Thursday, May 6, 2021

Lorenzo Reynolds



Lorenzo Reynolds is my great great grandfather. He was born in Michigan in pioneer days and was injured building a barn with his father. He became Treasurer of Hillsdale College, and was a staunch fan of the town even after things at the college went south. He was a little bitter at the way he was treated, but he was an excellent writer and got it all down on paper. I found it in my collection of materials that I inherited. His daughter, Julia Reynolds, married my great grandfather Will Leverett - a book about them is coming, but not tomorrow.

Catherine Mauer

My father, James R. Leverett Jr., once said that most people have pleasant memories of their maternal grandmothers, but he had no pleasant m...