Notes for Orpha S Reynolds: Orphia (or Orpha) S. Reynolds of Michigan gave birth to Charles Edward Slocum (Davis) on June 22, 1903 in a stable of a race track in Gravesend (Brooklyn), New York. She deserted Charles and his father William Joseph Slocum, a race horse jockey.
She is said to have descended from John Quincy Adams and John Adams of Boston, Massachusetts.
Marriage Notes for Orpha S Reynolds and William Joseph Slocum: William J. Slocum and Orpha S. Reynolds appeared before Circuit Judge J Donovan at Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan on October 28, 1911 in petition for a divorce. Orpha S. Slocum was the complainant, William J. Slocum, the defendant. Orpha was represented by Orville B. Cragg. No grounds were listed. It was further ordered that William J. Slocum shall have the care, custody, and education of Charles E. Slocum, issue of said marriage, until he shall attain the age of fourteen years, or until the further order of the court.
Children of Orpha S Reynolds and William Joseph Slocum are:
+Charles Edward Slocum Davis, b. June 22, 1903, Gravesend, New York, d. July 31, 1954, Van Nuys, California.