Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Reniff, Lorenzo 1819 - 
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Author: History Grundy County 1882

Lorenzo Reniff, farmer, P. O. Wauponsee. The subject of this sketch is a 
native of Massachusetts, born July 24, 1819; son of Daniel and Rhoda (Cummins) 
Reniff; raised and educated in Franklin County, Mass.; by trade a carpenter. 
He came to Illinois in 1842, and located in Putnam County, where he lived 
twelve years. Here he was married, December 25, 1848, to Miss Lutheria E. 
Chittenden, daughter of Daniel and Mary Chittenden; she was born in the State 
of New York, March 19, 1831, and came to Illinois when six years old. They 
have a family of five children - Lucius M. Reniff, born in Putnam County July 
22, 1850, married to Miss Jennie Lord, daughter of Abram Lord, of Morris, 
September 29, 1872; Grace E. Reniff, born February 22, 1853, married to Bruce 
Cooper, February 22, 1874, died in Norman Township May 2, 1875; Clara A. 
Reniff, born April 2, 1856, and married to Eugene Van Atta, March 3, 1878; Ida 
M. Reniff, born February 21, 1859; Herman G. Reniff, born March 28, 1865. 
Subject moved to Grundy County in December, 1853, and settled in Norman 
Township, where he now lives. He owns a farm of 120 acres in Sections 14 and 
26. Residence, eight miles southwest from Morris; land valued at $50 an acre. 
Mr. Reniff's father died in this county in August, 1861, and his mother in 
February, 1864. Mrs. Reniff is a member of the Zion Methodist Episcopal 
Church, of Norman Township. Her mother, Mary A. (Lowel) Chittenden, was born 
in Vermont January 24, 1806, and died in Grundy County July 13, 1881. Her 
father was a native of York State, where he died in 1837.

Additional Comments:
Source: History of Grundy County, Illinois. (1882) Chicago: O.L. Baskin & Co. 
Historical Publishers.

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