Richard Samuel Reynolds

     Richard Samuel Reynolds was born to Richard and Jane Benbow Reynolds on March 24, 1838 in New Hartford. He was one of 11 children. He graduated from Whitestown Seminary.  

    Richard Samuel Reynolds first worked in the telegraph business. He worked under a Mr. Reid who wrote the history of telegraphy in America. He later worked in Clyde and Fort Plain, NY.

    In 1858 Richard Samuel Reynolds went west with John Butterfield. He first settled in Denver Colorado, which at the time was just a settlement with six log cabins. He then went to Julesburg, Colorado where he assumed charge of a telegraph station. After wards he moved to Fort Smith, Arkansas where he had charge of 400 miles of the overland stage route. Also for a year he worked as a placer mining for gold. 

    In April 1865 Richard Samuel Reynolds returned to Utica. In Utica Mr. Reynolds and his brother William H. started a company that manufactured women's fine sewed shoes. The company started in the Bailey Building at the corner of Genesee and Liberty Streets In 1867 another brother George A. joined the company and the company became Reynolds Brothers. In December 1879 Richard S. Reynolds sold his interest of the business to George and moved to Chicago.  

    In Chicago Richard Samuel Reynolds was involved in the Real Estate Business. In 1909 he spent most of time in Utica living with his niece Mrs M.E. Rutter. 

    Richard Samuel Reynolds was a member of the following organizations: Utica Citizens Corps; Faxton Lodge, No. 697 F& A.M.; Oneida Chapter No. 87 R.A.M.; Utica Commandery, no 3.; Knights Templar; and Zyrara Temple; Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He was a director of the Utica Investment Company.

    Richard Samuel Reynolds passed away on April 25, 1922. He is interred in the Reynolds-Rutter Mausoleum on Plot 26B; lot 986 of Forest Hill Cemetery.




Location: 2201 Oneida St, Utica, NY 13501, USA

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