Biographical Sketch of Lafayette D. Rennaux, M.D., Crawford County, MO

>From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and 
Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing 
Company, 1888.

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Lafayette D. Rennaux, M. D., was born in Stone County, Ark., in 1857
and is the eldest of the three children of Stanislus D. and Polly A.
(Hudson) Rennaux.  The parents died within eight days of each other,
when Lafayette D. was but five years of age, who, with his younger
sister, was taken by an uncle, Jerry King, of Crawford County, MO.
When but eleven months of age the sister was separated from her bro-
ther by death, and Lafayette D. is now the only surviving member of
the family.  When eighteen years of age he left his uncle, up to that
time having received no education, but seeing the necessity of study
he industriously applied himself, working on a farm and doing any
honorable business for wages, and studying at any available moment.
He later attended school eight and one-half months at Salem, MO., 
and taught seven terms in the country school.  In 1879 he began the
study of medicine under M. M. Hamlin, M. D., at Gray's Summit, and
in 1880 entered the American Medical College at St. Louis, MO., from
which institution he received a diploma in 1883.  He began the prac-
tice of his chosen profession in Robertsville, Franklin Co., MO.,
where he met with well-merited success as a rising young physician.
In 1885 he was married to Sarah A., daughter of William R. and Somira
A. (Davidson) Davis.  One son, Courtney F., has blessed this union.
The Doctor is a stanch Republican, and cast his first presidential
vote for James G. Blaine.  He and wife are highly respected members
of the United Baptist Church.

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