USA > Pennsylvania > Lehigh County > History of Lehigh county, Pennsylvania and a genealogical and biographical record of its families, Vol. III > Part 54
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45 | Part 46 | Part 47 | Part 48 | Part 49 | Part 50 | Part 51 | Part 52 | Part 53 | Part 54 | Part 55 | Part 56 | Part 57 | Part 58 | Part 59 | Part 60 | Part 61 | Part 62 | Part 63 | Part 64 | Part 65 | Part 66 | Part 67 | Part 68 | Part 69 | Part 70 | Part 71 | Part 72 | Part 73 | Part 74 | Part 75 | Part 76 | Part 77 | Part 78 | Part 79 | Part 80 | Part 81 | Part 82 | Part 83 | Part 84 | Part 85 | Part 86 | Part 87 | Part 88 | Part 89 | Part 90 | Part 91 | Part 92 | Part 93 | Part 94 | Part 95 | Part 96 | Part 97 | Part 98 | Part 99 | Part 100 | Part 101 | Part 102 | Part 103 | Part 104 | Part 105 | Part 106 | Part 107 | Part 108 | Part 109 | Part 110 | Part 111 | Part 112 | Part 113 | Part 114 | Part 115 | Part 116 | Part 117 | Part 118 | Part 119 | Part 120 | Part 121 | Part 122 | Part 123 | Part 124 | Part 125 | Part 126 | Part 127 | Part 128 | Part 129 | Part 130 | Part 131 | Part 132 | Part 133 | Part 134 | Part 135 | Part 136 | Part 137 | Part 138
In the Schnecksville parish Rev. Renninger was instrumental in securing fifteen candidates for the Lutheran ministry, and some also for the
Reformed ministry. In his ministrations as a Lutheran pastor, covering a period of fifty years, he has delightful recollections of the cordiality and encouragement extended to him by the dif- ferent parishes which he served, and he expresses himself as truly grateful for the opportunity he has had in serving the Father, through Jesus Christ, for so long a time and in so acceptable a manner.
RENNINGER FAMILY.
Wendel Renninger, the ancestor of the family in this country, was born in Wurtemberg in 1734 and came to Pennsylvania, settling in Mont- gomery county, in 1750. He died there in 1810.
AARON G. RENINGER.
He had six sons, the eldest of which was Jacob, who had three sons, one of which was John, the father of Reuben, Aaron, John, and Sallie.
Aaron G. Reninger, son of John Reninger and his wife, Elizabeth Gilbert, was born in Montgomery county, Nov. 27, 1815. His father died from disabilities received in the War of 1812 while his son was in his youth and he became a member of the Latshaw family. He engaged in various occupations and as a young man be- came associated in the general store business in
1044
HISTORY OF LEHIGH COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.
Weisenberg township with Seth Grim. In the early 40's he came to Allentown, where he en- gaged in the mercantile business at the northwest corner of Seventh and Hamilton streets with Ephraim Grim, under the firm name of Grim & Reninger. The firm was burned out in the fire of 1848, later became Reninger & Shimer, and when Mr. Reninger sold his interests it became E. S. Shimer & Company, composed of E. S., Alexander, and Hiram Shimer. Subsequently Mr. Reninger again became associated with the business, which then became Shimer, Reninger & Company, until his son, Theodore D., entered the firm, when it became A. G. Reninger & Com- pany, which it remained until Mr. Reninger re- tired from business in 1893.
Mr. Reninger was a director of the Allentown Bank and a charter member of the Lehigh Coun- ty Agricultural Society, of which he was treas- urer for twenty years. At the time of the Mexi- can War he was a member of the Harrison Guards, which were prepared to enlist but were not called into service. He was a deacon and elder of Zion Reformed church for many years and was an active and prominent member, fre- quently serving as delegate to classis and synod. He was many years a trustee of the Reformed Church Theological Seminary, at Lancaster, and one of the organizers of the Allentown College for Women, of which he was a trustee and treasurer at the time of his death, March 29, 1894. Mr. Reninger married, June 19, 1849, Eliza Julia Schreiber, daughter of Jacob Schreib- er and his wife, Eve Catharine Leisenring. Mrs. Reninger was born July 15, 1822, and died Aug. I, 1898. They had five children: J. Jacob S .; Theodore D .; Elizabeth S., married to Charles Bachman, deceased, of Ottumwa, Iowa; Edward H .; and Margaret E., married to John E. Lentz, deceased.
