RHYNDES, John B.

RHYNDES, STAATS

Posted By: Gordon Felland (email)
Date: 1/8/2009 at 21:50:41

John B. Rhyndes, steward of the poor farm of Mitchell county, came to Iowa in the winter of 1855, when he located in Jenkins township where he entered government 1and. Until the year he entered the service of the United Slates, he was engaged in the improvement of his land, and encountered all the privations of pioneer life. Mr. Rhyndes was born in Dutchess Co., N. Y., Sept. 25, 1829. He was trained to agricultural pursuits, and at twenty years of age moved to Saratoga county, and thence to Broome county. His next removal was to Iowa. In 1862 he enlisted in company K, 27th regiment, Iowa Volunteers, and served until the close of the war. In 1865 he sold his farm in Jenkins township and went to Osage City, where he was variously employed until May 2, 1881, when he was appointed to his present position. He was married in Broome Co., N. Y., Jan. 12, 1852, to Catherine A., daughter of John V. and Martha Staats. Mr. Rhyndes aided in the organization of the township of Jenkins, and was elected one of the first township officers.

Source: History of Mitchell and Worth Counties, Iowa, 1883, page 282.