Carroll County IN Archives Biographies.....Reinhart, Joseph 1865 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/in/infiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com March 28, 2006, 8:08 pm Author: John C. Odell (1916) JOSEPH REINHART. The history outlined in the following pages is that of a self-made man, who has surmounted the obstacles that have arisen from time to time through his agricultural career, and today stands forth as a substantial and well-to-do farmer of Washington township. He is a creditable descendant of pioneer German stock, carrying out their reputation for thrift and industry. Mr. Reinhart has carried his agricultural prusuits [sic] beyond the anxious point, so nearly akin to worry, and is enjoying the fruits of his efforts on his farm at Clymers, Indiana. Joseph Reinhart, farmer, Clymers, Washington township, Indiana, was born on February 13, 1865, in Marshall county, Illinois. His early youth was spent on a farm' and attending the district schools. When he was twenty-one years of age he rented a portion of his father's farm, and was married at the age of twenty-four years. When he started out on his own responsibility he was very poor, but by honest industry and fortified with a commendable ambition, he soon saved enough to buy a farm of one hundred and sixty-seven acres, situated near Logansport, Indiana, where he lived for live years and then sold out, coming on September 6, 1906, to the farm where he now lives, and on which he has put extensive improvements. This place consists of eighty acres, and is situated one mile south of Clymers. Indiana, on route No. 33. Mr. Reinhart is a son of Lewis and Mary (Isenminger) Reinhart. Politically, he has always voted the Democratic ticket, but has never been active in local politics, although taking a deep interest in the advancement of his township. In religion, both Mr. Reinhart and his wife are members of the Catholic church at Logansport, Indiana. Lewis Reinhart, father of our subject, was born in France, and at the age of nine years came with his parents to the United States, locating at Peoria, Illinois, where he spent his early youth and lived until he was married. He was an excellent farm manager, and there made enough, entirely through his own efforts, to buy a tract of two hundred and forty acres, and was considered an eminently successful farmer. His wife was Mary (Isenminger) Reinhart, who died in January, 1875. He died May 18, 1915. They were the parents of seven children—Kate, George, Ed., Lewis, Tillie, Joseph and Peter. Kate Reinhart became the wife of Richard Scott; George Reinhart, who lives in Paulding county, Illinois; Ed Reinhart, of Hayes, Illinois; Lewis, our subject; Tillie Reinhart was married to James Roe, of Hayes, Illinois. After the death of his first wife, Mr. Reinhart was again married, to which union five children were born—John, Fred, Clara, Emma and Agnes. Joseph Reinhart was united in marriage in January, 1889, with Margaret Yager. She was born in Indiana, where she was reared. Mr. and Mrs. Reinhart have two children living—Adaline, who graduated from the Catholic school at Logansport, Indiana, and Caroline, a graduate from the same school, and has considerable talent as a vocal artist. Mr. and Mrs. Reinhart are quiet, but energetic people, and their beautiful and well-improved farm is the admiration of the community in which they reside. Additional Comments: Extracted from: HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY INDIANA ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS BY JOHN C ODELL With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families ILLUSTRATED 1916 B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc. Indianapolis, Indiana File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/in/carroll/bios/reinhart272nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/infiles/ File size: 4.1 Kb