Herkimer County NyArchives Biographies.....Reynolds, William May 25, 1830 - 
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Author: Hardin & Willard

Reynolds, Gideon, Newport, and his wife, Annie Crandall, settled in the 
township of Norway, coming from Rhode Island, and had two children, William 
and Robert.  He died September 9, 1868.  William commenced life as a clerk at 
ten years of age, and at the age of twelve taught school, which he followed 
for several years, then purchased a farm, where he lived until his death.  He 
was also a produce dealer.  William Reynolds, jr., ws born May 25, 1830.  When 
seventeen years old he took charge of his father's farm, and at the age of 
thirty he purchased his father's interest in the farm which he followed for 
two years.  He then sold the farm, moved to Newport and followed the produce 
business seven years.  In 1870 he purchased a farm near Newport, which he 
sold, then purchased the farm of eighty acres where he now resides.  He also 
owns two hundred acres of land in the town of Schuyler.  He is a member of the 
Newport Improvement Society, and president of the canning factory, which 
employs fifty hands and has a capacity of 20,000 cases of corn.  He was 
justice of the peace of Norway and Newport and was a Republican until 1872, 
when he became a Prohibitionist.  He was trustee and treasurer of the Newport 
Union Free School eleven years, secretary and treasurer of Newport Union 
Store, and secretary of the Agricultural Society three years.  He has also 
been secretary, treasurer and trustee of the Universalist church.  His mother, 
Betsey (Giles) Reynolds, was a daughter of James Giles who was a soldier in 
the Revolutionary war.


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source:
History of Herkimer County, New York : illustrated with portraits of many of 
its citizens
edited by George A. Hardin ; assisted by Frank H. Willard
Syracuse, New York : D. Mason, 1893
550 p., 276 p. : ill., maps, ports.

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