I live in Staffordshire, in England, and my cousin now lives in Melbourne, OZ.  We share a Grandfather, Thomas Reynolds SMITH, who was born in England in 1882.  He was illegitimate and was named after his Father, Thomas REYNOLDS.  After a long time, I have established that Thomas REYNOLDS left the U.K. to emigrate to the U.S. in 1881 within a few weeks of our Grandfather's Mother becoming pregnant.  After marrying Jane Elizabeth BEXSON in Colchester, McDonough Co. in 1885, Thomas REYNOLDS and his new wife settled in Canton, in Fulton County, Illinois. She was also English.  She had entered the U.S. one year after her husband. 

With the help of many kind folk in the U.S. and a copy of the death certificate and cemetery details, I have been able to find what became of Thomas REYNOLDS.  My cousin and I are now anxious to try and find a photograph of him.  Can anybody help with any suggestions?

Here is such information as I have:

The couple were childless.

He died on 19 April 1930 aged 74 at 936 North 6th Avenue, Canton.  She died on 7 February 1938 aged 73 at 843 North 9th Avenue, Canton .  They are both buried in Greenwood Cemetery.

Thomas was a coal miner, born in South Shields in Co. Durham in England.  His U.S. death certificate has all the correct U.K references.

Many members of his wife’s family – called BEXSON emigrated to the U.S at the same time.  They were the only relations, and it was Jane Elizabeth’s Brother - Albert BEXSON who registered the death of Thomas REYNOLDS.

I have written to the Fulton Co. Courthouse enquiring about a copy of Thomas’s Will, but have received no reply.  Unless the local paper carried an Obit. which contained a photograph of Thomas REYNOLDS, the only possibility of obtaining a photograph, it seems to me, is through a BEXSON family member

Any assistance would be VERY much appreciated