John Jacob Schreiber Reninger, the eldest son, was born July 21, 1850, and died Oct. 10, 1911. He was survived by his wife, Ellen A., nee Blum- er, and three sons: Gilbert T., paying teller at Lehigh Valley Trust Company; Charles W., with W. H. Gangewere, contractor ; and Frank J., a draftsman; and four daughters: Mary E., E. Julia, Helen M., and C. Elizabeth. Mr. Reninger was one of the best known men in the community, having served a term as chief engi- neer of the city fire department, and continuously from his majority. to the time of his death, as secretary of the Republican Executive Committee of Lehigh county. At the time of his death he was alderman of the Fifth ward. He was edu- cated at the "Allentown Academy." He was engaged principally as an accountant, and served a number of years as clerk of select council.
Theodore D. Reninger was born March 8, 1852, and was educated at the Allentown Acad- emy. He associated with his father in the mer- cantile business and continued until the firm of A. G. Reninger & Company went out of busi- ness. He has ever since been in charge of the Allentown branch of Drake & Company, whole- sale grocers. He was married in 1881, to Ida L. Clewell.
EDWARD H. RENINGER, EsQ.
Edward H. Reninger was born in Allentown, April 23, 1857. He was educated in the schools of the city, the Allentown Academy, and the preparatory department of Muhlenberg College, and was graduated with the degree of A. B. with the class of 1878, of Franklin and Marshall College. He entered upon the study of law with Morris L. Kauffman, was admitted to the bar in 1882, and then formed a partnership with his preceptor under the name of Kauffman & Ren- inger. He was one of the organizers of the Le- high Valley Trust Company in 1886, of which his firm became the counsel, and in October, 1893, he became treasurer of the trust company, a position which he has continuously filled most ably and acceptably. Mr. Reninger was at one time chairman of the Republican County Com- mittee and has always retained an active interest in politics, having been for a number of years a member of the Board of School Controllers, and a school director and controller for upwards of twenty years. He has been secretary of the Pennsylvania Bankers' Association and president of the trust company section, as well as a member of the executive committee of the trust company section of the American Bankers' Association. He is a member of the Livingston Club, Cham- ber of Commerce, St. Leger Club, Lehigh Coun- try Club, Lehigh County Historical Society, Penn- sylvania German Society, and Lehigh County Agricultural Society-member of executive com- mittee and president pro tem. He has taken a great interest in the Allentown hospital and is a trustee and treasurer of the Allentown Hospi- tal Association, and a trustee and former treas- urer of the Allentown College for Women. He is at the present time president of the Alumni Association of Franklin and Marshall. College. and is a member of the Board of Trustees of the College. He is a member of and has been a deacon and trustee in St. John's Reformed church.
Mr. Reninger married, April 24, 1884, Miss Clara L. Weinsheimer, daughter of Henry Wein- sheimer and his wife, Rebecca Saeger. Mr. and Mrs. Reninger have three children : Captain Henry A. Reninger, a graduate of Franklin and
Eng by E. G. Withuma & Bro.N.Y.
Edward F. Keninger
1045
GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL.
Marshall College, class of 1906, regimental ad- jutant of the Fourth Regiment, Pennsylvania National Guards, a special representative of the Lehigh Portland Cement Company; Evelyn, wife of John G. Candor, an attorney-at-law, of Williamsport, Pa .; and Estelle.
HON. CLAUDE TREXLER RENO.
Claude Trexler Reno, the son of Joseph F. Reno and Amelia J. Trexler (Reno) was born April 4, 1882, at Lyons, Berks county, Pa. His parents moved to 'Allentown, when he was six months old. He was educated in the Allentown public schools; graduated from Allentown high school with the class of 1900; attended Muhlen- berg College for two years; and was graduated from Dickinson School of Law, with highest hon- ors, in 1905, receiving the degree of LL.B.
He is editor of the official journal of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity, and the national secretary of that organization.
He was admitted to the bar of Lehigh county, Sept. 6, 1905; Northampton county, Dec. 6, 1906; Superior Court of Pennsylvania, Dec. 7, 1908; Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Feb. 4, 1907; was appointed sheriff's solicitor, 1906; elected county solicitor, 1909; elected as a Re- publican to the state legislature, November, 1910; defeated for congress, 1912.
Claude T. Reno was married, Aug. 14, 1906, to May Grim Appel.
REUBER FAMILY.
Joseph B. Reuber, of Joseph B. Reuber & Sons, Allentown Fence Works, was born July 1, 1848, at Dusburg on the Rhine, in Germany. He, re- ceived his education there and became an iron- worker in structural and ornamental iron works, which he followed until his emigration to Amer- ica, in 1881. He landed at New York City, on April 6th, and after remaining at Perth Amboy for a time he proceeded to Allentown, Pa., and was engaged in the Allentown rolling mill until 1890, when he embarked in business for himself, in the Sixth ward under the name of the "Allen- town Fence .Works." He put up the necessary buildings and equipped them with machinery for the production of ornamental and structural iron work for buildings and fences, and he has since carried on this enterprise in a successful manner. The hands employed number eighteen. His two sons, Tilghman and Edmund, have become asso- ciated with him, and their trade extends through- out the United States.
