Excerpt from A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. 4: Genealogical Memoirs of the Leading Families of Pittsburg and Vicinity, Compiles Under the Editorial Supervision of John W. Jordan, LL. D. Of the Historical Society of PennsylvaniaGeorge P. Reynolds, father of George E. Reynolds, was a resident of Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, and after his marriage settled upon a farm and was actively engaged in agriculture. He was also engaged in thresh ing for the neighboring farmers, and was considered a wide - awake business man. At the time of the building of the Philadelphia Reading railroad he became one of the contractors to furnish the ties necessary for the building of the road in that section of the country. He was in the midst of these contract ing obligations when he was killed, in March, 1876. The settling of these unfinished contracts left his widow and children in financially embarrassed circumstances. And they were all obliged to commence the battle of life at an early age. George P. Reynolds married Rebecca Dreisbach, daughter of a farmer near Turbotville, Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, and they had children: Daniel H., a hardware merchant in Milton, Pennsylvania: Elizabeth, married Charles Moser, a merchant of Watsontown, Pennsylvania, William N a hardware merchant in Turbotville, Pennsylvania, Augustus, retired merchant of the same place, and George E, the subject of this sketch.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.