William Neal Reynolds

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THE HENRY BULLETIN, Martinsville, Va., Fri., June 24, 1927, p. 1, col. 7 [edited]: ONE OF LAST OF BROTHERS FAMOUS IN TOBACCO IS LAID TO REST. Harden H. Reynolds of Critz (Patrick County), 74, one of the last brothers of the famous tobacco family, passed away Tuesday night in a Baltimore hospital. Mr. Reynolds, well know of course in Patrick and Henry counties, was a brother of R. J. Reynolds, founder of the tobacco company which bears his name today in Winston-Salem. At his beside was a brother, Will Reynolds of Winston-Salem, a prominent figure in the tobacco world. Mr. Reynolds is survived by his widow and two children. He was buried Wednesday in the family burial lot where lie his father and also his grandfather, who died in 1836. Born and raised in Critz, the Reynolds brothers have been neighborhood philanthropists. A fine school house and auditorium stands today at Critz as a memorial to their father. Many Winston-Salem leaders in tobacco manufacturing were present at the funeral services conducted briefly from the home and at the grave. [Ref. O. E. Pilson: TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTIONS OF THE CEMETERIES OF PATRICK COUNTY, VIRGINIA, p. 111, Reynolds Homestead Cemetery, located at Reynolds Homestead at Critz: Harden W. Reynolds, 4/20/1810 - 5/30/1882; Harden Harbour Reynolds, 6/8/1854 - 6/21/1927; Annie Dobyns, Wife of Harden Harbour Reynolds, 5/24/1875 - 7/16/1961.

Hardin married Lucinda "Anna" Dobyns/Dobbins 16 Mar 1904, Patrick County, Virginia. Lucinda was born 24 May 1875, Patrick County, Virginia; died 13 Jul 1961, Davie, North Carolina; was buried , Reynolds Homestead Cemetery, Patrick County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

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d/o S.G. Dobbins and Ruth Lawson

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http://www.freestateofpatrick.com/rjrh.htm

On July 20, 1853, a son was born to Hardin William and Nancy Jane Cox Reynolds at their home Rock Spring at the foot of No Business Mountain in the eastern section of Patrick County. Little could they realize what an impact this man would have on the world.
Two local traditions linger about the young man. In April 1865, he supposedly hid horses from the U. S. Cavalry under George Stoneman raiding in the last days of the Civil War. Another is in 1870 he attended Emory and Henry College, like Jeb Stuart twenty years earlier, but that Rufus James Woolwine apparently took his favorite girl from him and they married her.
The young man in question suffered from dyslexia and stammered. He had large appetites for work, women, gambling, and drink. He worked for his father as a salesman for the family tobacco business traveling through Tennessee, Kentucky and South Carolina saving his money for a future venture.
He needed a railroad hub for his business plans and since there was not one in Patrick County, he traveled to the nearest one. In 1874, he arrived in Winston, North Carolina with 5,000 dollars. Winston and Salem were separate towns then. He spent $388.50 for a hundred foot lot near railroad tracks to build a factory to manufacture chewing tobacco.
He married Mary Katherine Smith in 1905 and produced four children: Richard, Mary, Nancy and Zachary. When he died of cancer on July 29, 1918, his company had 121 buildings, ten thousand workers, made ten million dollars a year profit. He left an hundred million dollar estate including Reynolda House and Tanglewood. Virginia Tech operates his birthplace and seven hundred acres as the Reynolds Homestead.
Richard Joshua Reynolds is buried in the cemetery near Old Salem within site of the giant Wachovia building and the statue of himself as a young man coming from Patrick County to change the world.

Hardin married Nancy Jane Cox 26 Jan 1843, Stokes, North Caroline. Nancy was born 31 Mar 1825, Brown Mountain, Stokes Co., NC; died 7 Mar 1903, Winston-Salem, North Carolina; was buried , Salem Cemetery, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. [Group Sheet]

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http://www.freestateofpatrick.com/rjrh.htm

On July 20, 1853, a son was born to Hardin William and Nancy Jane Cox Reynolds at their home Rock Spring at the foot of No Business Mountain in the eastern section of Patrick County. Little could they realize what an impact this man would have on the world.
Two local traditions linger about the young man. In April 1865, he supposedly hid horses from the U. S. Cavalry under George Stoneman raiding in the last days of the Civil War. Another is in 1870 he attended Emory and Henry College, like Jeb Stuart twenty years earlier, but that Rufus James Woolwine apparently took his favorite girl from him and they married her.
The young man in question suffered from dyslexia and stammered. He had large appetites for work, women, gambling, and drink. He worked for his father as a salesman for the family tobacco business traveling through Tennessee, Kentucky and South Carolina saving his money for a future venture.
He needed a railroad hub for his business plans and since there was not one in Patrick County, he traveled to the nearest one. In 1874, he arrived in Winston, North Carolina with 5,000 dollars. Winston and Salem were separate towns then. He spent $388.50 for a hundred foot lot near railroad tracks to build a factory to manufacture chewing tobacco.
He married Mary Katherine Smith in 1905 and produced four children: Richard, Mary, Nancy and Zachary. When he died of cancer on July 29, 1918, his company had 121 buildings, ten thousand workers, made ten million dollars a year profit. He left an hundred million dollar estate including Reynolda House and Tanglewood. Virginia Tech operates his birthplace and seven hundred acres as the Reynolds Homestead.
Richard Joshua Reynolds is buried in the cemetery near Old Salem within site of the giant Wachovia building and the statue of himself as a young man coming from Patrick County to change the world.

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Abraham Reynolds was a poor tobacco farmer in Virginia in the early 1800's. His son Hardin started a plantation at Rock Spring in Patrick county. Hardin's son RJ, the second of sixteen children born there, embarked on a plan to build his own tobacco factory at Winston Salem. It was he who developed the huge tobacco empire that is RJ Reynolds.

Abraham married Mary 'Polly' Harbour 19 May 1809. Mary was born Abt 1785, Patrick Co., Virginia; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]