Richard Joshua Reynolds^[1]

1850 - 1918  (68 years)

• Name	Richard Joshua Reynolds
  Born	20 Jul 1850	Rock Springs, Patrick Co., Va
  Gender	Male
  Died	29 Jul 1918	Old Town, Forsyth, North Carolina
  Buried	Salem Cemetery, Winston-Salem, North Carolina   [2]
  Person ID	I3740	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	5 Jul 2019

  
  

  Father	Hardin William Reynolds,   b. 20 Apr 1810, Patrick County, Virginia ,   d. 30 May 1882, Winston Salem, North Carolina  (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Nancy Jane Cox,   b. 31 Mar 1825, Brown Mountain, Stokes Co., NC ,   d. 7 Mar 1903, Winston-Salem, North Carolina  (Age 77 years)
  Married	26 Jan 1843	Stokes, North Caroline
  Family ID	F82	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Katharine Smith,   b. 17 Nov 1880, Mount Airy, North Carolina ,   d. 23 May 1924, New York  (Age 43 years)
  Married	27 Feb 1905
  Children	+ 1. Richard Joshua "Dick" Reynolds, Jr.,   b. 4 Apr 1906, Winston-Salem, North Carolina ,   d. 14 Dec 1964, Lucerne, Switzerland  (Age 58 years)   2. Mary Katherine Reynolds,   b. 8 Aug 1908, Winston-Salem, North Carolina ,   d. 17 Jul 1953, New York County, New York  (Age 44 years)   3. Nancy Susan Reynolds,   b. 5 Feb 1910, Winston-Salem, North Carolina ,   d. 11 Jan 1985, Fairfield. Conn.  (Age 74 years) + 4. Zachary Smith Reynolds,   b. 5 Nov 1911, Winston-Salem, North Carolina ,   d. 6 Jul 1932, Winston-Salem, North Carolina  (Age 20 years)
  Last Modified	16 Dec 2020
  Family ID	F5680	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		R. J. Reynolds & Wife & Children p3740-6083RJReynolds&Wife.jpg
  		R. J. Reynolds & Brothers p3740RJR&Bros.jpg
  		Reynolds photo harbourhreynolds.jpg
  		Reynolds Brothers, Richard Joshua, Hardin, reynoldsharbour.jpg

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Death Certificate Richard Joshua Reynolds
  		Richard Joshua Reynolds-Funeral Service Winston-Salem Journal Jul 31, 1918
  		Richard Joshua Reynolds-Obit Raleigh News and Observer Jul 30, 1918
  		Death Certificate-Zachary Smith Reynolds zacharysmithreynolds.jpg
  		Mary Katherine Reynolds Babcock-Obit The Index-Journal Jul 18, 1953
  		Reynolds-Smith Wedding Winston-Salem Journal Feb 28, 1905

  
  

  Headstones		Richard Joshua Reynolds-Headstone ReynoldsRichardJoshua.jpg
  		Grave of Richard Joshua Reynolds hs3740rjrgrave.jpg

  
  

  Histories » Slide Show		Richard J Reynolds-Sketch Of His Life Raleigh News And Observer Jul 30, 1918
  		Richard J Reynolds-Established Himself in Winston-Salem Raleigh News And Observer Jul 30, 1918
  		Nancy Susan Reynolds-Reynolds Homestead Opening The Danville Register Jun 21, 1970
  		Richard Joshua Reynolds-Novel Features In Will The Baltimore Sun Sep 6, 1918
  		Reynolda House-A Tobacco King's Palace Dayton Daily News Jan 21, 1979
  		Reynolds Homestead Daily Press May 21, 1971

  
  

• Notes

  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.

  
  

• Sources

  [S18] Family Search, LDS. Name: Richard Joshua Reynolds Event Date: 29 Jul 1918 Event Place: Old Town, Forsyth, North Carolina Gender: Male Age (Original): 68y 9d Birth Year (Estimated): 1850 Spouse's Name: Katherine Smith Father's Name: H. W. Reynolds Mother's Name: Nancy Cox GS Film number: 1892356 , Digital Folder Number: 4215513 , Image Number: 331 , Reference ID: cn 321 [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=reynolds&GSfn=richard&GSmn=j&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=29&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=10170364&df=all&. [S274] TILLMAN , Stephen Frederick Tillman. Page 118. 1104. RICHARD JOSHUA REYNOLDS, son of Harden (1100) and Nancy (Cox) Reynolds, b. 7-20-1853 in Patrick County, Va. He m. 2-27-1905 Mary Katherine Smith, of Surry County, N.C., and settled in Winston Salem, N.C., where he established the R. J. Reynolds Tobbacco Company. Issue: Richard Joshua, b. 4-4-1906; Mary Katherine, who m. Charles Babcock, and now lives in N.Y.C.; Nancy Susan, whom. Henry Walker Bagley, and now lives in N.Y.C.; and Zachary Smith, who m. Anne L. Cannon. This entry appears to be correct!