RYNDES, John B. 1829-1916
RYNDES, RHYNDES, STAATS
Posted By: S. Ferrall - IAGenWeb volunteer
Date: 1/3/2015 at 16:02:16
Osage, Iowa, Nov. 17 - The death of John B. Rhyndes, a pioneer of Mitchell county, occurred yesterday at his home on Tenth street.
Mr. Rhyndes was born eighty-seven years ago in Dutchess county, New York. He came to this county in 1855.
In 1862 he enlisted in Company K, Twenty-seventh regiment, Iowa Volunteers, serving until the close of the war.
He served as steward of the county poor farm for ten years. He was married in 1852 to Catherine Staats who preceded him in death less than one month ago.
~Dubuque Telegraph Herald, Friday, Nov. 17, 1916
~Notes: surname is spelled Rhyndes throughout the obit; his gravestone in the Osage City Cemetery spells it as Ryndes, with birth year 1829.
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