Dr. John Reynolds

    Dr. John Reynolds was a son of Simeon L. and Charity (Tomlinson) Reynolds, and was born in Jefferson County, Indiana, July 17, 1820. His parents were natives of Connecticut and of Irish and English origin.

    His father settled in Madison, Indiana, in 1815, and was a carpenter by trade. For thirteen years in early life he 3was a mariner on the ocean. In 1820 he went from Madison to a farm in Jefferson County, and died in 1847.

    Dr. Reynolds was raised on the farm, one of thirteen children, educated in the ordinary schools, afterward in a select school. At the age of 24 years he began the study of medicine under Dr. Parley Hill, of New York (who died in Madison, Indiana), and graduated from the University of St. Louis in 1849. He began the practice of medicine in 1844, where he now is, near Wirt, and has continuously practiced medicine since.

    He was married to Miss Maria Hall, of Jefferson County, daughter of Robert M. Hall, of Kentucky, but formerly of North Carolina, and has six living children: Lou, wife of D. Morris of Kentucky; Sallie C., wife of L. C. Holmes, a Kentucky merchant; Allie, wife of Louis Levey, publisher, Indianapolis; Blanche, wife of John Ross, teller in the First National Bank of Madison; Geo. E., M.D., at Kent, Jefferson County, graduate of Indiana Medical College, and Scott H., M. D., at Scipio, Indiana, graduate of Miami Medical College, Cincinnati, Ohio. Dr. Reynolds owns 85 acres of land. He is a fine physician, a good citizen, honored of his neighbors and the public generally.

Source: Biographical and Historical Souvenir for the counties of Clark, Crawford, Harrison, Floyd, Jefferson, Jennings, Scott and Washington, Indiana. By John M. Gresham & Co., 1889.