Tilton Reynolds and Sarah Sprague

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Husband Tilton Reynolds ^{1 2}

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         Father: Thomas Reynolds (1759-1837) 1 3
         Mother: Nancy Reynolds (      -1845) 1 2

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Wife Sarah Sprague ⁴

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         Father: John Sprague (      -      ) 5 6
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General Notes: Husband - Tilton Reynolds

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He and his brother, William, moved to western Pennsylvania, and first resided on the lands later occupied by the mining village of Rathmel in Jefferson County. The first fall of their hermitage life they captured fourteen swarms of bees, and these, together with an extensive sugar industry, were exchanged for other necessary products, such as grain and salt, and also had bear meat and venison, supplied by the brothers.
In 1839 he located on the summit of the mountain above Rathmel, and, associated with William, inaugurated a mercantile enterprise and established a post-office. The name of the village was suitably called Prospect, for from its lofty altitude the view was picturesque and widely extended. The title was in poetic contrast to the postal name given the place at a later period\emdash that of Dolingville! He discovered the great coal vein of that region, which gained a world-wide celebrity, and became one of the most extensive bituminous industries of the continent.

In 1839 he located on the summit of the mountain above Rathmel, Pennsylvania, and with his brother, William, started a mercantile establishment and secured a post office. It was called Prospect Hill. In 1848 the post office was removed by Tilton Reynolds to his brother Thomas', two and a half miles west of him. The Post-office Department, February 23, 1850, took notice of the change and christened the office Reynoldsville, in honor of its then incumbent, and continued Thomas Reynolds postmaster thereof. Thus the town received its name.

1 Kate M. Scott, History of Jefferson County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 682.

2 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1089.

3 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1089, 1325.

4 Kate M. Scott, History of Jefferson County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 683.

5 Kate M. Scott, History of Jefferson County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 686.

6 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1090.