When Pleasant Perry Reynolds was born on 5 June 1823, in Cowcreek, Owsley, Kentucky, United States, his father, Pleasant W Reynolds, was 32 and his mother, Rebecca Henderson, was 29. He married Margaret Permelia Hughes in 1852, in Green Hall, Jackson, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Magisterial District 2 Sturgeon, Jackson, Kentucky, United States in 1870 and Williams Township, Stone, Missouri, United States in 1880. He died on 24 April 1899, in Huntsville, Madison, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Huntsville Cemetery, Huntsville, Madison, Arkansas, United States.