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History of Allegheny county, Pennsylvania : including its early settlement
Chicago : A. Warner Co., 1889
Cushing, Thomas, 1821
Pg. 280
THOMAS REYNOLDS (deceased), late of Reynoldton, this county, was born in County Derry, Ireland, Aug. 22, 1806, and was descended from the REYNOLDSES of Cornwall, England. He was a son of GEORGE and ISABELLA (LESLIE) REYNOLDS, Presbyterians, former of whom was a farmer, and died in Ireland. In 1836 THOMAS REYNOLDS, with his mother, three brothers and two sisters, came to Pittsburgh, Pa., and, three years later, THOMAS, with his mother and two sisters, went to New Lisbon, Ohio. Here THOMAS, in partnership with James Starr, engaged in the manufacture of thrashing machines, fanmills and general farm implements, until 1848, when he purchased a large tract of land where Reynoldton, this county, now is, and which town he founded...He was a member of the M. E. Church; was elected justice of the peace of his township, but never sought office. He died in Nov. 1887. In 1874 he sent for his nephew, THOMAS REYNOLDS, JR., to assist him in his business, and in 1882 conveyed all his land to his nephew.
THOMAS REYNOLDS, JR, was born in Galena, Ill., Jan. 29, 1854, son of ROBERT and MARTHA J. (PUGH) REYNOLDS, the former of whom, was born in County Derry, Ireland, and the latter in Virginia. They are members of the Disciple’s Church. Soon after coming to Pittsburgh from Ireland, ROBERT REYNOLDS went to New Orleans, thence to Davenport, Iowa, then to Galena, Ill., where he engaged in the manufacture of brick. He 1869 he moved to Missouri, where he carried on farming until 1882, in which year he came to McKeesport, where he and his wife still reside. MR. ROBERT REYNOLDS is president and half owner of the McKeesport and Youghiogheny Bridge and owner of real estate. THOMAS REYNOLDS, JR. laid out the town of Reynoldton, and was the first burgess. It was he who suggested the building of the McKeesport and Youghiogheny Bridge, in the construction of which he was the principal mover, and was president of the bridge company and chief stockholder until April 1888. He is still a stockholder in the bridge company, stockholder and director in the People’s Bank, McKeesport Gas Co., and McKeesport Light Co.; he is school director, and councilman of Reynoldton, and is a member of the M. E. Church. MR. REYNOLDS was united in marriage, Oct. 4, 1888, with MISS ANNA B. WOODS, a native of McKeesport, daughter of THEODORE WOODS, civil engineer and prominent business man of McKeesport.
http://www.15122.com/DRAVOSBURGHISTORY/transportation.htm
History of Dravosburg, Pa. compiled by the Dravosburg Centennial Committee
1903 to 2003 “THE BURG”
At this time, what we now know as the tenth ward of McKeesport was the Borough of Reynoldton, but as close as it was to Dravosburg, the only way to get there or to McKeesport was by ferry boat. In 1884 the McKeesport -Reynoldton bridge was completed, connecting Third Avenue in McKeesport with Reynoldton; and in 1891 a company headed by S.S. Crump and John M. Risher built the Dravosburg bridge from the foot of McClure Street to Reynoldton at a cost of $110,000 .
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