Nobles County MN Archives Biographies.....Renshaw, W. C. 1849 - 
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Author: Arthur P. Rose (1908)

  W. C. RENSHAW, Dewald township farmer, resides only a short distance from the

village of Rushmore. He owns and farms the southeast quarter of section 17.



  Mr. Renshaw is of Scotch and Dutch descent and was born in Fayette county,

Pennsylvania, June 23, 1849. His father was Thomas F. Renshaw, who was born in

Fayette county, Pa., in 1813 and died Oct. 31, 1866. Our subject's mother was

Mary Ann (McKean) Renshaw, who was also a native of Fayette county. She was born

in 1822 and died Nov. 3, 1851.



  Our subject was raised on a farm and was educated in the public schools of his

native county. In the spring of 1865 the family moved to Clayton county, Iowa,

and there Mr. Renshaw lived eleven years, during the greater part of which time

he engaged in farming. In 1876 he moved to Sac county, Iowa, where he farmed

until the spring of 1903. He then came to Nobles county, bought his farm and has

resided there since. Mr. Renshaw was one of the organizers of the Rushmore

Cooperative Creamery company and is its president. During the last four years he

has held the office of chairman of the Dewald township board.



  In Prairie du Chien, Wis., on June 18, 1872, Mr. Renshaw was united in

marriage to Dora J. Ames, daughter of Barnabos and Mary Ames, of New York state.

To Mr. and Mrs. Renshaw have been born the following children: Carl, born Aug.

27, 1873, died Sept. 4, 1875; Maud, born Sept. 4, 1875, died Jan. 8, 1884;

Thomas McKean, born Nov. 25, 1877; Alfred W., born June 3, 1880; Edgar A., born

Nov. 15, 1882; Wilbur F., born Nov. 13, 1885; Ethel M., born Aug. 28, 1888; Lois

N., born April 25, 1890; Solon B., born Nov. 17, 1892.



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AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF NOBLES COUNTY

MINNESOTA

BY

ARTHUR P. ROSE



NORTHERN HISTORY PUBLISHING COMPANY 



WORTHINGTON, MINNESOTA 

PUBLISHERS

1908



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