Individual Details

His military service was mentioned in his father's Pension Application. Found on FamilySearch,
Records of Men Enlisted in the U. S. Army Prior to the Peace Establishment, May 17, 1815:
Steward Reynolds, Pvt, & Sgt. Rifles, Capt. Joshua Hamilton. Enlisted 5 Nov 1805 for 5 years. Noted as Discharged at Niagara, 5 Nov 1813. Term expired.

Stewart married [1] Elizabeth Clendenin on 1 Oct 1825. She died in Fairfield Co Ohio before 1843 when he married Mrs. Hannah Sidner, 7 Aug 1843. Hannah died in 1855 in Fairfield Co.

1830 Census. GlenCreek Twp, Fairfield, OH
Stewart Runnels: 1m 10-16, 1m 40-50, 1f 40-50
Thompson Runnels: 1m 30-40, 1m 70-80. 1f 30-40

1850 Census, Fairfield Co Ohio Stewart Reynolds, age 66, b. PA with Hannah age 56, born in Canada. They were next door to the Shortles, a family mentioned in the pension application file of Stewart's father.
1850 Agricultural Census. Clear Creek Twp, Fairfield, Ohio, Row 2
Stewart Reynolds. 65 acres improved land, 15 acres unimproved. Value of farm $1600. Value of farming equipment - $20. 2 horses, 3 milch cows, 1 other cow, 6 sheep. 13 swine. Value of livestock - $137. 130 bushels of wheat. 200 bushels Indian corn. 16 lbs. wool. 12 bu. Irish potatoes. 300 lb. butter. 3 tons of hay. Value of homemade manufacture - $10. Value of animals slaughtered - $15.

Fairfield, Ohio, Will Book 4, p. 336
Be it remembered that on the fourteenth day of March in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty Six the following paper writing purporting to be the last will and testament of Stuart L. Reynolds late of Fairfield County, Ohio, deceased, was this day produced in the Probate Court of Said County and offered for probate, to wit...
I, Stuart L. Reynolds of the County of Fairfield in the State of Ohio do make and publish this my last will and testament in manner and form following, that is to say.
1st It is my will that my funeral expenses & all my just debts be fully paid
2nd I give and bequeath to my wife Hannah the farm or tract of land on which I now reside during her natural lifetime
3rd I further give to my said sife Hannah, all my household and kitchen furniture as well as all other personal property She may choose to keep.
4th All personal property not chose to be Kept, as above named in the third item to be Sold by my Executor either at public or private Sale as he may deem best the proceeds to belong to my Said wife.
5th It is my will that my StepSon Wellington Cochran shall have my real estate after my wife's decease, provided Said Cochran remains with us on the farm we now reside on & provide for & maintain me and my wife Hannah during our natural lives.
6. I hereby appoint and constitute William Hamilton of Fairfield County to be my Sole Executor of this my last will, revoking and annulling all former wills by me made & ratifying & confirming this to be my last will & testament: In testimony whereof I Have hereunto Set my hand and Seal this 11th day of November A.D. 1854
Signed: Stuart L. Reynolds
Signed published and declared by the above named Stuart L. Reynolds as and for his last Will and testament in presence of us, who at his request have signed as witnesses to the Same.
Jacob S. Hamilton
William Hamilton, Junr.
And therefore the testimony of Said Subscribing witnesses was taken and in open Court reduced to writing, as follows to wit....
The State of Ohio, Fairfield County
We, the undersigned, Jacob Hamilton and William Hamilton, Jr being duly Sworn in open Court this 14th day of March A.D. 1856 depose and Say, that we were present at the execution of the Last will and testament of Stuart L. Reynolds, deceased, hereto annexed. That we Saw said testator Subscribe Said will and heard him acknowledge publish and declare the Same to be his last will and testament and that Said testator at the time of executing the Same was of full age and of Sound mind memory and understanding and not under any restraint, and that we signed the Same at witnesses at his request and in his presence and in the presence of each other.
Jacob S. Hamilton
William Hamilton
Sworn to and Subscribed before me and in my presence this 14th day of March A.D. 1856
Virgil E. Shaw. Probate Judge
And afterwards to wit, on the day and year last aforesaid the following entry was made upon the Journal of Said Court to wit...
March 14th, A.D. 1856
In the matter of the Last will of Stuart L. Reynolds dec.
The last will and testament of Stuart L. Reynolds, late of Fairfield County, Ohio, deceased, was this day produced in Court and offered for probate; and James S. Hamilton and William Hamilton, the Subscribing witnesses to Said will appeared, and in open Court, on oath, testified to the due execution of Said will, which testimony was reduced to writing and filed with Said will, and it appearing to the Court by Said testimony that Said will was duly attested and executed, that Said testator at the time of executing the Same was of full age and of Sound mind memory & understanding and not under any restraint, and Said testimony being Subscribed by said witnesses it is ordered by the Court that Said will and testimony be recorded.
Virgil E. Shaw. Probate Judge.

