Joseph Thomas REYNOLDS

1827 - 1909  (82 years)

• Name	Joseph Thomas REYNOLDS
  Born	29 Jun 1827
  Gender	Male
  Died	1 Jul 1909  [1]
  Buried	Little Elk Friends, Cecil Co, MD
  		Reynolds, Joseph Thomas
  Person ID	I547335289	Primary
  Last Modified	8 Jul 2014

  
  

  Father	Jacob REYNOLDS,   b. 08 May 1791,   d. 12 May 1869  (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Anna MOORE,   b. 31 Aug 1793,   d. 19 Sep 1874  (Age 81 years)
  Married	10 Nov 1813	West Nottingham Friends, Cecil Co., MD
  Family ID	F518390726	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Rebecca M. PUGH,   d. 1867
  Married	22 Apr 1858  [2]
  Children	+ 1. Walter Pugh REYNOLDS,   b. 24 Jan 1859,   d. 2 Oct 1952  (Age 93 years) + 2. William M. REYNOLDS,   b. 14 May 1865,   d. 7 Apr 1940  (Age 74 years) + 3. Elmer Ellsworth REYNOLDS,   b. 15 Apr 1861,   d. 27 Jan 1940  (Age 78 years)
  Last Modified	8 Jul 2014
  Family ID	F518394973	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Elizabeth Hudson PUGH,   b. 12 Feb 1838,   d. 19 May 1911  (Age 73 years)
  Married	16 Sep 1869
  Children	1. J. Cecil REYNOLDS,   b. 28 Jun 1875,   d. 9 Jun 1940  (Age 64 years)   2. Elwood A. REYNOLDS   3. Mary Elizabeth REYNOLDS,   b. 8 Jan 1883,   d. 1 Mar 1976  (Age 93 years)
  Last Modified	2 Jul 2014
  Family ID	F518394975	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S247] Newspaper Clipping, 9 Jul 1909. Joseph T. Reynolds died at his home in East Nottingham, Pa., Thursday night, July 1, of a complication of diseases, at the advanced age of 82 years. The deceased was a son of Jacob and Anna Moore Reynolds, being one of a family of eleven children, and was a native of his neighborhood. Receiving his early education in the common schools, he learned the trade of a miller, and operated for years the mill on Stone Run, about one and a half miles northwest of town. In 1863 he removed to East Nottingham, Chester County, where he resided at the time of his death, occupying the Isaac Wood property, which he greatly improved and brought to a high state of cultivation. In addition to being a progressive farmer he was actively interested in public affairs, serving ten years as school director, and was elected Commissioner of Chester County on the republican ticket for a term of three years. He was a member of the Society of Friends. Mr. Reynolds was twice married. In April 1858, to Rebecca M., daughter of Abner and Charlotte (Michener) Pugh, East Nottingham. To the, three sons were born; Walter P., Elmer E., and William M. Reynolds, all living. Rebecca M. Reynolds died in 1867. On Septmeber 16th, 1869, Mr. Reynolds married his sister-in-law, Elizabeth Pugh. Two sons and a daughter were born of this union; L. Cecil; Elwood A., and Mary E. Reynolds, who with her mother survive. The deceased also leaves a brother and a sister; Stephen J. Reynolds of Rising Sun and Mrs. Adrianna Kirk of Oxford. At the funeral, which was held on Monday morning, and was largely attended, E. R. Buffington of Rising Sun, and Mary Heald Way, of Oxford, made addresses. The pall bearers were the five sons: Walter, William, Elmer, Elwood and Cecil, with Andy Anderson, of North East, Md. Mr. Anderson is a young man whom Mr. Reynolds reared and regarded as a son. The interment was made at Little Elk Burying ground. [S247] Newspaper Clipping, 1 May 1858. On the 22nd ult., by Friends' Ceremony, at the house of the bride's father, Joseph T Reynolds, of Cecil county, Md. to Rebecca M Pugh, of Chester county, Penn. (Cecil Whig, 5/1/1858)