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Thomas Reynolds Lithograph, unknown artist, no date. (Courtesy Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City.)

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Reynolds, Thomas

Biography

12 Mar. 1796

Palmer, Bench and Bar of Illinois, 1:13; Sobel and Raimo, Biographical Directory of the Governors, 2:841; Tillman, Rennolds-Reynolds Family of England and Virginia, 58; Shoemaker, Missouri and Missourians, 1:422.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Palmer, John M., ed. The Bench and Bar of Illinois. 2 vols. Chicago: Lewis Publishing, 1899.

Sobel, Robert, and John W. Raimo, eds. Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States, 1789–1978. 4 vols. Westport, CT: Meckler Books, 1978.

Tillman, Stephen F. The Rennolds-Reynolds Family of England and Virginia, 1530–1948. Washington DC: By the author, 1948.

Shoemaker, Floyd Calvin. Missouri and Missourians: Land of Contrasts and People of Achievements. 5 vols. Chicago: Lewis, 1943.

–9 Feb. 1844.

Geary, Cemetery Record of Woodland Cemetery and (Old) City Cemetery, 21; Cole Co., MO, Probate Court, Record, 1834–1889, vol. 1, pp. 324–325, microfilm 981,824, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Sobel and Raimo, Biographical Directory of the Governors, 2:842; Palmer, Bench and Bar of Illinois, 1:14.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Geary, Mrs. Ross R., comp. Cemetery Record of Woodland Cemetery and (Old) City Cemetery. [Jefferson City, MO]: Daughters of the American Revolution, Jane Randolph Jefferson Chapter, 1976.

U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

Sobel, Robert, and John W. Raimo, eds. Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States, 1789–1978. 4 vols. Westport, CT: Meckler Books, 1978.

Palmer, John M., ed. The Bench and Bar of Illinois. 2 vols. Chicago: Lewis Publishing, 1899.

Attorney, politician, judge.

Conard, Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri, 5:338–339.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Conard, Howard L., ed. Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri, a Compendium of History and Biography for Ready Reference. 6 vols. New York: Southern History, 1901.

Born at Mason Co. (later Bracken Co.), Kentucky.

Palmer, Bench and Bar of Illinois, 1:13; Sobel and Raimo, Biographical Directory of the Governors, 2:841–842; Tillman, Rennolds-Reynolds Family of England and Virginia, 58; Shoemaker, Missouri and Missourians, 1:422.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Palmer, John M., ed. The Bench and Bar of Illinois. 2 vols. Chicago: Lewis Publishing, 1899.

Sobel, Robert, and John W. Raimo, eds. Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States, 1789–1978. 4 vols. Westport, CT: Meckler Books, 1978.

Tillman, Stephen F. The Rennolds-Reynolds Family of England and Virginia, 1530–1948. Washington DC: By the author, 1948.

Shoemaker, Floyd Calvin. Missouri and Missourians: Land of Contrasts and People of Achievements. 5 vols. Chicago: Lewis, 1943.

Son of Nathaniel Reynolds and Catherine Vernon.

Tillman, Rennolds-Reynolds Family of England and Virginia, 58.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Tillman, Stephen F. The Rennolds-Reynolds Family of England and Virginia, 1530–1948. Washington DC: By the author, 1948.

Admitted to Kentucky bar, 1817.

Sobel and Raimo, Biographical Directory of the Governors, 2:841.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Sobel, Robert, and John W. Raimo, eds. Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States, 1789–1978. 4 vols. Westport, CT: Meckler Books, 1978.

Moved to Illinois, by 1818.

Shoemaker, Missouri and Missourians, 1:422; “The Third Branch - A Chronicle of the Illinois Supreme Court: Thomas Reynolds,” Illinois Courts, http://www.state.il.us/court/SupremeCourt/JusticeArchive/Bio_TReynolds.asp (accessed 19 Mar. 2013); Moses, Illinois, Historical and Statistical, 1:291.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Shoemaker, Floyd Calvin. Missouri and Missourians: Land of Contrasts and People of Achievements. 5 vols. Chicago: Lewis, 1943.

Illinois Courts. http://www.state.il.us/court.

Moses, John. Illinois, Historical and Statistical, Comprising the Essential Facts of the Planting and Growth as a Province, County, Territory, and State. . . . 2 vols. Chicago: Fergus Printing, 1889–1892.Moulton, Gary E., and Thomas W. Dunlay, eds. The Definitive Journals of Lewis and Clark. Vol. 2, From the Ohio to the Vermillion. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1986.

Served as clerk of Illinois House of Representatives, 1818–1822.

Shoemaker, Missouri and Missourians, 1:422–425; “The Third Branch - A Chronicle of the Illinois Supreme Court: Thomas Reynolds,” Illinois Courts, http://www.state.il.us/court/SupremeCourt/JusticeArchive/Bio_TReynolds.asp (accessed 19 Mar. 2013); Moses, Illinois, Historical and Statistical, 1:291.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Shoemaker, Floyd Calvin. Missouri and Missourians: Land of Contrasts and People of Achievements. 5 vols. Chicago: Lewis, 1943.

