Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Reinhart, Joshua D. K.
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Richland Township N-Z


   JOSHUA D. K. REINHART retired, P.O. Richland Center, was 
born December 16, 1827, in South Whitehall township, Lehigh 
county, and came to this county in 1857.  His father, George 
M. Reinhart, a native of Berks county, married Catherine 
Glick, and had by her four children, of whom our subject was 
the youngest.  He was reared to farming pursuits, and at the 
age of 16 left home, and began for himself, working on a 
farm, and receiving a good education.  He began teaching 
school, and clerked in stores, and in 1855 engaged in the 
mercantile business in Lehigh county.  Two years later he 
came to this county, and in Richland township opened a 
store, which he continued but one year, when he moved to 
Trumbauersville where he remained until 1875.  In 1858 he 
was appointed postmaster and in 1860 elected justice of the 
peace.  He served in that capacity until the fall of 1875, 
when he was elected sheriff of the county, and served one 
term.  He then returned to Trumbauersville, where he 
remained until August, 1883, when he came here.  He is not 
now actively engaged, but carries on a store in this place.  
He was married October 24, 1854, to Susanna, daughter of 
Daniel and Susanna (Mangle) Hofford; they have two children: 
 a son named Hercules, and a daughter Vessie.  He is a 
member of the Lutheran church, and his wife of the Reformed 
church.