Mcreynolds, Robert Young

Mcreynolds, Robert Young a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, was born in Alien County, Kentucky, in 1818; was converted in his sixteenth year; was licensed to preach in his nineteenth year, and joined the Kentucky Conference in 1829. In 1840 he was transferred to the Rock River Conference, and was stationed at Galena; in 1841 was transferred back to the Kentucky Conference, and continued in the regular work until 1845, when he located until 1867. He was next readmitted to the Louisville Conference, and appointed to Portland; in 1868 to Shepherdsville Circuit, and in 1869 to Litchfield Circuit. He died August 23, 1870. Mr. McReynolds was "a benevolent man, a cheerful, happy Christian, very zealous and useful in the ministry." — Conference Minutes of the M. E. Church South, 1870, s.v.