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 1934 - 1992 (58 years)
Generation: 1
| 1. |  Joseph Welch Reynolds was born 14 May 1934, Danville, Virginia; died 26 Sep 1992, Charlotte, North Carolina ; was buried 29 Sep 1992, Charlotte, North Carolina . Notes:
Joseph Welch Reynolds, brother of Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston contracted polio when he was 13 years old. Unlike many victims, he recovered almost completely and was left with only a weakness in his left leg, ultimately until his death.
Joseph Welch Reynolds was named for his mother's brother, Joseph Alpha Carter, Jr. who died the year he was born; and the Welch name came from Mr. William Welch Clark who was the protector of his father, Samuel Lovelace Reynolds. After the death of his mother, Mary Lou (Molly) Reynolds, Mr. Clark took Sam under his wing and educated him. Molly, who died when Sam was 15 years old, contracted appendicitis, it ruptured, and she died of Sepsis. Mr. Welch Clark lived in a historic house on Main Street, Danville, VA and was a well know bachelor who traveled widely and is remembered by even distant family members and community members as having brought back from a trip to Florida, an alligator for a pet. See photograph of Mr. Welch Clark and his alligator from circa 1918-1921. Mr. Clark never married and had no issue, but my father loved him as though he was his father.
Joseph married Beverly Sue Britton 7 Jul 1956, Norfolk, Virginia U.S.A.. Beverly (daughter of Reynolds Robert Britton and Isa Mabel Foust) was born 1933, Norfolk, Virginia; died 11 Dec 2023, Charlotte, N. Carolina. [Group Sheet]
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Generation: 3
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