Stanislaus County CA Archives Biographies.....Reynolds, E. 1835 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000031 April 29, 2018, 12:01 am Source: See below Author: Lewis Publishing Co. E. REYNOLDS, proprietor of the Pioneer Lumber Yard, Oakdale, California, dates his arrival on this coast in 1853. Mr. Reynolds is a native of Martinsburg, Pike county, Illinois, born December 29, 1835. He was reared and educated in his native State, and at the age of eighteen years crossed the plains via the old emigrant route to Lane county, Oregon. The following year he came to California, where for two years he was engaged in packing to the mines, except a short time devoted to practical mining. He returned to Illinois, via Panama, and was at Panama during the riot of 1856. During the Pike's Peak excitement of 1859, he again turned his face westward, and after a brief stay at Denver, returned to Illinois. He crossed the plains again with an ox team in 1861, since which time he has been a permanent resident of Stanislaus county, California, and here for a time he was engaged in practical farming. He is the owner of 482 acres of fine farming land, situated seven miles southeast of Oakdale. Since 1887 Mr. Reynolds has been engaged in the building operations, having erected one Presbyterian and one Free Methodist Church in Oakdale, the Stanislaus Academy of the same place, and various residences and other buildings throughout the county. His lumber yard, located directly on the railroad, although not a large one, contains a good stock of general building material. The parents of Mr. Reynolds were Irven and Nancy A. (Browning) Reynolds, both natives of Bourbon county, Kentucky. The former died in 1871. The latter resides with her son. Mr. Reynolds has been twice married. In Illinois, in 1857, he espoused Miss Mary Wagner, of Illinois, who died January 11, 1865. This union resulted in the birth of four children, viz.: Mattie, the eldest, who died in 1876; Marion, Elizabeth and William, still living. Mr. Reynolds' second marriage was consummated at Modesto, May 4, 1873, with Mrs. Albina S. Philbrick, nee Grant. They have three children: Mary, Florence and Nancy. Mrs. Reynolds has by her former marriage two children living and three deceased. Politically, Mr. Reynolds is a stanch Democrat. Socially, he affiliates with the F. & A. M., Oakdale Lodge, No. 275, and with the Eastern Star, Yosemite Chapter, No. 98. Of the latter organization Mrs. Reynolds is also a member. The ancestors on both sides came of a long-lived and prolific race. Additional Comments: Extracted from Memorial and Biographical History Merced, Stanislaus, Calaveras, Tuolumne and Mariposa Counties California Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co. 1892 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/stanislaus/bios/reynolds1171gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/cafiles/ File size: 3.2 Kb