Mr. Reuber was married to Alice Flugsteadt, of Germany, daughter of Henry, and they had five children: Marie; Magdalena, who died in infancy; Hannah, married Charles Vorckeller, a
florist in South Bethlehem; Tilghman H. and Edmund W.
TILGHMAN H. REUBER, son of Joseph B., was educated in the common schools and the American Business College. He was then em- ployed with his father for a few years, after which he took a practical course for a year with the Heckler Iron Works, of Brooklyn, N. Y. He is now the owner of a fourth interest in the firm of Jos. B. Reuber & Sons and is the travel- ing representative of the firm, his route as sales- man extending throughout the United States and Canada. In this department he has met with great success and the orders he secures enable the business to run constantly. He is a member of St. Paul's Lutheran church and of the fraternal orders of the Moose and the Eagles and the Franklin Fire Company.
EDMUND W. REUBER, son of Joseph B., after attending the city schools, took a course in mechanical drafting with the Scranton Corre- spondence School and is now a member of the firm of Jos. B. Reuber & Sons, with a fourth interest, and has charge of the office work and the drafting of plans, etc. He married Alice, daughter of Frank Snyder, of Allentown, and they have three children: Elsie H., Marie and Christian.
REX FAMILY.
The Rex family is one of the pioneer families of Washington township. The founder of this now numerous family was George Rex. He was born in Germany in 1682 and died in Washington township, Oct. 18, 1772. He and his wife, Bar- bara, after spending some time in Germantown, came to Heidelberg (now Washington) town- ship, in 1739, and took up a tract of about 400 acres of unclaimed and unwarranted land. He was justice of the peace for Northampton in 1757. Among other children were two sons; Jacob, and Abraham.
Jacob Rex received from his father, Dec. 20, 1749, a tract of 276 acres upon which, in 1752, he erected a dwelling. Upon the date stone, in addition to the date he had carved his and his wife's initials. The stone was used again when the present house was built by George Rex, a great-great-grandson. Jacob was born April 5, 1724, and died April 11, 1802. He was mar- ried, May 16, 1749, to Anna Elisabeth Arner. They had a number of children, among whom were : Christopher, Abraham, William, and George Adam.
Christopher married Hannah Holder, and had issue : George; Capt. John (1785-1868), mar- ried to Salome Farber; Mary, married Abraham Sevitz; Elisabeth, married Daniel Andrews;
.
HISTORY OF LEHIGH COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.
Hannah, married John Frederick; Barbara, mar- ried John Keener. George was born Jan. 8, 1788, and died March 12, 1783. He was mar- ried to Magdalena Miller. Their children were : Stephen, married Fianna Rex, a daughter of Joel; Ephraim, married Sarah Shadel; Nathan, married Rufena Hunsicker; Polly, married Levi Kern; Mary, married Ephraim Lentz; Sarah, married Nathan Kern; and Moses, married Sarah Freyman. Nathan Rex, son of George, was born April 8, 1817, and was married to Rufena Hun- sicker, who was born June 3, 1828, and is still living (1913). He was a mason by trade, which occupation he followed for a period of 52 years. For a time he resided on the original homestead, but later he erected a stone dwelling on a thir- teen-acre tract, a part of the original homestead, where he resided until his death and where his widow still resides. They were members of the Frieden's Lutheran congregation. To them were born four children : Flora, born Nov. 22, 1852, and died Sept. 10, 1878; Catharine E., born Nov. 25, 1855, married John Rex; Mary A., born June 2, 1858, married John Kuntz; and Leon P.
LEON P. REX was born Aug. 6, 1861, and at the age of fourteen was apprenticed and learned the trade of stone masonry which he followed for a period of 25 years. He built the Saegersville quarry and Slatington bridges, the Rextown schoolhouse, and many buildings in and about Slatington. He owns the old homestead and has in his possession many of the old patents, war- rants and deeds, besides many family relics, among which are a grandfather's clock, the drum carried by his father's uncle, John Rex, as a member of the IOIst Regt. Drum Corps; a pow- der horn containing the date 1673, upon which is engraved a German village, and many fine In- dian relics. In politics he is a Republican, and for a number of years has served as a township auditor. He was married, Nov. 10, 1885, to Olivia E. Peter. They have four children : Leda Olivia, Chauncey R. H., Leland Stanford, and Leon P., Jr. He and his family are mem- bers of the Frieden's Lutheran congregation. On the barn at his farm appear the following inter- esting names and dates :
.
