Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1886-04-08

few drops OF water In bus mouth. He<9e-
gan TO revive, and while Phebe was put
ting forth every effort to staunch his
wounds and aid his restoration, her
mother, who had been aimlessly wander
ing about the house, tottered into the
room, and dropping to the floor, covered
her eyes with her hands and Historically
exclaimed:
s'Oh, Phebel Phebel The house is on
firel It is on fire in three places, and
/ can't put it out if it burns down over
our heads"
The bound boy still stood motionless
by the wall as if he were nailed to the
spot, and could not be induced to move.
Phebe was compelled to leave her father,
as the volumes of smoke that began to
come from an adjoining room warned
her of another impending danger. The
Tories had set fire to some fax and to
two straw BEDS Phebe extinguished
the fire, and then tried to make the
bound boy run and alarm
the neighbors, but he would
not stir. By persistent ef-
fort the brave girl, herself covered with
wounds, and her clothing saturated with
blood, brought her father back to con-
sciousness, and then, consigning him to
the care of her mother, who had grown
more composed, she started out to give
the alarm. In her relation of the terri
bic experiences Of that night to her chill
dren and grand children, more than half
century afterward, she dwelt with par
ticular pride on the fact that she noted
the growing of the cocks as she started
after help, and said to herself: ut must
be nearly morning. This, she thought,
indicated how cool and collected she was
after the frightful scene she had just wit
messed. She alarmed the neighbors, and
doctor was summoned from Goshen. A
party started in pursuit of the
Tories. 1t was found that Reynolds had
thirty serious wounds, inflicted by swords
and knives, but no one of them had
reached vital spot. One Of his ears was
nearly served from his head, and it was
bound back as nearly as possible to its
place; but the manner in which it healed
disfgured him for life. One of his arms
was SO badly cut that he never recovered
its use. Phebe had two serious wounds,
one in the breast and one in the head. The
others were painful but not dangerous lac
erations. 1t was several weeks before Rey-
nolds and his daughter were again able to
get about, and their escape from the death
| that was intended for them was so Won
derful that the people for miles around
/ focked to see them, The bound boy
never recovered from the fright he ex-
perienced that night Brain fever fol-
lowed, and he died begging that his head
should not be cut off. Mrs Reynolds
gave birth to her child the day after the
assault of the Tories. 1t lived, grew to
womanhood, and is well remembered IN
Sullivan county as the wife of DIR. Blake
Wales, one of the pioneer physicians OF
this part of the State, and the progene-
tor OF large and prominent family.
Caleb Reynolds, the child who was
kicked so brutally by one Of the Tories,
grew up, and was soldier under Jack
son at the battle Of New Orleans, and
was killed in that engagement.
The Wings who set out in pursuit OF
the Tories overlook them in the noun
tains, and only two of them escaped alive.
Benjamin Kelley, the leader of the gang,
was shot in the mountains by a man of
the name of June. There were three or
four of the others secreted in the noun
tains and the guards were watching for
them. Some persons told June that
they were at certain spot playing cards.
June started to find them, and when ne
came in sight they were lying down, but
hearing his approach rose up, and as they
did so June shot Kelley. They escaped,
and Kelley wandered down near GER
tain large sulphur spring, where he was
found dead by John Henley and his dog,
partially covered up with leaves and
brush. Near him, tied up in bun
die with dark strings, was the wedding
coat of Mr.. Runnels, which Kelley
had stolen long time before. This was
the coat in which Henry Reynolds had
been married thirteen years before The
coat was returned to Reynolds, but he re-
fused to touch it after it had been in pos
session of Tory, and ordered it to bt
burned. Edward Robin escaped to
Canada, and years afterward sons Of his
returned to Orange county to search fol
booty that their father and others Of the
Smith gang had hidden in the noun
tairs.
/ II 1888 Henry Reynolds removed tc
] Sullivan county and settled in what was
/ known as the Mutton Hill neighborhood
being one of the pioneers Of the town OF
Neversink. He was the first supervisor
Of the town, in 1898. In 1905 he was
elected to the assembly, and was, until
the day Of his death, one Of the leading
men in Sullivan county. His wife pre-
sented him with six children after leav-
ing Orange county. Phebe Reynolds
married Jeremiah Drake soon after the
family csmeto Sullivan county. Herde
scendants are the most numerous in tina
part Of the State. The known descend
ants Of Henry Reynolds, according t.
one Of the family, to-day number ove
ii 400, as ten Of his children reached ma
turity, married, and reared large families