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词条 Joseph B. Reynolds
释义

  1. Background

  2. Public office

  3. After the Assembly; personal life

  4. References

  5. External links

Joseph Birdsall Reynolds (February 5, 1836 – March 28, 1898) was an American lawyer from Chilton, Wisconsin who served one term as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from Calumet County. He was elected as both a Greenback Party and Democratic candidate.[1]

Background

Reynolds was born in the Town of Greene in Chenango County, New York[2] on February 5, 1836; he was educated at Cortland Academy, and at Harvard University,[2] taking the classical and legal courses. After leaving college, he read law in his father's office and in that of a local judge. He was admitted to the bar at Binghamton, New York on January 15, 1857, and for a few years practiced law in that state. He moved to Chilton, Wisconsin in 1856,[2] going into partnership with local attorney Harrison Carroll Hobart.

When the American Civil War began, a company was formed in Chilton by Hobart, and Reynolds was one of the first to enlist. He enlisted as a private in the 4th Wisconsin Volunteer Cavalry Regiment,[2] and was successively promoted to 2nd Lieutenant, 1st Lieutenant, and Captain. In the fall of 1862, he was the victim of a severe illness, but returned to his home and was eventually nursed back to health.

After the close of the war, he went to Europe for further study, taking a post-graduate course at Heidelberg University.[2] Completing his studies, he traveled through Europe, acting as correspondent for various American journals. While in Frankfurt am Main in Germany, he met Virginia A. C. Lapi, whom he married on September 7, 1867. He remained in Europe until 1869; moved to New York City, where he practiced law until 1874, when he returned to Chilton and opened a law office.

Public office

Reynolds was elected to the Assembly in 1878, receiving 1,740 votes to 810 for Republican J. B. Nugent (the incumbent, Greenbacker J. Hayward Haight, was not running for re-election). Although elected on both the Greenback Party and Democratic tickets, he was listed as a Greenbacker in the "List of Members of Assembly" in the Wisconsin Blue Book for 1879. He was assigned to the standing committees on railroads and on medical societies.[3]

He was not a candidate for re-election in 1879, and was succeeded by Democrat J. W. Parkinson. (Even though the Calumet County seat had been held for two terms by Greenbackers, there was no official Greenback in the 1879 race, although one Henry Arnold ran as an independent.)

After the Assembly; personal life

He remained in Chilton a few years and then moved to Boone, Iowa, where he took charge of an extensive farm owned by him. He was described in his obituary as, "...tall, being over six feet, and of a commanding presence that would attract attention wherever he appeared." He and Virginia had four children, all of whom had died before Reynolds himself died on March 28, 1898 (the last, Robert, only about a year prior). He was buried in Chilton's Hillside Cemetery.[4] Virginia did not die until 1915.[5]

References

1. ^Cannon, A. Peter, ed. Members of the Wisconsin Legislature: 1848 – 1999. State of Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau Informational Bulletin 99-1, September 1999; p. 98 {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061209014416/http://legis.state.wi.us/LRB/pubs/ib/99ib1.pdf |date=2006-12-09 }}
2. ^{{cite news|title=Badger Brevities: Capt. Joseph B. Reynolds |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4665661/joseph_b_reynolds_18361898/|newspaper=The Weekly Wisconsin|date=April 2, 1898|page=6|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = March 19, 2016 }} {{Open access}}
3. ^Warner, Hans B., ed. The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin, for 1879. Containing the Constitutions of the United States and of the State; Jefferson's Manual; Rules and Orders of the Senate and Assembly, and Annals of the Legislature; also, statistical tables and history of state institutions Eighteenth Annual Edition. Madison: David Atwood, State Printer, 1879; pp. 488, 514, 517, 518
4. ^"Joseph B. Reynolds: Death of a Veteran -- The Last Roll Call Sounded" Chilton Times April 2, 1898
5. ^Reynolds and Lapi's gravestone; Hillside Cemetery, Chilton, Calumet County, Wisconsin, USA; Plot: Russel Breed 118

External links

  • {{Find a Grave|88087876|Joseph Birdsall Reynolds}}
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