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Mysterious North La Crosse editor buried in Oak Grove
A century after his death Benjamin W Reynolds is buried in Oak Grove Cemetery marked by a monument. He edited the short lived North La Crosse Star and held the land office post at St Croix Falls. His life details remain partly obscure with Butler and church roles noted. He was born 1812, studied at Middlebury and Lane Seminary, and died 1877.
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Benjamin W. Reynolds
Oak Grove Cemetery
B. W. Reynolds
U.S. Land Office
St. Croix Falls
Wis
North la Crosse
Lucy W
la Crosse Free Press
William M. Doty
Sunday Free Press
A. S. Foote
State Historical Society of Wisconsin Library
University of Wisconsin- la Crosse Area Research Center
North la Crosse Star
Congregational Church
Deacon Smith
South Carolina
Middlebury College
Lane Seminary
Lane Theological Seminary
Cincinnati
Ohio
Reynolds
Iowa
Missouri
Illinois
Sheboygan
la Crosse
Register of Deeds’ Office
la Crosse County
Cameron
Stoddard
Burns
la Due
Black River
Chicago and Milwaukee Railroad Co
Mississippi
Kansas
Lincoln
Abbeville
D.C
Liberal Democrat
Republican
North
Lucy Reynolds
Democrat
Wheeling