Biographical Sketch of Henry RENNARD (1893); Chester County, PA Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by John Morris . *********************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: Printing this file within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** Source: "Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Chester County, Pennsyl- vania, comprising a historical sketch of the county," by Samuel T. Wiley and edited by Winfield Scott Garner, Gresham Publishing Company, Phila- delphia, PA, 1893, page 542. "HENRY RENNARD, the subject of this sketch, was the son of Jacob and Mary Rennard, and was born in Schuylkill township, near Valley Forge, August 25, 1805. His early life was spent in farming on his father's farm. On November 10, 1830, he married Prudence, daughter of James and Elizabeth Miller, of West Vincent township, Chester county. He still continued farming at different places near Paoli, until 1858, when he purchased a fine farm of one hundred and twenty acres in Chester Valley, about two and one-half miles from Paoli. On this farm he lived until his death, September 18, 1882. The property is still in possession of his heirs. "Henry Rennard was a stanch republican all his life, and took an active part in politics. He was a strong supporter of the Union cause during the civil war, in which three of his sons took part. He was a Pres- byterian in his religious belief, being a member of the Great Valley Presbyterian church, the oldest Presbyterian church in Pennsylvania. He was the father of eleven children, ten of whom are still living: Mary E., William M., who married Sarah Little, March 6, 1877; Amanda, who married Joseph Roberts, March 18, 1863; Harry C., who died June 8, 1887; J. Harri- son, who married Margaret Pootens, January 11, 1870; Emma J.; Tamzine A.; Hilborn D., who married Sarah Rees, March 27, 1883; Winfield S., who married Debora Groff, March 25, 1886; Louis W., who married Fannie Stock- ton, September 20, 1887; and Teresa M., who married David Morgan, May 14, 1884. Prudence, the wife of Henry Rennard, died March 4, 1885."