Benoni Orrin Reynolds II (July 26, 1824 – January 19, 1911) was a member of the

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and the

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Biography

Reynolds was born on July 26, 1824, in

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. In 1848 he married Mary Jane Smith, one of Wisconsin's first female physicians.Gregory, John Goadby. 1932. ''Southeastern Wisconsin: A History of Old Milwaukee County'', vol. 4. Chicago: S. J. Clarke, p. 473. He graduated from

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in 1851, and moved to

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in 1854. During the

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, Reynolds was a surgeon with the

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of the Union Army. Reynolds died on January 19, 1911, in

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."United States Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards, 1907-1933"
database with images, FamilySearch: accessed 28 July 2015, Benoni O Reynolds, 1907-1933; citing NARA microfilm publication M850 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,635,906.

Political career

Reynolds was a member of the Assembly in 1876 and of the Senate from 1878 to 1879. Additionally, he was Mayor of Geneva, Wisconsin, from 1874 to 1876. He was a Republican.

References

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