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About John Phillips Reynolds, Jr.
obituary in America's Textile Reporter:
[http://books.google.com/booksid=N_FYAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA4285&lpg=PA4285&d...]
built Wharf House on North Haven, ME thorofare;
daughter Priscilla married George Burr (Burr House, North Haven, ME);
lived on Marlborough St, Boston
credited with saving the Paul Revere House in Boston
profile of house on Marlboro Street, Boston: [http://backbayhouses.org/279-marlborough/]
John Phillips Reynolds, Jr. was born in Boston on January 18, 1863. His father, John Phillips Reynolds, Sr. (1825-1909), was a well-known physician and lifelong resident of Boston and Nahant, Massachusetts. The elder Reynolds, the grandson of John Phillips, the first mayor of Boston, graduated from Harvard College in 1845 and then attended Harvard Medical School. Reynolds senior served as a professor of obstetrics at Harvard College for more than 20 years and also served on the Boston School Committee. In 1859, Dr. Reynolds married Jane Minot Revere (1834-1910) a granddaughter of Paul Revere.
John Phillips Reynolds, Jr. was one of eight brothers and sisters. He attended Boston Latin School and then went directly into business, unlike his father, grandfather and three brothers, who all attended Harvard College. Reynolds seems to have succeeded in business at an early age, first in real estate and finance and later in manufacturing. In 1891, at the age of 28, John Phillips Reynolds, Jr. became vice-president of Walter M. Lowney Company, manufacturers of chocolate products. After leaving Lowney in 1900, Reynolds remained active in business in a number of capacities. He served as treasurer and trustee of Suncook Mills, and as treasurer and director of the Northern Waste Company and the O'Bannon Corporation. In addition, he served as trustee or director of the Atlantic Building Company, the Copley Square Trust, the Reynolds Building Trust and a number of other businesses including the Submarine Signal Corporation, which was involved in finding a method of undersea communication as an alternative to transatlantic cable. Reynolds also advocated a not-for-profit "over the counter" insurance sales plan which would eliminate the need for insurance agents. Reynolds served as a member of the Massachusetts Commission for the Blind and on the corporation of Peter Bent Brigham Hospital. He belonged to several historical organizations, including the Bostonian Society and the Old South Association, and numerous clubs, including the Somerset, Tennis and Racquet, Union and Exchange Clubs of Boston, the Eastern Yacht Club of Marblehead, and the Knickerbocker Club of New York City. On November 13, 1884, John Phillips Reynolds, Jr. married Lucretia Monroe, with whom he had two children, Priscilla and John Phillips Reynolds III.
Until at least 1900 Reynolds and his family made their home in Milton, Massachusetts, a suburb south of Boston. They then moved to 79 Marlborough Street in Boston's Back Bay, just down the street from his father's home at 416 Marlborough Street. From his Back Bay residence, Reynolds could easily walk to his offices on State Street in downtown Boston.
source: [http://www.paulreverehouse.org/membership/gazette.html]
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John Phillips Reynolds, Jr.'s Timeline
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January 18, 1863
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Boston, Suffolk Co., MA
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| 1885 |
November 2, 1885
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Milton, MA, United States
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| 1887 |
June 7, 1887
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Massachusetts
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| 1920 |
December 9, 1920
Age 57
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- 1909
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Harvard College
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Lawyer
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