Simon P. Rinehart (1833-1921)

CARVER, COUGHENOUR, FLEMING, RINEHART, SCHOONOVER, SISLER, SMITH

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Date: 8/23/2006 at 21:41:34

RHINEHART**, SIMON P. (1833-1921)

THE MAXWELL TRIBUNE, Maxwell, Story County, Iowa, Thursday, September 22, 1921, page 1, column 5. “SIMON P. RHINEHART – On the morning of September 18, 1921, the spirit of Simon P. Rinehart** was called from the body that has been racked with pain and paralysis. He was the son of Jonathan and Susan Rinehart and an offspring of a sturdy family in whose veins ran blood of pioneer spirit and love of religious experience. He was born in Washington county, Maryland, April 10, 1833, and spent his boyhood near Hagerstown, a name known unto every historian in the United Brethren in Christ. It was there that he chose the church of his fathers whose names are associated with the early life of the denomination and was loyal unto it at all times. For a score and a half and more years he has been a dependable member in act and prayer of Dalton class of Collins charge. He was the youngest son of his parents, all of whom reached maturity and the last to stay in the midst of men. When twelve years of age he came to Illinois, where he developed the manhood that has proved itself to his family and friends. On January 30, 1861, he was united in marriage to Elizabeth Sisler. In the spring of 1866 they moved to Missouri, a year later located on a farm south of Colo, Iowa, where they built a home life and family circle that commanded the respect, goodwill and love of and still bears fruit among their neighbors. Retiring from the farm in 1902 they moved to Colo, where they resided until the death of the wife, October 4, 1917. Since that time he has made his home with a daughter, Mrs. Chas. E. Fleming. His family circle was numbered by eight, six daughters and two sons. Two daughters, Mrs. Mirella Jane Smith and Mrs. Emma May Coughenour, and one son Marion Elsworth, preceded him in death. Mrs. Lillian N. Schoonover, Mrs. Mary E. Carver, Mrs. Jessie G. Fleming and Sherman D. Rinehart, of Colo, and Mrs. Arta G. Coughenour, of Maxwell, survive to remember with joy the love and …. Twelve living grandchildren and five great grandchildren and numerous other relatives have a goodly heritage to look unto. The funeral was held in the Methodist church at Colo, September 20th. Rev. V. D. Stephens-Schierholz, his pastor preached from the text, “Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints.” Psa. 116:15. Rev. Adams, of Colo, and Rev. P. H. Schierholz, of Collins, assisted in the services. His body was carried to the grave by his six sons-in-law as was his wife’s and laid to rest by her side in the Colo cemetery.
**Editorial note - Spelling used from the original newspaper article.