DANIEL M. REYNOLDS
Daniel M. Reynolds of the firm of Reynolds and Dolan, attorneys, was born in Orange county, near Port Jarvis, New York, on the 23d day of May, 1853, being the son of Patrick and Mary (Muldun) Reynolds. Daniel's father was born in county Longford, Ireland, in 1812, and emigrated to this country while yet a young man. Daniel's mother was born August 15, 1818, in county Leitrim, Ireland, and emigrated to this country when eleven years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Reynolds were married in New York City, after which they moved to Orange county. New York, where Mr. Reynolds followed the trade of stone-cutter and builder, working on the Hudson and Delaware canal. In 1855 he moved to Muscatine county, Iowa, and was one of the first settlers of West Liberty, and after working for a time at his trade, abandoned it and engaged in farming. David M. the subject of this sketch was reared upon a farm and received a common school education. When sixteen years of age he entered the Literary Department of the State University of Iowa, but at the end of three years he was compelled to give up his studies on account of failing health, but finally graduated in the class of 1880. In May, 1882, he moved to Atlantic, where he formed his present partnership. Mr. Reynolds takes an active part in politics, and is a Republican. Messrs. Reynolds and Dolan are both popular young men, and have built up an enviable practice.
Contributed by Lisa Varnes-Rex from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pp. 388.
