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Marcus D. L. Reynolds
One of the able, representative agriculturists of Webster township, Wayne county, is the gentleman whose name heads this sketch. He is one of the native sons of this county, his birth having occurred in Harrison township, in 1857. His parents were Abram and Melissa (Jones) Reynolds, the former of whom is still living, his home being in Center township, this county. He was born in 1824, in New Jersey, a son of Thomas Reynolds, a ship-builder, and since he was a lad of twelve years he has been a resident of this state. Mrs. Reynolds, who was born in 1835, a daughter of Lewis Jones, departed this life November 12, 1891. The only brother of our subject, Wallace C, is a school-teacher and farmer of Wayne township.
In his boyhood Marcus D. h. Reynolds attended the public schools of his native township, and subsequently he pursued a course of study at the National Normal School, in Lebanon, Ohio. Later he engaged in teaching for about two years in Harrison township, taking charge of his first school when nineteen years of age. He then turned his attention to agriculture, and managed a farm for a couple of years. He next assumed the care of the old homestead in Center township, and in 1882 settled at his present location, in the southwest corner of Webster township. Here he has a finely improved farm of eighty acres, well adapted for the raising of a general line of crops. Good buildings stand upon the place, and everything bears evidence of the care and watchful attention bestowed upon it by the owner. He enjoys an enviable reputation for business sagacity and uprightness in all his dealings, and one and all unite in praise of his manly, straightforward course in life. He is a member of Hoosier Lodge, No. 23, Centerville, and politically is associated with the Prohibition and Democratic parties.
The marriage of M. D. L. Reynolds and Miss Annetta Hornel was solemnized in 1879, in Wayne county. Mrs. Reynolds, who was a daughter of Jarvis Hornel, of Jackson township, departed this life March 27, 1892, when in her thirty-fifth year, leaving one son, Ralph Thomas, whose birth had occurred July 29, 1884. The present wife of our subject was formerly Miss Nena E. Bean, and their destinies were united upon the 14th of February, 1894. She is the youngest of the six children of John and Elizabeth (Evans) Bean, well known citizens of Green township, the father being a native of Pennsylvania and the mother of Clay township. The only brother of Mrs. Reynolds, Oliver, is deceased; and her sisters are Rosalia, wife of G. W. Stiggleman; Delia, wife of Robert Estep; Georgiana, wife of Frank Moorman; and Mary E., wife of Cyrus B. Quigg.
Source:
Biographical and Genealogical History of Wayne, Fayette, Union and Franklin Counties, Indiana, Volume 1, The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1899