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HERMAN REYNOLDS.
His father, Jeremiah Reynolds, was a native of Rhode Island, married Miss Margaret Bentley, removed to Dutchess County, thence to Ulster County and settled in the town of Woodstock about 1790.
Herman Reynolds was fifth son, born in Woodstock, Nov. 29, 1799. Received limited opportunities for an education in early life. His early manhood was spent in farming, and his business life has been spent in agricultural pursuits and lumbering.
He married, Dec. 29, 1820, Sarah, daughter of Daniel; and Phebe (Griffin) Hasbrouck, who was born in Woodstock, Oct. 26, 1800. They had a family of eleven children, all of whom lived to become men and women. The first death in the family occurred in 1878, the oldest; then being fifty- nine and the youngest thirty- three.
Their children were Phebe J., wife of Peter A. Du Bois ; Margaret, wife of Hiram Shultis; William H.; Lucinda (deceased); Eliza A., wife of John H. Du Bois; Champion P.; Catherine O., wife of Peter A. Wolven; Alfred; Sarah L., wife of Adelbert Hooper; Lauretta, wife of David H. Short. This couple has ten children, forty- one grandchildren, and eight great- grandchildren living.
In politics he was originally an Old- Line Whig, and became a Republican upon the organization of that party. He has been honored with every office of account in his town. He was supervisor in 1846, and has served four terms since; overseer of the county poor, and justice of the peace for fifteen years.
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