Samuel Williams Reynolds (August 11, 1890March 20, 1988) was a

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Biography

Reynolds was born in

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, on August 11, 1890. In 1908, he engaged in the Omaha wholesale coal business. During

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, Reynolds served in the

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. He later became a colonel and served as the director of the Army Specialist Corps in Omaha from 1942 to 1943. He was a delegate to the 1936 Republican National Convention. In 1954, Reynolds was appointed by Governor Robert B. Crosby to the

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to fill the open seat caused by the death of Hugh Butler. He declined to run for the office that year and resumed selling coal. He subsequently became a member of the Omaha City Council from 1957 to 1958. Reynolds lived in Omaha until his death in 1988. He was interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.

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