BIO: George RENECKER, Huntingdon County, PA

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Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley: 
Comprising the Counties of Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata and Perry, 
Pennsylvania, Containing Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens and Many of the Early Settlers.  Chambersburg, Pa.: J. M. 
Runk & Co., 1897, page 345-346.
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  GEORGE RENECKER, a retired farmer, of Cromwell township, Huntingdon 
county, was born in 1842, in Manheim township, York county, son of John 
and Mary (Poe) Renecker. He was educated in the public schools of his 
native township, but when thirteen or fourteen years old, lost his 
father by death. When he was fifteen years old, his mother removed to 
Huntingdon county, settling on a farm near Three Springs. After staying 
here several years, Mr. Renecker married Miss Catharine Swartz at Three 
Springs. Their children are: Malinda and Lucinda, twins; Anna Mary; and 
Rebecca. After marriage he bought in Cromwell township a farm of 164 
acres in Aughwick valley; he lived there about twenty years, then 
rented it and bought his present home of 16 acres, upon which he leads 
a retired life. In politics he is a staunch Democrat; in religious 
belief he is identified with the Dunkard church in Hill valley. His 
father, a day laborer, was never able to do a hard day's work, and died 
in York county about 1854. His mother, who was of the Dunkard faith, 
passed away in 1880. He was the only child, but he has a step-sister by 
a former marriage, Miss Sarah, a maiden lady. The Renecker family came 
originally from Holland, and have spread over much of Pennsylvania.