When Charles F. Reynolds was born about 1858, in Barton Township, Newaygo, Michigan, United States, his father, Leman Dyer Reynolds, was 29 and his mother, Catherine Jane Smith, was 25. He died before 1870, in Michigan, United States.
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Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
English: variant of Reynold , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Irish (Leitrim): in Ulster the English name in 1 above was substituted for Mac Raghnaill; see McReynolds .
History: Christopher Reynolds of Gravesend, Kent, England, arrived in America sometime before his marriage in 1644 in Isle of Wight County, VA.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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