+BIOGRAPHIES

Source:
Portrait and Biographical Album
of Warren County, Illinois
containing
Full Page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent
and Representative Citizens of the County,
together with
Portraits and Biographies of all the Governors of Illinois, and
of the Presidents of the United States,
Also Containing A History of the County, from its Earliest Settlement
up to the Present Time.
Chicago:
Chapman Brothers.
1886
 

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DAVID W. RHINEHART, proprietor of a quarter-section lf land located on section 34, Hale Township, where he besides and where he is engaged in the active labors of agriculturist, is a native of New York State, having been born in Ulster, County, Oct. 14, 1824.  The parents of Mr. Rhinehart were William and Maria (Jansen) Rhinehart, they both being natives of Ulster Co., N. Y.  The father died in October, 1883.  The mother still survives and lives in New York.  They were of the old Huguenot stock, coming to this country at an early day.  Mr. Rhinehart continued to reside in his native county until he attained the age of 29 years, receiving the education afforded by the common schools and passing the major portion of his time until that age on the farm.      In 1853, David W. Rhinehart emigrated from New York to this county, and for two years was engaged in farming on rented land.  He then purchased a quarter-section of land on section 34, Hale Township, and at once entered actively and vigorously upon its improvement and cultivation.  He erected a good residence, barn and outbuildings and to-day has the entire quarter-section in an advanced state of cultivation, and the place is indicative of that ability which he possesses in the vocation which he has chosen for a life-time pursuit.      Miss Maria Bruyn, sister of Mrs. Jeremiah Hoornbeck, whose sketch is given elsewhere in this volume, on the 17th of November, 1853, in the busy and enterprising little city of Monmouth, became the wife of the subject of this notice.  She was born in Ulster Co., N.Y., Mar. 18, 1832, and during their 32 years of married life eight children have been to them, whose names are:  William, Nathaniel B., Lefever, Headley, John, Cornelia, Laura E. and Charles J.  William resides in Missouri; Nathaniel lives in Iowa, and the remaining children live at home.      Mr. Rhinehart, although a gentleman who has no craving for public office, preferring to attend, strictly to the business of his farm life, has held the office of Overseer of Highways.  He and his wife are strict Presbyterians, and in politics Mr. R. votes with the indorses the platform of the Democratic party. Source:  Portrait and Biographical Album - Publ. Chicago: Chapman Bros. 1886 - pp. 211-212 Click Here for Copy from Book