Illinois Courts. http://www.state.il.us/court.

Served as chief justice of Illinois Supreme Court, 1822–1825.

Sobel and Raimo, Biographical Directory of the Governors, 2:841; “The Third Branch - A Chronicle of the Illinois Supreme Court: Thomas Reynolds,” Illinois Courts, http://www.state.il.us/court/SupremeCourt/JusticeArchive/Bio_TReynolds.asp (accessed 19 Mar. 2013).

Comprehensive Works Cited

Sobel, Robert, and John W. Raimo, eds. Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States, 1789–1978. 4 vols. Westport, CT: Meckler Books, 1978.

Illinois Courts. http://www.state.il.us/court.

Married Eliza W. Young, 2 Sept. 1823, in Fayette Co., Kentucky.

Fayette Co., KY, Marriage Bonds, 1820–1824, 2 Sept. 1823, microfilm 9,001, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Tillman, Rennolds-Reynolds Family of England and Virginia, 58.

Comprehensive Works Cited

U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

Tillman, Stephen F. The Rennolds-Reynolds Family of England and Virginia, 1530–1948. Washington DC: By the author, 1948.

Served as representative in and speaker of Illinois House of Representatives, 1826–1828.

“The Third Branch - A Chronicle of the Illinois Supreme Court: Thomas Reynolds,” Illinois Courts, http://www.state.il.us/court/SupremeCourt/JusticeArchive/Bio_TReynolds.asp (accessed 19 Mar. 2013); Sobel and Raimo, Biographical Directory of the Governors, 2:841–842; Conard, Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri, 5:338.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Illinois Courts. http://www.state.il.us/court.

Sobel, Robert, and John W. Raimo, eds. Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States, 1789–1978. 4 vols. Westport, CT: Meckler Books, 1978.

Conard, Howard L., ed. Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri, a Compendium of History and Biography for Ready Reference. 6 vols. New York: Southern History, 1901.

Moved to Fayette, Howard Co., Missouri, ca. 1829.

Palmer, Bench and Bar of Illinois, 1:14; Shoemaker, Missouri and Missourians, 1:425; Sobel and Raimo, Biographical Directory of the Governors, 2:841; Moses, Illinois, Historical and Statistical, 1:291.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Palmer, John M., ed. The Bench and Bar of Illinois. 2 vols. Chicago: Lewis Publishing, 1899.

Shoemaker, Floyd Calvin. Missouri and Missourians: Land of Contrasts and People of Achievements. 5 vols. Chicago: Lewis, 1943.

Sobel, Robert, and John W. Raimo, eds. Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States, 1789–1978. 4 vols. Westport, CT: Meckler Books, 1978.

Served as representative in and speaker of Missouri House of Representatives, 1832–1834; as judge of Second Judicial District of Missouri, 1837–1840; and as governor of Missouri, 1840–1844.

Conard, Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri, 5:338–339; Shoemaker, Missouri and Missourians, 1:425; Sobel and Raimo, Biographical Directory of the Governors, 2:841–842; Smith and Gehrig, History of Chariton and Howard Counties, Missouri, 117–118; History of Howard and Chariton Counties, Missouri, 352.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Conard, Howard L., ed. Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri, a Compendium of History and Biography for Ready Reference. 6 vols. New York: Southern History, 1901.

Shoemaker, Floyd Calvin. Missouri and Missourians: Land of Contrasts and People of Achievements. 5 vols. Chicago: Lewis, 1943.

Sobel, Robert, and John W. Raimo, eds. Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States, 1789–1978. 4 vols. Westport, CT: Meckler Books, 1978.

Smith, T. Berry, and Pearl Sims Gehrig. History of Chariton and Howard Counties, Missouri. Topeka, KS: Historical Publishing Co., 1923.

History of Howard and Chariton Counties, Missouri, Written and Compiled from the Most Official Authentic and Private Sources, Including a History of Its Townships, Towns, and Villages. . . . St. Louis: National Historical Co., 1883.

Committed suicide in Jefferson City, Cole Co., Missouri.

Cole Co., MO, Probate Court, Record, 1834–1889, vol. 1, pp. 324–325, microfilm 981,824, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Sobel and Raimo, Biographical Directory of the Governors, 2:842; Palmer, Bench and Bar of Illinois, 1:14; Conard, Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri, 5:339.

Comprehensive Works Cited

U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

Sobel, Robert, and John W. Raimo, eds. Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States, 1789–1978. 4 vols. Westport, CT: Meckler Books, 1978.

Palmer, John M., ed. The Bench and Bar of Illinois. 2 vols. Chicago: Lewis Publishing, 1899.

Conard, Howard L., ed. Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri, a Compendium of History and Biography for Ready Reference. 6 vols. New York: Southern History, 1901.

Reynolds, Thomas

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