JOHN WESLEY REYNOLDS was born November 23, 1835, in Hopkins County, Ky., where he grew to manhood, and in 1860, removed to Slaughterville, his present place of residence. His father, Sebron Reynolds, a native of Culpeper County, Va., was born in 1792, and at the age of twelve years, removed with his parents from Oglethorpe, Ga., to Hopkins County, Ky., where he died in 1858. He was born blind, and unassisted for twenty years, superintended a horse mill. His father, Thomas, the son of Richard, a Virginian, married Sarah Williams, of Hopkins County, and their offspring are subject, Martha J. (Stiman), Sarah L. (Crowley), and Nancy L. John W. Reynolds was united in marriage, December 25, 1863, to Miss Mary E. (born in 1846), daughter of Henry A. and Mary E. (Reynolds) Prahter, of Hopkins County, and to them have been born Warren L., Henry C., John W., Jr., Hallie E. (deceased), Timothy F., Mary A., Sarah J., Thomas B. and Fredonia D. Since 1860 Mr. Reynolds has been successfully engaged in general merchandising, to which he has added drugs. He has, all his life, been an invalid, but has given close attention to his business, from which, in twenty years, he has lost but few days. He is a Methodist and a Democrat.
Source: J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin, & G. C. Kniffin. Kentucky. A History of the State. Louisville, KY, Chicago, IL: Battey, 1885. Page 1047.