Note: no son Wellington Cochran is indicated as a child of Hannah - she has not been documented as married to a Cochran. However in 1860:
1860 Census. Clear Creek Twp, Fairfield, OH
W.C. Cochran age 34 b. in Ohio
Isabella 35 born in Ohio
Charles age 3
Daniel age 1
Hannah Reynolds age 65 born in Canada
Mary Smith, age 16 (birth year would be 1844) born in Ohio (this is Hannah's granddaughter, born to her daughter Lydia Suiter. Lydia was born 1821 - Cochran about 1826 if the above age is correct.)



Here is Hannah's story, shared by Charissa Webber, October 2009.

Hannah was a tough nut to crack, so thanks to Lucile Marshall for her good detective work. Without research from Patsy Kishler, we probably wouldn't have been able to patch Hannah's life together.

BEGINNINGS IN CANADA
Hannah was born ca. 1794-1795 to Mary and Frederick Wurtsbaugh.
Hannah, as well as her sister, Judea Wurtsbaugh, were born in Canada. Judea md George Waggoner in Fairfield Co. Ohio and moved to Indiana. Census records and a History of Sangamon County Indiana verify that Judea was born in Canada. Hannah also states on two censuses that she was born in Canada. Sorry to not give credit for the following, taken from the internet:

3-10-1826 - David Metzer vs John Holtzberry. Filed 10-21-1825. Nicholas Holtsberry, late of Licking Co., dec'd. Widow, Catharine entitled to 24 acres dower. Land, 90 acres N part S 1/2 Section 11, Township 19, Range 17 of Refugee tract. Eleven heirs: Jacob Holtsberry, Samuel Holtsberry, Ann Holtsberry now Ann Kenney, Richard Holtzberry, Conrad Holtzberry, Sally wife of Isaac Harter, Polly wife of John Woolard, Elizabeth Green, a widow, late Holtsberry, Susanna wife of John Wertzbaugh; John Holts
Licking County Partition Records

We see that Hannah and Judea's brother, John, married Susanna Holtsberry. The "Refugee Tract" mentioned is land that Canadians who had served in the war for the U.S. were given. I assume the Wurtsbaughs were also living in the Refugee Tract, given that they had come from Canada.

FIRST MARRIAGE
Licking County Ohio marriage records show that Hannah Watsbaugh married William Suiter 26 March 1820

1820 CENSUS LICKING COUNTY
William Suiter 1 male 26-45
1 female 0-10; 1 female 16-26; 1 female
over 45
*the female is an infant, my ancestor,
Lydia Suiter
(We see that William Suiter is nowhere to be found after the 1820 census and presumably died.)

Mary Wartsbaugh 0 males
1 female 0-10; 1 female 26-45; 1 female
over 45

John Wartsbaugh 1 male 0-10; 1 male 16-26;
2 females 0-10; 1 female 16-26
(John's birthdate has been given as 4 October 1793 in Ohio. Birthplace is up for debate)

SIBLINGS
We've established Judea (born ca 3 Jan 1789, died 3 Jan 1863-4, Petersburg, Illinois) and John as siblings, but her brother David helps us trace her tracks to her next home.

David Wurtsbaugh is a minor in 1817 and his father is listed as Fredrich Wortzbach. David married Magdalena Kesler, daughter of David and Susanna Nigh Kesler in Fairfield Co. Ohio.

**NOW THINGS GET TRICKY**
There are records in Fairfield County Ohio showing there was a certain Hannah (surname previously unknown) who had married a John Seidner/Sidnor/Sidener and then married a Stewart Levi Reynolds. It was believed that Seidner's wife died around 1806 and he married this Hannah, born in 1794, in 1807. When she was about 13? And he had children around her age? I really don't think so. In 1820, Seidner has a wife who is over 45 - I believe it was either his first wife, reportedly an Elizabeth, or maybe someone else. But not the same wife he has in 1830. The wife named Hannah who later marries Stewart Levi Reynolds.

1830 MADISON TWP. FAIRFIELD COUNTY OHIO CENSUS
David Wurtsbaugh is on this census showing:
1 male 20-30
1 female 15-20; 1 female 60-70 (his mother perhaps?)

John Sidner
2 males 0-5; 1 male 60-70
1 female 5-10 (Lydia); 1 female 30-40 (Hannah)

MORE ABOUT DAUGHTER LYDIA, TO UNDERSTAND HANNAH
Lydia, the baby in the 1820 Licking county census had an illegitimate son, John when she was about 15 (see info. below) At some point she apparently marries an unknown Smith, as our first record of her shows her as Lydia Smith marrying John Scritchlow. The marriage to Scritchlow occured 28 Nov 1847, Fairfield Ohio. Oral history per my grandmother in Ohio, who was told by her mother, that Lydia had indeed married a Scritchlow. This was also confirmed by another descendant in a different state, Sandy Perry, through oral history by her relative. There is no question that Lydia Suiter eventually became a Scritchlow. Her short time of being a Smith definitely helped to crack the case, however!

