Reynolds, Grindall, 1822-1894

Clergyman in Concord, Mass.; Secretary of American Unitarian Association (1881-1894); author on historical and religious topics. Born Dec. 22, 1822, in Franconia, N.H.; died Sept. 30, 1894, in Concord, Mass. Raised in Franconia and in Boston. Graduated from Harvard Divinity School in 1847. Married Lucy Maria Dodge in 1848. Ordained to Unitarian ministry in Jamaica Plain. Minister of First Parish in Concord 1858-1881. Active in town life of Concord. Member of Library Committee 1859-1873, then of Concord Free Public Library Corporation. Vice President of Concord Antiquarian Society.

(Cont.) Speaker before and President of (1859, 1860, 1868, 1869) Concord Lyceum. Speaker at various public occasions. Member of Social Circle in Concord. During Civil War, attended meetings of Soldiers' Aid Society (of which his wife was President), kept track of individual soldiers and of troop movements, visited Washington. Temperance advocate. Member of American Antiquarian Society. Awarded honorary M.A. by Harvard in 1860, Doctor of Divinity in 1894. Published articles in Atlantic Monthly, Monthly Religious Magazine, Unitarian Review.