Thomas W. Reynolds

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Thomas W. Reynolds

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Co. F, 3rd OH. Infantry
Portrait and Biological Record of Southeastern Kansas, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens of the Counties, Together with Biographies and Portraits of all the Presidents of the United States and The Governors of the State of Kansas. Chicago, Biographical Publishing Co. 1894.

Thomas W. Reynolds

, the efficient Clerk of Neosho County, and a well known resident of Erie, was born in Greene County, Ohio, July 29, 1839. His paternal grandfather was a farmer of Allegheny County, Pa., and in Greene County, Ohio, bought a farm for his son, William Reynolds, the father of our subject, who removing thither, married Miss Eliza Mitchell, daughter of John Mitchell. Both parents were natives of Allegheny County. The maternal grandfather became the owner of eleven hundred acres of land in Ohio. William Reynolds followed farming in Greene County upon one hundred and seven acres of good land until his death in 1840. His widow then went to live with her father, but afterward married Rev. William Davidson, of Hamilton, Ohio, a minister of the United Presbyterian Church.
The subject of this sketch was reared in his mother’s home, and educated in Hamilton, Ohio, attending the high school. At the age of eighteen he determined to seek a home in the west, and went to Nebraska, locating in Nemaha County. In the spring of 1860 he crossed the plains to Pike’s Peak, Colo., and while en route had a fight with the Indians. There he engaged in prospecting and mining until the following winter, when he returned to Hamilton, Ohio and when President Lincoln issued his call for seventy-five thousand volunteers he enlisted, on the 19th of April, 1861, in Company F, Third Ohio Infantry.
Mr. Reynolds was in the service for three years and three months, and was mustered out in June, 1864. For the last year and a-half he served as Orderly Sergeant of his company, and acted as its Commander for thirteen months. He spent the first season in the Army of the East, participating in the battle of Tiger Valley, and afterward went to Bowling Green, thence to Nashville, and on to Murfreesboro and Huntsville. In the fall they joined Buell’s army and participated in the battle of Perryville. Later Rosecrans assumed command, and they went to Nashville and participated in the battle of Stone River or Murfreesboro. They were then detailed with the Fifty-first and Seventy-third Indiana and Eightieth Illinois regiments to go on a raid under Col. A. D. Straight. After a hard battle near Rome they were captured by General Forest and turned over to the home guard of that place, by which they were searched and robbed and then sent to Richmond and Atlanta. They were afterward placed in Belle Isle Prison, but in a short time were parolled and taken to Camp Chase. Not long afterward Mr. Reynolds joined his regiment in Cincinnati, and went to Nashville. Later he did guard duty, and subsequently was sent to Chattanooga, when he was at the expiration of his term of service. He then went to Camp Dennison, Ohio, where he was mustered out.
After the war, Mr. Reynolds remained in Hamilton, Ohio, for about a year in the employ of the Government, and then went to Gibson County, Ind., where his father had entered one hundred and sixty acres of timberland. On the 8th of February, 1867, he was united in marriage with Miss Jane M., daughter of Elijah Coulter, a miller and farmer of Gibson County. Unto them have been born ten children, all of whom are still living. Two of the number were married, while the others are yet with their parents.
In the midst of the forests of Indiana Mr. Reynolds hewed out a farm, upon which he made his home for three and a-half years. He then sold out in September, 1870, and came to Neosho County, locating in Canville Township, and entering one hundred and sixty acres of land on section 24 from the Government. He now has two hundred and sixty acres, all under a high state of cultivation and well improved. He carries on general farming and stock-raising, and in his dealings has met with good success.
Mr. Reynolds exercises his right of franchise in support of the Republican party. In the fall of 1889 he was elected to the office of County Clerk, and entered upon its duties the following January. On the expiration of his two years’ term he was again elected, and is the present incumbent. For three terms he served as Township Trustee, and was Clerk of the Township Board for several years. For two terms he served as Justice of the Peace, and has been a member of the School Board for a number of years. He takes quite an active part in Grand Army work, and is a charter member of Earltown Post No. 206, G. A. R. Mr. Reynolds had led a busy and useful life, and has ever been found true to the trust reposed in him.