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work. His native industry and his capability
of physical endurance have made
this success possible, with the love of the
work through which he has acquired consummate
skill.
Dr. Staub is a prominent figure in the
Stamford of to-day, and is held in high
esteem by the medical fraternity through-
out the County and State. He is inter-
ested in all political questions, and takes
such active part in public life as his duties
leave him opportunity for. He is a mem-
ber of the Stamford Board of Health ; of
the City, County and State Medical so-
cieties, and the American Medical Asso-
ciation. Socially he is connected with
Union Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted
Rittenhouse Chapter, Royal
Masons ;
Arch Masons ; and Puritan Lodge, Independent
Order of Odd Fellows.
Dr. Staub married Annie Graver,
daughter of Alfred Graver, of Jackson,
Michigan, and they have one child, How-
ard Randall, born October 21, 1903.
REYNOLDS, Robert A.,
Head of Important Business.
Among the prominent business men of
the city of Stamford, Connecticut, Robert
A. Reynolds has won a well deserved
place. Through his own initiative and
perseverance he has attained success.
Starting in life with but the foundation
of a common school education, he has
overcome many obstacles in reaching his
present position, and this proves him to
be possessed of more than the average
amount of those qualities which make for
success. Mr. Reynolds was born March
31, 1854, in New Castle, New York, son
of George W. and Mary (Potter) Rey-
nolds.
George W. Reynolds, father of Robert
A. Reynolds, was born in New Castle,
New York, a son of Augustus Reynolds,
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a native of New Castle. He was a shoemaker
by trade. At the outbreak of the
Civil War, he enlisted in the Union cause
and was one of those who made the supreme
sacrifice, his death occurring at the
battle of Chancellorsville in 1863. George
W. Reynolds married Mary Potter, and
they were the parents of four children,
three of whom grew up. They are: 1.
G. Frank, now deceased. 2. Robert A.,
of further mention. 3. Elbert W., a
wholesale jeweler of Los Angeles, Cali-
fornia. The Reynolds family were regu-
lar attendants of the Methodist Episcopal
church.
Robert A. Reynolds attended the pub-
lic schools of New Castle, and at the
early age of thirteen started to make his
way in the world. In 1870 he removed
to Stamford, Connecticut, and there entered
the employ of the Yale & Towne
Manufacturing Company, as an appren-
tice. For thirty-three years he continued
associated with this firm, the last ten
years of which he was superintendent of
their hardware department. Possessed
of a very receptive mind, Mr. Reynolds
had mastered the hardware business to
the smallest detail, and in 1903 he found
himself in the position which is the am-
bition of every man in business, and that
was to enter business on his own account.
Accordingly he opened a new store, and
a year later he had the pleasure of admitting
his son to partnership. In May,
1910, the business was incorporated as
the R. A. Reynolds & Son Company, with
Robert A. Reynolds as president and
treasurer, and Clifford E. Reynolds as
secretary. Their business is both retail
and wholesale, and their territory covers
Eastern New York, New Jersey and
Southern Connecticut.
In addition to his business interests,
Mr. Reynolds takes an active interest in
the fraternal and social life of Stamford.