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History of the Great Lakes
Illustrated, In Two Volumes, Vol. II
Chicago, J. H. Beers & Co., 1899

           [261]

               RALPH H. REYNOLDS, second engineer of the J. C. Gilchrist,
            is the son of CHARLES W. REYNOLDS, who was born in Buffalo, and
	    spent twelve years of his life as a marine engineer on the
	    Great Lakes, serving also on the gunboat Louisville as first
	    assistant during the Civil war. He died in 1874.
	       RALPH H. REYNOLDS was born August 21, 1872, at St. Joe,
	    Mich. When he was three months old his parents moved to South
	    Haven, same State, where he lived till he was seven years of
	    age, at that time removing to Chicago. The early years of his
	    life were spent in school, and at the close of his school days
	    he entered the shop where he served his time until 1888. In
	    that year he began the active life of a sailor, first shipping
	    on the Alfred P. Wright, on which he acted as second cook the
	    first few trips, and then became watchman, remaining one year
	    as such. For the three years following he was greaser on the
	    same boat. During the World's Fair he took charge of an
	    electric launch for four months, and then spent the remainder
	    of the season as lookout on the Arthur Orr. He then served
	    three months as fireman upon the C. H. Bradley, and for a short
	    time was second engineer, then going on the Marina as greaser
	    for the remainder of the season. At the close he entered the
	    shipbuilding shops at Chicago, where he had previously spent
	    several winters, and remained until the spring of 1895, when he
	    went on the Fred Kelley as second, remaining six months and
	    finishing the season on the Zenith City as greaser. He then
	    entered the shops again, continuing there until in August,
	    1896, he came on the J. C. Gilchrist to the position which he
	    now holds.
               MR. REYNOLDS is a single man. His future seems one of
            promise in marine life, for he has thus far filled all posi-
            tions in a manner which has gained for him the utmost confi-
            dence of his employers.

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