"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL."
CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884.
F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE
JACKSON TOWNSHIP AND MORGANTOWN
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HENRY RENNER, proprietor of a saw mill and grist mill at Mahalasville, also
a farmer and stock-raiser, was born January 15, 1828, in Wayne County, Ohio,
and is the second child of Philip and Mary (Bidleman) Renner; the former a
native of Pennsylvania, the latter of Ohio, and both of German extraction,
who came to this section in 1839. Henry Renner was brought up to the farm
and the school, thus acquiring some education and learning the farming
vocation. By industry and frugality, he has acquired a good property, having
a fine farm of 246 acres, much cultivated and variously improved; he is
also in enjoyment of a liberal patronage in his mills and purchases grain
largely. January 15, 1852, he married Miss Jane, a daughter of James and
Mary A. Gibbs, to which union eight in family have bestowed--Philip, Mary,
Eliza E., James W., Martha A., Louisa, Retta and Eddie. Mr. Renner is a
gentleman of enterprise and liberality, an uncompromising Democrat and a
worthy citizen. Mrs. Renner is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
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