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 Davis Reynolds
N 32° 10.111 W 095° 40.139
15S E 248322 N 3562236
Texas Historical Marker at the Reynolds Store, 5965 FM 607 N, New York, TX, providing some background on Davis Reynolds and this community that he established.
Waymark Code: WMZTEK
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/02/2019
Views: 2
The cemetery to which the marker refers is not the New York Cemetery, but rather, the Reynolds Family Cemetery, which is nearby on private property.
Marker Number: 10375
Marker Text:
Henderson County pioneer Davis Reynolds (1800-1869) came to Texas in 1856 with his wife Catherine (1802-1871); their unmarried children, James, Julia, Catherine, and John H.; and several slaves. Traveling by wagon and foot, they journeyed from Gordon County, Georgia. Three married children, Almira Otts, Eliza Forester and George W., came later. Reynolds named his settlement New York as a sign of his hopes for its growth and prosperity.
Reynolds donated land for the first community cemetery which came to be used by all neighboring families. The first marked grave is that of Reynolds' daughter Almira Otts (1838-1863). Davis and Catherine are among the many other members of the Reynolds family buried there. A combination school and church, used for many years by both Baptists and Methodists, was built on land given by the Reynolds' son John Harrison (1843-1903) in 1873.
Reynolds' hopes for a big city were dashed when the railroad bypassed New York in 1901 and the town lost its post office. The village now consists of the Baptist church, cemetery, and the store at this site. Owned by Reynolds descendants, the store continues to serve the New York community and its neighbors in the same spirit in which it was founded. (1982)
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