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no restraint such as the customary ball and chain was
used in the transfer. Prisoners were taken by train to
their destination.
After returning to Mineola from his position with
the state, George Reeves engaged in the cattle
business, sawmill business and real estate, the latter
being his main business until his death.
When the State Fair of Texas was organized,
George C. Reeves decided that Wood County should be
represented in the exhibits. For 49 years he collected
choice fruits, vegetables, canned goods, grains, gourds,
etc. and each year arranged an attractive exhibit at the
State Fair. Many blue ribbons were won and were kept
on display at the Reeves Abstract Office. During this
time, an article by Dennis McCarthy in the Dallas
Morning News proclaimed George Calhoun Reeves the
"Evangel of Good Tidings" for Mineola and all of
Wood County.
George C. Reeves married Sallie Wigley, born 24
September 1858 to Will E. and Emily Wigley. George
C. atd Sallie Reeves were the parents of Mrs. Willie
Reeves Allen and Ellie Alphonso Reeves.
Source: Centennial issue Wood County
Democrat and Mrs. Ellie ReevesJOSHUA T. REICH was born in Union County,
Mississippi in 1848, and came with his family to Wood
County in 1854. He was the son of John P. and Lydia
M. Reich. John P. was born in 1808, Lydia was born in
1813. The family settled in what later became the
Redland Community. In 1866, the community was
called Weimer and John P. Reich was postmaster. The
office was discontinued in 1867, and reestablished in
1871, when John P. Reich was again appointed. The
post office was discontinued in June 1871.
Joshua T. Reich enlisted in the Confederate Army
when he was quite young; his gravestone carries the
notation, "Pvt. Inf. CSA." He later married Susan A.
(?), and they became parents of several children, with
only three living to maturity, namely: R. F. (Bob),
married Mattie Reed; Henry, killed by a falling tree;
Ella, married Charles Scruggs, died in 1900.
Joshua Reich died in 1941; his wife, Susan, died in
1920. Both were buried at Turner Cemetery.
Source: "Wood County Post Offices" by Wright
Patman; Bethel ScruggsSUSAN and JOSHUA T. REICH. He came to the county in the early
1850's and was one of Wood County's volunteers in the Civil War.
LAWSON A. REINHARDT was born in North
Carolina 20 June, 1815, and came to Wood County in
1858. His first wife having died in North Carolina, Mr.
Reinhardt brought with him to Wood County one
daughter and three sons. They settled west of Quitman
and established a large cotton plantation. He also
operated his own cotton gin which was powered by oxen
and mules.
The 3 sons of Lawson Reinhardt enlisted in the
Confederate forces of the Civil War. They were: Alex-
ander, killed in the battle of Gettysburg, and Romulus
who fell at Chancellorville with General Stonewall
Jackson. Mike, the third son, returned from the war
and settled in the eastern part of Wood County.
Amelia, the daughter of Lawson A. Reinhardt, married
Frances M. Dyer who served as Tax Collector in 1884.
Lawson Reinhardt remarried after coming to Wood
County. His wife was Mary Elizabeth Emery, a native
of Bangor, Maine, born 10 March 1827. Miss Emery
came to Texas and began teaching a school in Smith
County, later forming a private school in Mineola. She
met Lawson Reinhardt while teaching the Mineola
school. She also taught the first private school in the
Myrtle Springs Community and later became the first133
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Wood County Historical Society. Wood County, 1850-1900, book, 1976; Quitman, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth91051/m1/141/: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .