John Earle Reynolds and Katherine A. Shryock

---

---

Husband John Earle Reynolds ^{1 2}

---

           Born: 25 Feb 1864 - Meadville, Crawford Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

---

         Father: Hon. William Reynolds (1820-      ) 3 4
         Mother: Julia Eliza Thorpe (      -      ) 2

---

       Marriage: 20 May 1911 5

---

---

Wife Katherine A. Shryock ⁵

---

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

---

         Father: D. George Shryock (      -      ) 5
         Mother: Anna C. Dick (      -      ) 5 6

---

---

Children

---

---

General Notes: Husband - John Earle Reynolds

---

After attending the Meadville, Pennsylvania, public schools, he entered Phillips Exeter Academy, from which he was graduated in 1884, and continued his education at Harvard University, where he took the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1888. In 1890 he was admitted to the Pennsylvania bar and began the general practice of law in Meadville. Almost at once, however, he became interested in real estate operations and gave up his practice to enter business and became active in many enterprises. His association with the Merchants National Bank & Trust Company, of which he became president, covered more than forty years. Elected a director of this Meadville institution in 1896, he managed its trust depart-ment beginning when this branch of the business was first established and gradually assumed increasing responsibilities of a general executive character. As president of the bank beginning in 1916, he guided its affairs with a sure hand during over more than a quarter of a century. He was also president of the Crawford Mutual Insurance Company; treasurer of the Meadville Gas & Water Company, in which he long was actively interested; president of the Meadville Malleable Iron Company; secretary and treasurer of the Meadville, Conneaut Lake & Linesville Railroad Company; secretary and treasurer of the Meadville Furniture Company; and a director of the McCroskey Tool Corporation and other companies.
Although his business interests made large demands on him, he was continuously active in the civic life of Meadville and frequently held public office. For three terms he served as mayor of Meadville, a distinction reflecting his position in the community and the confidence reposed in him by its people. He was also a member of the Meadville City Council for two terms and member of the Meadville Board of Health for a like period of service. The duties of these offices he administered with his usual sound judgment and with charac-teristic zeal and efficiency.
Mr. Reynolds was a director of the Meadville City Hospital and director and president of the Meadville Library, Art and Historical Association. He was profoundly interested in Meadville's history, in which members of his family wrote many important chapters, and was a contributor of historical articles to various magazines and newspapers. In preparing them and also in the writing of his book, "In French Creek Valley," a history of the region, he drew freely upon the Reynolds collection for original source material. This collection was begun by his grandfather, the first John Reynolds, as a repository for documents, records, etc., dealing with the history of the Meadville region. Mr. Reynolds assigned all profits from his book to the Crawford County Historical Society.
In addition to his other connections, Mr. Reynolds was a member of the Taylor Hose Club, the Meadville Country Club, and the Iroquois Boating and Fishing Club, all of Meadville; and the University Club of New York. In politics he was a Republican.

1 Samuel P. Bates, LL.D., Our County and Its People, A Historical and Memorial Record of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (W. A. Fergusson & Co., 1899), Pg 754.

2 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 163.

3 —, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 761.

4 Samuel P. Bates, LL.D., Our County and Its People, A Historical and Memorial Record of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (W. A. Fergusson & Co., 1899), Pg 753.

5 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 164.

6 —, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 728.