John Regenwether

REGENWETHER, ENTRINGER, PENNY

Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 8/19/2010 at 07:45:45

History of Jackson County, Iowa, 1910, J. W. Ellis

JOHN REGENWETHER

John Regenwether, who passed away on the 20th of September, 1898, was for many years actively and successfully identified with agricultural interests in Jackson township. His birth occurred in Germany on the 2d of November, 1854, his parents being Peter and Margaret Regenwether, who emigrated to the United States in August, 1856, and who are now deceased. He devoted his time and energies to the work of farming throughout his active business career and became quite an extensive landowner. Since his demise his widow has given her supervision to the operation of the home farm of two hundred and forty acres in Jackson township, this county, and derives therefrom a gratifying annual income.
In 1881 Mr. Regenwether was united in marriage to Miss Katherine Entringer, who was born in Tete des Morts township, on the 25th of September, 1859. Her parents, Michael and Susanna (Penny) Entringer, both of whom were natives of Germany, crossed the Atlantic to the new world in an early day and took up their abode in this county. The father still survives at the age of seventy-five years. Mrs. Regenwether was one of a family of eleven children. By her marriage she became the mother of nine children, as follows: Michael, who resides in Maquoketa and is now the deputy sheriff of Jackson county; Susanna, Peter and Anton, all of whom are at home; Mary, the wife of Arthur Hanson, of Preston, Iowa; and Nicholas, Jacob, John and Joseph, who are likewise still at homeMr. Regenwether was a staunch democrat in his political views and an active worker in the local ranks of the party. He was reared a Catholic and passed away in the faith of that church on the 20th of September, 1898, when about forty-four years of age, his remains being interred in the Spring Brook cemetery. He was well known and highly esteemed throughout the community as a prosperous farmer and public spirited citizen and his death was sincerely mourned by his many friends. His widow and children are all faithful communicants of the Catholic church. Mrs. Regenwether has spent her entire life in this county and is a woman whose many good traits of heart and mind have endeared her to all with whom she has come in contact.

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