Obituary of John W Reynolds, Crawford County, Illinois Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives Copyright 2000 Jim Admire JOHN W. REYNOLDS PASSED AWAY THURSDAY EVENING John Wesley Reynolds son of David  and Mary Reynolds was born on the old home place one and one half miles south of West York, Sept. 15, 1853 and departed this life April 12, 1923. Aged 69 years, 6 months and 27 days. He was the fourth child of a family of six children. Sarah and Hulda being deceased. The subject was married to Deborah Dix in the year of 1873, who preceded him in death Aug. 19, 1905. To this union were born six children, one daugther Jane Reynolds Pittman and five sons, Charles Elmer, Roscoe Clinton, Alfred David, Frank William and George Wesley. Jane and Roscoe are deceased. He was again united in marriage to Mrs. Mollie Clements, April 17, 1907. They resided on a farm west of Hutsonville, for several years, and on account of the ill health of his wife, they moved to Colorado to reside. Mrs. Reynolds remained there while Mr. Reynolds returned to IL to take treatment for cancer, remaining here until death. He leaves to mourn his death a wife; one sister, Emma Jane Mattox of Terre Haute, IN, two brothers S. T. Reynolds of Lebanon, Indiana and Lewis Reynolds of West York, IL, four children , Elmer of  Robinson, Fred and  Frank of Hutsonville and George of Bloomington, Ind and 14 grandchildren, three great grandchildren and a host of other relatives and friends.  He professed faith in Christ at the age of twenty-three and united with the Hutsonville Baptist Church, three miles west of Hutsonville, and lived a consistent Christian life until death.  Just a short time before he died he expressed himself as ready to go. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb Archivist with proof of this consent. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Jim Admire