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Wm. Reynolds & wife (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • swanq said:
    Compatible with photo at www.flickr.com/photos/31129802@N03/sets/72157623863816513... from obituary of William H Reynolds, real estate developer, New York State Senator (for one term), he developed Dreamland at Coney Island, and was convicted of graft and later released. See: www.carouselnews.com/August-2008/August-2008/William-H.-R... www.brownstoner.com/blog/2010/04/walkabout-trump/ www.brownstoner.com/blog/2010/05/walkabout-willi/ www.brownstoner.com/blog/2010/05/walkabout-willi-1/ His wife was Elise or Elsie Guerrier and had been an opera singer in Boston before marriage. Her obituary was in the NYT of Oct 22, 1943 select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70715F83F59147B...
  • swanq said:
    Acording to the Political Grvyard: William H. Reynolds (1868-1931) — of Long Beach, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., February 29, 1868. Republican. Builder; real estate developer; member of New York state senate 3rd District, 1894-95; indicted by a grand jury in August 1917 for perjury, over his 1912 expert testimony on the value of land sought by the city for a park; the grand jury alleged that he falsely denied any personal interest in the realty company which owned the property; also indicted in October 1917, with three others, for conspiracy defraud the city of $500,000 by inflating the appraisal; the indictments were dismissed in May 1920 over the prosecutor's delay of the trial; village president of Long Beach, New York, 1921-22; mayor of Long Beach, N.Y., 1922-24; removed 1924; defeated, 1925; indicted on May 1, 1924, along with the Long Beach city treasurer, for misappropriating city funds in connection with a bond issue; tried in June 1924, convicted, sentenced to six months in the county jail, and automatically removed from office as mayor; released pending appeal; the Appellate Division reversed the conviction in June 1925 and ordered a new trial; the indictment was dismissed in June 1927. English and Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Elks; Freemasons. Died, from heart disease, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., October 13, 1931 (age 63 years, 0 days). Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. Relatives: Son of William Reynolds and Margaret (McChesney) Reynolds; married to Elise Guerrier.
  • swanq said:
    New-York tribune., May 27, 1906, Page 8 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1906-05-27/ed-... has a picture from 1906, a possible match given the decade between the pictures.
  • Anne (LOC P&P) said:
    swanq: thanks for all the additional information on Mr. Reynolds. We will include some of it in our next update!

G.W. Perkins (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • Dave Miller said:
    George W. Perkins was a banker and partner of J. P. Morgan, and a leader of the Progressive wing of the Republican Party.
  • swanq said:
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Walbridge_Perkins
  • Anne (LOC P&P) said:
    puzzlemaster and swanq: Thanks for the info and the link. We will use some of the new information uncovered in our next update.

Gifford Pinchot (LOC)

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