JOHN H. REYNOLDS came to Greene county in 1829, and passed the winter of 1829-30, in a small log cabin in what is known as the Luther Tunnel place.

John H. Reynolds, deceased, was born in Washington county, Va., Aug. 5, 1804, and was a son of Madison and Mary Reynolds. He was reared in Virginia, partly to farm life, though when grown, he was engaged as overseer of the Elizabeth Sale Works there. He was married in Virginia, June 5, 1823, to Catherine Klepper, a native of Pennsylvania. They removed to Tennessee, in which state they remained until 1829, when they removed to Greene county, Illinois, locating five miles east of Carrollton. In 1830 they removed three miles southwest of Greenfield, where Mrs. Reynolds died, on the 27th of August, 1837. In the following spring, Mr. Reynolds removed with his family into the neighborhood where his son Joseph now resides, and he remained in that locality until his death. He died March 15, 1858, and is buried at the farm on which he then lived, on Se. 17, T. 9, R. 12. Mr. and Mrs. John H. Reynolds were the parents of nine children, five of whom are now living - Rebecca Jane, widow of Mr. Fuller, lives at Kane; Joseph, whose sketch follows this; Mary Ann, living in Sangamon county; Emeline, deceased; Eveline, wife of Samuel Hall, living near Virden, Macoupin county; Willis, living in this township; Samuel, deceased, and two others, twins, who died in infancy.