1840 MADISON TOWNSHIP, FAIRFIELD COUNTY OHIO
1 male 0-5; 1 male 5-10; 1 male 70-80
1 female 15-20 (Lydia); 1 female 50-60 (Hannah) (she should have been 46, so this is the wrong column)

LYDIA'S SON JOHN
Lydia's son, John Suiter, was born 21 December 1835. He is the male 0-5, and Lydia is 19 at this point. John Suiter was the grandfather of my grandmother, and through her oral history, she had stated that her grandfather had spoken of how hard it had been to be an illegitimate child.
John married Mary Hoffman on 13 September 1866, daughter of Samuel Hoffman and Catharine Kramer, in Fairfield Ohio.

JOHN SEIDNER DIES
He died on 27 Aug 1841 at the age of 79 in Tarlton (near),
Fairfield/Pickaway County, Ohio, USA.12 He was buried after 27 Aug 1841 in Tarlton Cemetery, Salt Creek Township,
Pickaway County, Ohio, USA (probably).13 John had his estate probated in May 1842 in Fairfield County Probate Court,
Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio, USA. Estate #1885. Late of Clearcreek Township. Hannah Sidener, administrator. Note in estate record: Widow married a Reynolds by 1843. Receipt in file dated February 1842 signed by Hannah. No children named. (THANK YOU PATSY KISHLER!)

HANNAH'S MARRIAGE TO REYNOLDS
Marriage records show that Hannah Seidner married Stewart Reynolds 7 August 1843 in Fairfield, Ohio.

1850 CLEARCREEK, FAIRFIELD COUNT OHIO CENSUS
Stewart Reynolds age 66 born in PA
Hannah Reynolds age 56 born in Canada

1850 DEERCREEK CENSUS
John and Lydia Scritchlow with John (born 1835), William (born 1840), Mary (born 1844), Richard (born 1846) Hannah (born 1848)
We must assume Mary and William are Smiths, as she hasn't married Scritchlow until 1847. Maybe Richard is, too, but he goes through his life calling himself a Scritchlow. None of the children are given different surnames on this census, but son John goes by Suiter all his life.

STEWART REYNOLDS DIES
Stewart then dies (February) 17, 1856, aged 72 years 9 months 9 days and per Patsy Kishler's info., states in his will that Wellington Cochran, a "stepson" will be able to get his property after they both pass on if he takes care of Hannah and Stewart during the rest of their lives.

1860 CLEARCREEK TOWNSHIP, FAIRFIELD OHIO CENSUS
W.C. Cochran age 34 b. in Ohio
Isabella 35 born in Ohio
Charles age 3
Daniel age 1
Hannah Reynolds age 65 born in Canada
MARY SMITH age 16 (birth year would be 1844) born in Ohio

This Mary Smith would be Lydia's daughter and Hannah's granddaughter.

ISABELLA COCHRAN
Isabella was born to Daniel Hoffman and Margaret Seidner (1st md a Stukey). (Parents marriage date: 30 September 1824, Fairfield, Ohio) Daniel Hoffman is a half brother to John Suiter's father-in-law, Samuel Hoffman md to Catharine Kramer. Isabella and W.C. (Wellington) divorced (his second divorce) and Hannah later leaves her estate to Isabella. Wellington no longer appears on any censuses after 1860 and it's likely he is dead before Hannah dies.

LYDIA MOVES ON TO SHELBY ILLINOIS
John Scritchlow died between 1860-1870 and, after appearing on censuses in Fairfield (1860 and 1870) about 1872 Lydia moves to Shelby, Illinois. John Suiter lived there from March 1873 to May 1875, before returning to Ohio. We don't know what happened to William and Mary Smith. Hannah [Lydia] added three more children to her family in Ohio - Elizabeth, born about 1851, Nelson, born about 1853 and Theodore, born about 1856 [and Samuel, born 1859]. We can find all the Scritchlow children with her in Shelby.

I SUBMIT TO THE JURY...
Years ago I had made a notation that Hannah Reynolds was the only Canadian I had found in Fairfield County Ohio on the 1860 census. Her native home coupled with corresponding ages that appear in line with censuses and the fact that she is living in the same township as her mother and brother most likely (1830)and in the same home with her granddaughter (1860), convinces me that she is the Hannah Wurtsbaugh of Licking County. If there is anything anyone can add to validate or prove me wrong, I am open to it ).

Birth	Abt 1785	Pennsylvania
Death	17 Feb 1856	Fairfield County, Ohio

Father	JOHN REYNOLDS (1755 - 1841)
Mother	SARAH Thompson ( - )
Sibling	SARAH "SALLY" REYNOLDS (1783 - 1848)
Sibling	Mary "Polly" REYNOLDS (1784 - 1870)
Sibling	William REYNOLDS (1788 - 1825)
Sibling	Thompson REYNOLDS (1796 - 1857)
Sibling	Francis G. REYNOLDS (1796 - 1875)
Sibling	Margaret REYNOLDS ( - )