March 4, 1812, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.
September 5, 1876, Oak Park, Illinois.
Reynolds was educated at Jefferson College, Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, and Lutheran Gettysburg Seminary. He was a professor at Pennsylvania College (1833-1850); president of Capital University, Columbus, Ohio (1850-1853); and president of Illinois State University (1857-1860). He became an ordained Episcopal minister in 1864, and founded the Evangelical Review. His last pastorate was at Christ Church, Harlem (Oak Park), Illinois, from 1872 until his death.