Whiteside County IL Archives Biographies.....Renner, John R 
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Author: Portrait/Bio Album, Whiteside County IL 1885

John R. Renner, farmer, section 18, Hahnaman Township, is a son of William and 
Elmina (Rheinhart) Renner, natives of Pennsylvania, who married and lived in 
that State until Dec., 1842, when they emigrated West, and, after spending the 
ensuing winter at Deer Grove, Hahnaman Township, this county, removed to 
Bureau County, this State. There they resided until 1859, when they returned 
to Hahnaman Township, settling upon section 17, where they resided until Mr. 
Renner's death, which occurred Nov. 20, 1859. They had a family of 11 
children, whose names were William D., Emanuel, Uriah, John R., Thomas, James, 
Margaret J., Susan E., Ruth, Frank and Freddie. Mrs. Renner was again married, 
in Tampico Township, to William K. Harvey, who afterward died in Hahnaman 
Township, Feb. 28, 1862. Mrs. H. was again married in February, 1867, in 
Hahnaman Township, to William Beal, who died in Iowa about 1871. Mrs. Beal is 
the owner of 80 acres of land in Hahnaman Township, all of which is in a state 
of cultivation. Mr. John R. Renner, the fourth in order of birth in his 
parents' family of children, was born in Greene Co., Pa., Feb. 17, 1842, and 
was a young child when his parents moved with him to this county, since which 
time he has lived in this and Bureau Counties. His education was such as was 
common to farmers' sons. Aug. 15, 1862, he enlisted in the 112th Regt. Ill. 
Inf., and served nearly three years in the cause of the Union, participating 
in numerous battles and skirmishes. While on picket duty at Columbia, Tenn., 
in November, 1864, he was taken prisoner, in company with thirty comrades of 
his regiment, and was confined in the awful prison at Andersonville most of 
the time for five months, when the war closed and he was consequently 
liberated, barely escaping with his life. He received his discharge at 
Springfield, Ill., and returned to this county, where he has since made his 
residence and followed agricultural pursuits. He now owns 228 acres of land, 
130 of which is in a good state of cultivation. He is a member of Samuel G. 
Steadman Post, G. A. R. In his political views he is a Republican, and he has 
held the offices of Road Commissioner, School Director and Overseer, of 
Highways.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Whiteside County, Illinois, Containing Full-
page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens of the County. Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1885.

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