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George J. Reynolds

Male 1872 - 1942  (69 years)


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  • Name George J. Reynolds 
    Birth 14 November 1872  Kalamazoo, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation accountant 
    Burial March 1942  Catholic Riverside Cemetery, Kalamazoo, MI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 23 March 1942  Kalamazoo, MIchigan Find all individuals with events at this location 
    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.”
    Person ID I1304  Moore-Bek
    Last Modified 29 July 2013 

    Father Patrick Reynolds,   b. January 1831 or 1837, County Leitrim, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 May 1901, Kalamazoo, MI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 64 years) 
    Mother Margaret Reynolds,   b. 16 June 1826, County Leitrim, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 February 1921, Kalamazoo, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 94 years) 
    Marriage 14 April 1858  Kalamazoo, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F786  Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family/Spouse Elda Almina Rogers,   b. 27 February 1876, Comstock, MI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 July 1911, Kalamazoo, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 35 years) 
    Marriage 3 March 1898  Kalamazoo, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F928  Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart


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