Solomon Andrew Wadsworth

1855 - 1929  (73 years)

• Name	Solomon Andrew Wadsworth
  Born	4 Jul 1855	Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, USA
  Gender	Male
  Buried	Apr 1929	TX: Brown: Zephyr Cemetery:
  Died	14 Apr 1929	Gorman, Eastland, Texas
  Person ID	I7796	Reynolds Family
  Last Modified	23 Feb 2023

  
  

  Father	William Wadsworth
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Temperance Martin
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F4134	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Keziah Jane Reynolds,   b. 15 May 1858, Cookville, Titus, Texas, USA ,   d. 15 Sep 1931, Baird, Callahan, Texas, USA  (Age 73 years)
  Married	16 Sep 1875	Oakbranch, Ellis, Texas, USA
  Children	1. Fannie Ada Wadsworth,   b. 16 Jul 1891, Zephyr, Brown, Texas ,   d. 30 Aug 1941, TX:  (Age 50 years)  [natural]   2. James Calvin Wadsworth,   b. 7 Jun 1878, Mountain Peak, Ellis, Texas ,   d. 14 Jun 1878, Mountain Peak, Ellis, Texas  (Age 0 years)  [natural]   3. Lolar Lee Wadsworth,   b. 29 Jun 1889, Zephyr, Brown, Texas ,   d. 25 Aug 1897, Zephyr, Brown, Texas  (Age 8 years)  [natural]   4. Mary Elizabeth "Lizzie" Wadsworth,   b. 24 Jun 1885, Mountain Peak, Ellis, Texas ,   d. 28 Mar 1965, Age 79  (Age 79 years)  [natural]   5. Nugent Turner Wadsworth,   b. 12 Nov 1893, Zephyr, Brown, Texas  [natural]   6. Vina Mae Wadsworth,   b. 26 Jul 1897, Zephyr, Brown, Texas ,   d. 1 Jan 1974, Del Rio, Val Verde, Texas  (Age 76 years)  [natural]   7. Walter Ellis Wadsworth,   b. 12 Dec 1882, Mountain Peak, Ellis, Texas ,   d. 29 Oct 1954, Odessa, Ector, Texas  (Age 71 years)  [natural]   8. William Truman Wadsworth,   b. 8 Feb 1880, Mountain Peak, Ellis, Texas ,   d. 1 Sep 1916, Brown County, Texas  (Age 36 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	23 Feb 2023
  Family ID	F2863	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Was residing with the family of Jessie Bynum at the 1870's U.S. Census of Blount County, Alabama and undoubtedly accompanied them to Texas in 1872. The Bynums settled in N.W. Ellis County along with numerous other Blount County families. Jessie's cousin, Rev. Asa Bynum (1806-1886) was one of the first to settle the area and erected a Methodist Church at what is known as Oak Branch Campground, "about 5 miles SW of Waxahatchee". Jessie Bynum, son of Asa and Rebecca Murphree b. 31 Jul 1871 in TN and died 18 Nov 1897 Mountain Peak, TX, Ellis County, and buried Mountain Peak Cemetery, married Eliza Clowdus 17 Nov 1836 in Blount County (Mother of Sarah "Sallie" Clowdus). S.A. first appears on Ellis Co. Tax Rolls 1881 with 2 horses or mules, valued at $65, one cow $10, and a wagon $20. Ellis Co. Deed Records (V40/217) show he paid $90 to his father in law for 36 acres of land in the David Reynolds (AK A A.A. Stewart) headright 26 Jan 1881. K.J. and S.A. Wadsworth sold this land to Kizzia's brother, John C. Reynolds for $360 cash and notes (V.40/218). This land was located on the waters of South Creek, about 3 miles SE of the cemetery at Mountain Peak, where Kizzie's sister was buried. Apr 1881. Andy last appears on Ellis Co. Tax Rolls in 1886 with 4 horses $120, four cows and a wagon $40. Not long after this, the family removed to Brown County settling on a 150 acre farm one mile south of Zephyr, Texas. Andy joined the Ancie NT Free and Accepted Masons at Zephry Lodge #591and received his Masonic Degrees 30 Jan, 27 Feb, & 26 Mar 1904. He served as Titer in 1904, 1908, 1909 and 1914 and as Stewart from 1905-1906. He demitted (left) Zephry Lodge 28 Nov 1925 and died four years later in Eastland County, Texas.