Gilpin Reynolds^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1850 - 1899  (49 years)

• Name	Gilpin Reynolds
  Born	10 Jan 1850	Pennsylvania
  	parents Lydia R. Preston (Joseph and Rebekah Reynolds Preston) and Vincent Reynolds.
  Gender	Male
  Died	13 Oct 1899	Fulton Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
  	Gilpin Reynolds, of Fulton Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, arose early Sunday morning and committed suicide by shooting himself with a gun. His body was found in the woods near his home. The supposition is that Mr. Reynolds had entered the woods, he cut a forked stick, rested the butt of the gun on the ground and holding the muzzle of the barrels close to his head pressed the triggers with the stick. The loads tore off the back of his head. Mr. Reynolds had been manager of the Fulton Township for several years. The deceased was a son of Vincent Reynolds and Lydia Preston Reynolds of Fremont, and a brother of William Preston Reynolds of this place. He was 49 years of age, and leaves a wife and one daughter. (Cecil Whig)
  Buried	Penn Hill Friends Cemetery, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
  Person ID	I547449803	My Reynolds Line | Descendants of Henry Reynolds
  Last Modified	3 Jan 2022

  
  

  Father	Vincent Reynolds,   b. 6 Apr 1821, Near Brick Meeting House, Cecil County, Maryland ,   d. 24 Aug 1908, West Nottingham, Chester County, Pennsylvania  (Age 87 years)
  Mother	Lydia R. Preston,   b. 28 May 1824, Maryland ,   d. 18 Apr 1885, Chester County, Pennsylvania  (Age 60 years)
  Family ID	F518494791	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Phebe Mary/Marie Stubbs,   b. February 1 1850, Blue Ball, Cecil County, Maryland ,   d. 22 Jan 1876, Nottingham Station, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania  (Age ~ 26 years)
  Married	28 Mar 1874	Bingham House, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  	Type: Friends Ceremony
  	Reynolds-Stubbs-At the Bringham House, Philadelphia, on the 28th ult. by Friends ceremony in the presence of Mayor Stokely, Gilpin Reynolds of Fairmont, Lancaster county, to Phebe M> Stubbs, of Nottingham, Chester county.
  Last Modified	14 Mar 2013
  Family ID	F518494790	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Philena King,   b. 21 Nov 1847, Fulton Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania ,   d. 1 Jan 1892, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania  (Age 44 years)
  Married	17 Feb 1880	Lancaster, Pennsylvania
  Notes	I believe Viola and Clarence are the infant's of Gilpin and 2nd wife Philena King Reynolds. 1st wife Phebe had died in 1876
  Children	1. Viola Reynolds,   b. Aug 1882, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania ,   d. 16 Aug 1882, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania  (Age ~ 0 years)   2. Clarence Reynolds,   b. Abt 1884, Lancaster Co., Virginia ,   d. 21 Feb 1885, Died as an infant Lancaster County, Pennsylvania  (Age ~ 1 years) + 3. Mary Lydia Reynolds,   b. 12 May 1885, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania ,   d. 24 Oct 1966, Colorado  (Age 81 years)
  Last Modified	3 Jan 2022
  Family ID	F518494789	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	Louisa Cook,   b. 10 Nov 1853, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania ,   d. 13 Apr 1936, Darlington, Harford County, Maryland  (Age 82 years)
  Married	16 Jan 1894
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2014
  Family ID	F518494939	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents » Slide Show		Obit. for Gilpin Reynolds reynolds-gilpin.jpg
  		"BLEW OFF HIS HEAD" newspaper article from the Harrisburg Daily Independent dated 10/10/1899 provided by Carter Powell ReynoldsGilpin.jpg
  		"BEATON BY HUNGARIANS" newspaper article from the Reading Times dated 2/10/1891 provided by Carter Powell gilpinreynolds.jpg
  		Quaker births of the Preston-Reynolds children preston-reynolds.jpg
  		Newspaper article:Semi-Weekly New Era 10/18/1899 gilpreynolds.jpeg
  		Reynolds-King Marriage Intelligencer Journal Feb 19, 1880

  
  

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• Sources

  [S38] Headstone. [S42] Obituary. [S47] Newspaper Article. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89629440/gilpin-reynolds. [S4] Deborah Lozano.