Allegheny County PA Archives Obituaries.....Reniers, Peter October 26, 1894
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Pittsburgh Leader, Oct. 28, 1894
DEATH'S CALL.
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Peter C. Reniers, One of the Finest
Sculptors in Pittsburgh.

P. C. Reniers, one of the finest sculptors in the city, died on Friday morning,
at the residence of his son, Thomas Reniers, No. 225 Elliott street, Brushton.
He was at the marble works the Saturday previous, and feeling slightly
indisposed, he went to the home of his son, instead of returning to his own
residence at Turtle Creek. He was taken with sharp pain in the night and in very
short time was delirious. A physicial was hastily summoned, he pronouncing the
trouble an attack of pneumonia, and declaring that recovery was impossible.
Despite all care and attention, Mr. Reniers passed away, thus ending a long and
useful life.

Peter Charles Reniers was born in Antwerp, Belgium, March 28, 1825. In 1848 he
came to America, first locating in Cincinnati. In '51 he came to Pittsburgh, and
at different times was connected with the firms of W. W. Wallace and John Lawton.

About that time he married the niece of Mr. Lawton, Miss Hannah Armitage,
shortly afterward moving to Philadelphia, on account of his health. When there
he was connected with the firms of John Baird and J. F. Jacobi. He returned to
Pittsburgh in the early '60s, starting in business for himself on Liberty
street, removing from there to Ninth, and from that location to 914 Penn avenue,
where he remained for a period of 16 years. During the last year he purchased
property and erected a shop and office at the new entrance of Homewood cemetery,
East End.

He was a sculptor of note, having made busts of Dr. Kane, the Arctic explorer;
President Pierce, Charles Spang, Alexander King, Thomas Scott, and other equally
well known men. He perfected himself in his art in the schools of Paris. The
figures on St. Paul's cathedral were cut by him, likewise those on St. Peter's,
in Allegheny. General Hay's monument, in Allegheny cemetery, was his work; also
the Kearney monument, in St. Mary's cemetery, and the magnificent altar donated
to Trinity church by the late J. H. Shoenberger.

His wife and five of a family of six children survive him: C. J., The oldest
son, at present in New York; Miss Mollie, who resides with her mother at Turtle
Creek; Mrs William Bentley, of Rochester; Thomas and William Reniers, who were
connected with their father in business. The deceased was a loving husband, kind
father and true friend and is mourned by a host of friends.

The remains were taken to the old home at Turtle Creek where funeral services
will be held on Monday at 1 P. M. The pallbearers will be as follows: Charles
McKenna, David Woods, William Bentley, William McMillan, David Caruthers and
James Dykeman.

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