BIO: Dr. Samuel Fox REYNOLDS, Chambersburg, Franklin County, PA

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Medical Men of Franklin County, 1750-1925 by Ambrose Watts Thrush, M.D.;
Chambersburg, Pa.; Medical Society of Franklin County, Page 70 
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DR. SAMUEL FOX REYNOLDS

1802 – 1881

Dr. Reynolds was a practicing physician, Eclectic System, in Chambersburg for 
many years until his death in 1881.  His wife was Hannah Maygar, born 1812, died 
1895.  They are buried in Zion Reformed Churchyard.

Dr. Reynolds was born in 1802 in Franklin County, Virginia.  His family were 
land holders and consequently slave holders.  At about twenty years of age he 
went on horseback to Boston to study medicine.  In that patriotic city he became 
an Abolitionist and this practically caused a break with his family.  He 
practiced medicine in Baltimore City and in Hagerstown and in 1837 came to 
Chambersburg, Pa., where he continued to live and practice medicine until the 
time of his death.