Portrait and biographical record of Iroquois County, Illinois, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative . ®)®(®V(i)(£)^^^(\2). ^.0\m REYNOLDS,Governor 1831-f^t* 4 ^^S JOf i Montgomery Coun-ty, Pennsylvania, Feb. 26, father, Robert Reynolds andhis mother, nee Margaret Moore,were both natives of Ireland, fromwhicli country they emigrated tothe United States in 17S5, land-ing at Philadelphia. The seniorReynolds entertained an undyinghostility to the British Govern-ment. When the subject of tiiissketch was about six months old,his parents emigrated with
Portrait and biographical record of Iroquois County, Illinois, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative . ®)®(®V(i)(£)^^^(\2). ^.0\m REYNOLDS,Governor 1831-f^t* 4 ^^S JOf i Montgomery Coun-ty, Pennsylvania, Feb. 26, father, Robert Reynolds andhis mother, nee Margaret Moore,were both natives of Ireland, fromwhicli country they emigrated tothe United States in 17S5, land-ing at Philadelphia. The seniorReynolds entertained an undyinghostility to the British Govern-ment. When the subject of tiiissketch was about six months old,his parents emigrated with him toTennessee, where many of theirrelatives had already located, at the base of theCopper Ridge Mountain, about 14 miles northeast ofthe present city of Knoxville. There they were ex-posed to Indian depredations, and were much molest-ed by them. In 1794 they moved into the interiorof the State. They were poor, and brought up theirchildren to habits of manual industry. In 1800 the family removed to Kaskaskia, 111., witheight horses and two wagons, encountering manyHardships on the way. Here young Reynolds passedthe most of his childhood, while his charac
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