Rasselas Patterson REYNOLDS 2
- Born: 23 January 1843, Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana, USA
- Marriage (1): Nellie KIMBALL on 3 September 1872 in Walla Walla, Walla Walla County, Washington Territory, USA 1 2
- Marriage (2): Carrie M. BAKER on 25 December 1888 in Walla Walla, Walla Walla County, Washington Territory, USA 1 2
- Died: 8 December 1919, Walla Walla, Walla Walla County, Washington, USA at age 76
 Other names for Rasselas were Rasselas P. REYNOLDS,1 Rasselas Patterson "R. P." REYNOLDS and Rasselus REYNOLDS.
General Notes
Rasselas P. "R.P." Reynolds' obituary appeared on the first page of the Walla Walla Union-Bulletin on 9 Dec. 1919 and appears here courtesy JBurke and the Washington State Archives:
R.P. Reynolds, Ex-City Clerk, Called By Death
Well-Known G.A.R. Veteran Passes Away After Illness of Several Weeks
Answered First Call For Volunteers During War Between States
R.P. Reynolds, aged 77, died at a local hospital yesterday morning after an illness of several weeks. The funeral will be held from the MacMartin and Hill chapel Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Rasselas P. Reynolds was a Civil War veteran, a pioneer of the West and had been prominent in political life in Walla Walla. He answered the first call for volunteers for the Civil War and fought through the four years as a member of the Thirty-third Illinois Volunteer Infantry, enlisting in Company F on August 21, 1861. He participated in the Vicksburg campaign, the siege of Mobile and other great operations of the War, taking part in many battles.
He came to Walla in 1866 with a government surveying party. He was appointed clerk of the United States district court in 1869 and held the position three years. He then became bookkeeper in Reynolds and Day's bank, remaining with them until 1879, when he resigned, and in 1880 moved to Alpowa, Wash., where for six years he kept a general store and a warehouse. Returning to Walla Walla, he engaged in the business of painting roofs with a special material of his own manufacture. In January 1899, he was appointed city clerk to complete an unexpired term of C.N. McLean. He was re-elected until 1905, when he was succeeded by T.D.S. Hart. After his retirement, he again took up the manufacture and sale of wood preservative on which he held the patent.
Mr. Reynolds was a charter member of A. Lincoln Post No. 4 G. A. R., of which he was past commander. He was married in Walla Walla on October 28, 1888, to Miss Carrie M. Baker, a native of Maine, who survives him.
Mr. Reynolds was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana on January 23, 1843. He was reared there and in Whiteside County, Illinois, where his family moved in 1854. He received his education in the public schools and in the State Normal University of Bloomington, Illinois, but left that school to join the Union army and after the war came west.
Besides his wife, Mr. Reynolds is survived by a grand-daughter, Miss Eleanor Virginia Powell, of Chicago, and two cousins, Allen H. and Harry A. Reynolds, of Walla Walla.
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Recorded Events in His Life
- He had a residence in 1872 in Walla Walla County, Washington Territory, USA. 1
- He appeared on the 1880 United States Federal Census on 4 June 1880 in Walla Walla, Walla Walla County, Washington Territory, USA.
- He had a residence in 1888 in Garfield County, Washington Territory, USA. 1
- He appeared on the 1900 United States Federal Census on 8 June 1900 in Walla Walla, Walla Walla County, Washington, USA.
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