David Reynolds and Jane Ross

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Husband David Reynolds ¹

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           Born: 17 Jan 1785 - Huntingdon Co, PA 2
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           Died: 20 Jul 1845 - Kittanning, Armstrong Co, PA 3
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         Father: George Reynolds (Abt 1730-1795) 4
         Mother: Margaretta Stopp (      -1823) 5

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   Other Spouse: Mary "Polly" Woodward (1788-1826) 3 - 7 Nov 1805 3

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Wife Jane Ross ⁶

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           Born: 1 Jun 1801 6
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           Died: 23 Apr 1888 3
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         Father: Judge George Ross (1778-1849) 7
         Mother: Mary Moss (      -      ) 8

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Children

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1 M Ross Reynolds ³

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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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2 M Thomas Jefferson Reynolds ^{3 9 10}

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         Spouse: Mary Gates (      -      ) 3 9

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3 F Jane Reynolds ³

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         Spouse: Joseph Graff (1831-Aft 1914) 11 12
           Marr: Kittanning, Armstrong Co, PA

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4 F Judith Reynolds ³

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         Spouse: Andrew Jackson Dull (      -      ) 3 13

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5 F Sallie Reynolds ³

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General Notes: Husband - David Reynolds

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He was only in his twelfth year when his father died. When he was nineteen he was sent to Kittanning, Pennsylvania, by his guardian, Alexander McConnell (after whom his son Alexander was named, his daughter Judith, Mrs. Dull, being named after Mrs. McConnell). He was with a trading post situated on land that was afterward carried away by floods, nearly opposite where the Williams home was later located, on the bank of the Allegheny river. Going back and forth to Huntingdon he always stopped at Absalom Woodward's, and falling in love with his second daughter, Mary, usually called Polly, married her. His name appears on the first assessment list, dated Dec. 21, 1804, as storekeeper, lot 221. In 1820 his "inn" was one of the eight buildings on Market street, on lot No. 121. Armstrong county was organized for judicial purposes in 1805, and the first court was held in December of that year in a log house standing on lot No. 121, later the site of the "Reynolds House." At that court David Reynolds was one of the petitioners for tavern licenses recommended, and he and Philip Mechling were the first hotelkeepers. Mr. Reynolds first built a small log house where the "Reynolds House" later was located, but so many strangers traveling asked for a night's lodging that he was induced to enlarge his house and make a charge for accommodations. He called it the "Kittanning Inn" and it was the principal hotel of the town in its day. It was a frame structure on the north side of Market street, near the corner of Jefferson, and its large front room was the chief social hall of the place and frequently used for public meetings in the early days. Many men of importance stopped there. Mr. Reynolds became wealthy for his day, acquiring the ownership of large tracts of land outside the city, and there were few residents of Armstrong County held in such high esteem, for he was not only energetic in the prosecution of his own affairs but a leader in public life. For some years he was postmaster at Kittanning. He was a member (elected) of the first board of county commissioners and in 1818 was serving as county commissioner with Isaac Wagle and Joseph Rankin, as shown by a document dated the 21st of that year. Other records remain to show that he was an enterprising and energetic man, and interested in the most important activities designed to promote the general welfare. An act of Assembly approved April 2, 1821, provided for and authorized the "establishment of an academy or public school for the education of youth in English and other languages, in the useful arts, sciences and literature, by the name style and title of the 'Kittanning Academy,' under the direction and government of six trustees," of which David Reynolds was one. None was to serve as trustee longer than three years without being elected by the citizens of the county. The first meeting of the trustees was held the first Tuesday of September (the 4th), 1821, at the house of David Reynolds, who (when lots were cast as required to ascertain how long each member should serve) was chosen with Samuel Matthews to serve until October, 1822; Mr. Reynolds was again chosen by appointment, April 2, 1824. He was a Whig in politics.
A paper dated Feb. 17, 1815, in Mr. Reynolds's handwriting, showing subscriptions to the amount of $76, states that "we, the subscribers do hereby promise to pay the sums annexed to our respective names for the yearly support of Rev. John Dickey, as a minister of the gospel, for the part of the Associate Presbytery denominate Kittanning." This was practically the beginning of the Associate Reformed (later United Presbyterian) Church at Kittanning, which, however, was not organized until 1845. [HAC 1914, 385]

1 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 314, 385, 630.

2 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 385.

3 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 386.

4 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 369, 384.

5 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 370, 384.

6 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 314, 386.

7 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 313.

8 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 314.

9 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Indiana and Armstrong Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: John M. Gresham & Co., 1891), Pg 380.

10 —, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Company, 1917), Pg 330.

11 Paul Graff, History of the Graff Family of Westmoreland County (Philadelphia, PA: Privately published(?), 1891), Pg 72.

12 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 329.

13 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897), Pg 490.