the son of Henry and Mary (Morgan) McReynolds. George was 11 years older than Anna.
Their four children were Frances J. Klumpp, Raymond "Edward" H. McReynolds, Glenwood E. "Pete" McReynolds and Josephine McReynolds.
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| Rich Hill's Park Avenue looking west, from a rare old image postmarked 1908 |
In 1910, the family resided at Rich Hill, Bates County, MO, where George was employed as a store clerk and later as a blacksmith and carpenter/woodworker.
In October 1918, Anna came down with a
perforated intestinal ulcer, called "acute indigestion," and 10 days
later she was dead, at the age of 48. Her
passing occurred on Nov. 2, 1918. The
local newspaper eulogized that "She was a most excellent woman and had a
large circle of friends who regret her death."
George outlived her by 11 years. Suffering from kidney disease, he died on Jan. 3, 1929, as he neared his 70th birthday. They are buried in the McReynolds family plot at the Oak Hill Cemetery in Mt. Pleasant Twp., east of Butler, MO.
Son Edward H. McReynolds (1889-1937) served with the US Marines during World War I, and was overseas when his mother died. He married Augusta C. (1893- ? ), and they lived at 5540 Delaware Boulevard and 418 Clara Avenue in St. Louis, MO. When the federal census was taken in 1930, Edward was employed with a railroad company in St. Louis. Edward took his own life at the age of 48, four days before Christmas in 1937, and was cremated at the Valhalla Crematory. At the time of his death, he worked for the Republican State Committee. Augusta's fate is unknown.
Son Glenwood E. McReynolds (1894-1940) served with the US Army during World War I and was stationed among others at Camp McArthur, TX. He lived in afterward in Rich Hill and married Irene Benz (1903- ? ). They resided at 2807 Francis Street in Jt. Joseph, Buchanan County, MO. Glenwood worked for Associated Grocers Warehouse of St. Joseph. After having been treated for a lengthy illness at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, he took his own life at the age of 45 on June 27, 1940 in Butler. Burial was in Oak Hill Cemetery in Butler.
Daughter Frances McReynolds married J.P. Klumpp and settled at Beatrice, NE.
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