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LEE REINHARDT, mail carrier from PEACH.
teacher of the public school in that community. The
Reinhardt School was named in her honor. It was con-
solidated with the Quitman Independent District in
1942.
An interesting fact is that Mrs. Reinhardt's
daughter, Susan, was the first teacher to teach in the
second school house built in the community, and years
later the son of Susan, Horace Cathey, was the first to
teach in the third school house built in the same com-
munity.
Lawson Reinhardt died 12 November, 1871; his
wife, Mary Elizabeth, 18 August, 1904. Both were
buried in the Quitman Cemetery.
Source: Wood County Democrat Centennial Issue
AMBROSE D. RENSHAW, a settler in Wood
County about the time it was formed, was born 1819 in
North Carolina. He married Lucinda Taylor, born 1827
in Tennessee. The Renshaws moved first to Alabama,
then to Wood County in the early 1850's. Ambrose
Renshaw served as captain in the Confederate Army in
Company E., 22nd Regiment, Texas Infantry.
Two children were born to Ambrose D. and Lucin-
da Renshaw in Alabama. These were Mary J., born
1847; Francis W., born 1849. After their arrival in Tex-
as the following children were born:Ambrose D. Jr., born 1852
John E., born 1854
Elizabeth D., born 1856
Rebecca A., born 1858
James T., born 1859
Lucinda, born 1862
Robert, born 1867
Amelia, born 1870, married W. B. McAllister
Nancy, born 1874, married B. A. Browning
Thomas Ambrose Browning, son of B. A. and Nan-
cy Renshaw Browning, married Zelma Mae Ragsdale.
Thomas Ambrose was county school superintendent for
two terms, and was later elected county judge. Judge
Browning was active in the organization of the Wood
CountyHistorical Society and was one of its most ar-
dent supporters. While still serving as county judge, he
and his wife were killed in an automobile accident 22
December 1966.
Source: Ona Wood
CHARLES EDWARD REVELLE, born 1869 in
Campbell County, Kentucky, came to Wood County in
1890, and in 1892 married Salena McWhorter. They
had one daughter, Jean, who died in infancy.
Charles E. Revelle first worked in a grocery store134
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Wood County Historical Society. Wood County, 1850-1900, book, 1976; Quitman, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth91051/m1/142/: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .