Benoni Orrin Reynolds II (July 26, 1824 – January 19, 1911) was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and the Wisconsin State Senate.
Biography
Reynolds was born on July 26, 1824, in Sempronius, New York.[1] In 1848 he married Mary Jane Smith, one of Wisconsin's first female physicians.[2] He graduated from Rush Medical College in 1851 and moved to Ives Grove, Wisconsin, in 1854. During the American Civil War, Reynolds was a surgeon with the 3rd Wisconsin Volunteer Cavalry Regiment of the Union Army. Reynolds died on January 19, 1911, in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.[2][3]
Political career
Reynolds was a member of the Assembly in 1876 and of the Senate from 1878 to 1879. Additionally, he was Mayor of Geneva, Wisconsin, from 1874 to 1876. He was a Republican.
References
- ^ Biographical Sketches. Wisconsin Blue Book. 1879. Retrieved 2014-02-01.
- ^ a b Gregory, John Goadby. 1932. Southeastern Wisconsin: A History of Old Milwaukee County, vol. 4. Chicago: S. J. Clarke, p. 473.
- ^ "United States Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards, 1907-1933," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJDQ-4MMM : accessed 28 July 2015), Benoni O Reynolds, 1907-1933; citing NARA microfilm publication M850 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,635,906.