For
Muscatine County Iowa
1911
| Biographies For Muscatine County Iowa 1911 | |
Source: History of Muscatine County Iowa, Volume II, Biographical, 1911, page 565
FREDERICK RINNERT....Frederick Rinnert, whose well cultivated farm is located in Montpelier township, Muscatine county, is of good German ancestry and in his life has shown many of the worthy traits of the Teutonic race. He was born in the township where he now lives, December 15, 1854, being a son of Peter and Catherine Rinnert, both of whom were natives of Bavaria, Germany. The parents were married in the fatherland and came to America in 1852. Peter Rinnert was not provided very abundantly with this worlds goods at that time but he was an ambitious and industrious man of excellent character and in Muscatine county,Iowa, he found a field that it seemed to him would yield richly if well cultivated. Accordungly, after working for wages for one year and accumulating sufficient money, he purchased twenty acres of wild land, which he proceeded to clear and which became the nucleus of a farm of five hundred and twenty acres acquired by his good management. At the time of his death, which occurred November 24, 1903, at Davenport, Iowa, to which place he had retired from active labor, he was the owner of three hundred and forty-five acres, having sold a part of the original farm. For many years he operated a threshing machine and was very popular among his neighbors on account of his ability and genial nature. He was a public-spirited man and a warm friend of education, serving most acceptably as member of the school board. Politically he gave his adherence to the democratic party and in religious belief was a Catholic. There were six children in the family of Mr. and Mrs. Rinnert, five of whom are now living.Frederick Rinnert received his early education in the district schools of Davenport. He assisted upon the home farm until twenty-five years of age and then purchased eighty-five acres of land in Montpelier township, where he established his home. Like his father, he is the possessor of good business sagacity and is now the owner of three hundred and ten acres, which comprises one of the desirable farms in the township. He has erected a handsome and commodious two story residence, a large barn, ample outhouses and he has also made many other improvements, greatly adding to the value of the property. For thirty-nine years he has been engaged each season in threshing grain for farmers of the locality and is one of the active and prominent men in this line in Muscatine county. As a general farmer he has gained high standing and each year adds handsomely to his financial resources.
In 1880 Mr. Rinnert was united in marriage to Miss Cersentia Stecher, a daughter of Frank Stecher. Four children have blessed this union, Josephine, Frederick, Teglah and Bonnie. Mr. Rinnert politically is not identified with any of the organizations but votes independently, preferring to cast his ballot for the man rather than the party. He is a stanch friend of education and has served upon the board for twenty-two years and as member of the board of township trustees for two years. In religious belief he adheres to the Catholic church, whose teachings he accepts as those enunciated in holy writ. He is recognized as a man of unusual energy, who would have made a success of any business that might have attracted his attention. He had the necessary characteristics of patience, perseverance, grit and sound judgment and is today one of the leaders of the community, never failing to command the esteem of all who come in contact with him.
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