1872 - 1942 (69 years)
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Name |
George J. Reynolds |
Birth |
14 November 1872 |
Kalamazoo, Michigan |
Gender |
Male |
Occupation |
accountant |
Burial |
March 1942 |
Catholic Riverside Cemetery, Kalamazoo, MI |
Death |
23 March 1942 |
Kalamazoo, MIchigan |
Notes |
From the Meader Collection of Kalamazoo biographies, H920 M481 v. 26 in the Local History Room of the Kalamazoo Public Library:
“George Joseph Reynolds, 1872-1942.
“George Joseph Reynolds was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan November 14, 1872, son of Patrick R. and Margaret Reynolds, both of whom were born in Ireland. He had six sisters: Miss Sarah Reynolds, Miss Bessie Reynolds, Mrs. W. M. Bryar, all of Kalamazoo, Mrs. Lawrence Verdon, Los Angeles, California, and Mrs. J. E. Doyle and Miss Ellen Reynolds, the last two being deceased.
“George Joseph Reynolds enlisted in Company C, Second Infantry, of the 32nd Michigan regiment of vounteers in the Spanish American War May 11, 1898, and served at Tampa and Fernandina, Florida, and at Hunstville, Alabama. He was mustered out in Kalamazoo November 2, 1898.
“He attended the public schools in Kalamazoo and Parsons Business College and received his accountant’s training at Assumption College, Ontario, Canada.
“He was employed as an accountant fot five or six years by the American Carriage Company of Kalamazoo, after which he went to Detroit and worked for different firms as an accountant for ten or fifteen years. Mr. Reynolds then returned to Kalamazoo and retired. He was a Democrat, but quite independent in his politics. He belonged to the Richard Westnedge Camp of Spanish War Veterans and to the Last Man’s Club of the Spanish War Veterans. He was a life long member of St. Augustine’s Roman Catholic Church and was fond of reading. He made many friends who held him in high esteem.
“Death came to Mr. Reynolds March 23, 1942, at Borgess Hospital. Funeral servivces were held at St. Augustine’s Church.”
1940 US Census—see sister Bessie’s notes
George is buried with his parents, two sisters and two brothers in Lots 77 & 78, Section A of Catholic Riverside Cemetery in Kalamazoo, Michigan. His headstone says: “George J. Reynolds, Died 1942. Co. C, 32nd Mich. Vol. Inf.”
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Person ID |
I1304 |
Moore-Bek |
Last Modified |
29 July 2013 |
Father |
Patrick Reynolds, b. January 1831 or 1837, County Leitrim, Ireland d. 5 May 1901, Kalamazoo, MI (Age ~ 64 years) |
Mother |
Margaret Reynolds, b. 16 June 1826, County Leitrim, Ireland d. 24 February 1921, Kalamazoo, Michigan (Age 94 years) |
Marriage |
14 April 1858 |
Kalamazoo, Michigan |
Family ID |
F786 |
Family Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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