A. REYNOLDS, superintendent of paper mill, Tippecanoe Station, Carroll County, Ind., was born in Monticello August 7, 1845, to Isaac and Mary J. (Hughes) Reynolds, the former deceased and the latter living in Monticello. When twenty- two years of age, A. Reynolds went into partnership with his father in merchandising. In 1872, he withdrew, and organized the Monticello Paper Company, with the following stockholders: William Braden, P. A. Hull, John C. Blake, James H. McCollum, 0. S. Dale, S. F. Southard, D. D. Dale and A. Reynolds. The assessed stock was $50,000, one-half of which was paid up. A one story frame building, 3Oxl5O feet, was erected one mile below town limits, and about fifteen hands were employed. In 1874, Braden & Hull purchased the stock, and, admitting A. B. Robertson as partner, conducted the business until 1879. In August of that year, the Tippecanoe Paper Company was organized and incorporated under the laws of Illinois. Mr. Reynolds, the only stockholder at Monticello, was made Superintendent. The building was enlarged, its dimensions now being l8lxl4O feet, and its ground plan that of the letter T; new machinery was introduced, and its capacity increased to fifteen tons of paper per week, and twelve tons of day pulp. Forty hands are employed night and day ; the product is a superior quality of No. 2 news, and the average annual business about $120,000. Mr. Reynolds was married, in 1868, to Miss Elizabeth Blake, who has borne him two children-Guy and Charley. In politics, he is a Democrat, and he is a member of the A. 0. U. W.

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