Reynolds, John
soldier, lawyer, jurist, state legislator, congressman, author, was born Feb. 26, 1789, in Montgomery county, Pa. He was a justice of the supreme court of Illinois in 1818. He was a member of the legislature from 1826-30, 1846-48, 1852-54; and served during the last term as speaker. He was governor of Illinois from 1830 to 1834; commanded the Illinois volunteers during the Black Hawk war in 1832; and was a representative in congress from 1835 to 1837, and from 1839 to 1843. He published Pioneer History of Illinois; Glance at the Crystal Palace, and Sketches of Travel; My Life and Times; and at one time conducted the Belleville Eagle, a daily paper. He died May 8, 1865, in Belleville, Ill.