Rinehart, William H.

RINEHART

Posted By: Joyce Hickman (email)
Date: 9/23/2008 at 13:44:22

William H. Rinehart

(From the 1883 History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, by J. H. Keatley, p.166, Macedonia Twp.)
William H. Rinehart, farmer, P. O. Macedonia, was born in New York City October 7, 1826, son of John and Susan M. (Livers) Rinehart; he, born February 18, 1800, in York County, Penn., is a carpenter by trade, living in Illinois. Subject's mother was born in Baltimore, Md., March 5, 1805, and died December 29, 1881; she was the mother of seven boys and three girls. Mr. Rinehart learned the painter's trade in Warrensville, Ill., which trade he followed in that town and vicinity till about 1852, when he came to Iowa and settled in Manteno, Shelby County. In the latter place, he followed his trade for about two years, then rented a farm in Mills County for two years, thence to Pottawattamie County, where, after renting land for three years, he bought 120 acres where he now lives, on the west bank of the Nishnabotna River. This farm which was purchased May 29, 1872, is one and a half miles southwest of Macedonia. Mr. Rinehart enlisted in the Twenty-ninth Iowa Infantry, and served two years and eleven months, the last year of his service he was driver for Gen. Steele. Mr. Rinehart was married in Illinois, July 4, 1850, to Elizabeth Pelham, born in England November 21, 1829, daughter of George and Louisa Pelham; he, born in England March 19, 1809, is living in Illinois; she, born in England, December 28, 1809, lives in Illinois and is the mother of six children. Mr. and Mrs. Rinehart have eight children - George J., born March 8, 1851; Henry T., April 14, 1853; Lydia Jane, February 6, 1856; Almeda L., January 1, 1858; Adelah E., July 20, 1860; Minnie May, September 14, 1866; Warren L. G., January 13, 1869, and Rose Altha, born July 6, 1870. Mr. Rinehart is a Mason and a firm Republican.