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Richard Joshua "R. J." Reynolds (July 20, 1850 - July 29, 1918) was an American businessman and founder of the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company.
Parents: Hardin William Reynolds and Nancy Jane Wilcox.
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The son of a tobacco farmer, Richard Joshua Reynolds worked for his father and attended Emory and Henry College from 1868 to 1870, eventually graduating from Bryant and Stratton Business College in Baltimore. He sold his share of the family business in 1874 and moved south to Winston-Salem, North Carolina to start his own tobacco company. Reynolds was a savvy businessman and a hard worker, and he quickly became one of the wealthiest citizens of Winston-Salem; eventually, he was the wealthiest person in the state of North Carolina.[3]
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July 20, 1850
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Rock Spring Plantation, Patrick County, Virginia, United States
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1906 |
1906
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1908 |
August 8, 1908
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1910
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1911 |
1911
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1918 |
July 29, 1918
Age 68
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Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
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