George Rex 1739 Jacob Rex, 1749 Christopher Rex, 1785 George Rex, 1833 S & M Rex, 1848 Leon P. Rex, 1892
Stephen Rex, son of George, and grandson of Christopher, was born Sept. 21, 1812, and died Dec. 4, 1890. He was married to Fianna Rex, a daughter of Joel Rex. She had three brothers:
Paul, Tilghman, and William. She was born Feb. 5, 1840. They reside in Heidelberg town- ship, and have the following children: Mary, Louisa, Menno, Ellen, Wilson, and Emma.
William Rex, son of George, the pioneer, with his wife, Margaret, removed in cir. 1750 from Germantown to Northampton county. Very little is known of him, except that his son who was born cir. 1744, is said to have been living in 1832. William, Jr., was the father of seven children, viz: Mrs. West; Henry; Daniel; Jacob, who had two sons: Nathan and Isaac; John; William; and John George. The latter was born 1803 and died in 1875. He was married to Elizabeth Geiger and had issue : Eliza, Solomon, George, Jacob, and Reuben. George was born Oct. 15, 1829, and in 1855 was married to Fianna Snyder. They had the following children : Louisa, Levi, Matilda, Menno G., Emma, Mary. Reuben was the fa- ther of Leana and Wilson, the latter a justice of the peace at Slatedale.
William Rex, Sr., is said to have had another son, George, by name, who left three children: Margaret, John George, and John. The children of John George are: Maria, married John Mil- ler; and George, whose children are: Mary, Stephen, and Jonas. John Rex became the fa- ther of nine children, viz: Mrs. Blose ;
Mrs. Ross; John, of Mulberry, Ind .; Mrs. Miller, Mulberry, Ind .; Mrs. Geiger ; Eliza; Mrs. Hunsicker; John George; William Henry; Leon, Decatur county, Iowa. John, a son of William, resides at Best, Pa.
Abraham Rex, son of George, was born Sep- tember, 1735, and died Feb. 7, 1793. He was married, July 26, 1759, in St. Michael's church, Philadelphia, to Anna Bastian, a daughter of Christopher and Anna Bastian. They had four- teen children :
John, born Feb. 8, 1760, died Aug. 10, 1827, married, Oct. 22, 1801, to Margreth Valentine, born 1768, and died May 18, 1850.
George, born Oct. 14, 1761, and died Dec. II, 1841, married, March 3, 1784, Susanna Peter, born March 21, 1764, died Nov. 4, 1837.
Levi, born Feb. 25, 1763, died Sept. 28, 1828, married Catharine Peter, born Feb. 7, 1766, died Aug. 23, 1844.
Mary, born Dec. 7, 1765, died Jan. 8, 1844. married, first, John Nice, and second, William Hartman.
Samuel, born Oct. 19, 1766, married Mary Valentine.
Enoch, born April 8, 1768, died March 14 1832, married, Nov. 24, 1801, Elisabeth Nice, born May 27, 1786, died Jan. 20, 1856.
Jacob Martin, born Oct. 2, 1772, died May
1047
GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL.
9, 1845, married, Nov. 22, 1798, Mary
born Nov. 29, 1780, died Aug. 25, 1848.
Sebastian, born October, 1769, died Feb. 7, 1786.
William, born November, 1774, died April 9, I779.
Anna Barbara, born March 23, 1776, died . April 6, 1863, married Jacob Hortter, born Feb. IO, 1773, died Jan. 15, 1845.
Abraham, born Dec. 7, 1788, married Eliza- beth Schaeffer.
Margaret, married, Jan. 12, 1802, Joseph Bockius.
Katharine, born Dec. 24, 1783, died Aug. 14, 1857, married, May 30, 1805, John M. Bockius, born June 13, 1780, died Nov. 30, 1867.
They are said to have had another child, whose name is however, not known.
To the above Levi Rex and his wife, Cath- arine, nee Peter, were born the following chil- dren : William, born Feb. 27, 1787, and died April 27, 1788; George, born March 2, 1789, and died Sept. 14, 1795; Anna, born Dec. 10, 1791, died March 25, 1843, married, Nov. 29, 1807, John Fry, and second, Jacob Peter; Elisa- beth, born Oct. 30, 1794, died Oct. 28, 1829, married Jacob Peter; George, born Feb. 25, 1797, died Dec. 18, 1859, married, Oct. 10, 1827, Mary Cress, and second, Anna W. Rubi- can.
John, born Sept. 18, 1800, died April 10, 1852, married, March 1, 1827, Sarah Lentz, daughter of John and Anna Lentz. They had eight children: Jacob, Catharine Anna, Mary Louise, Elisabeth S., John Schlatter, Levi, Emma Ma- tilda, and Frederick A.
MENNO G. REX, a prosperous and intelligent farmer of Washington, is a son of George and Fianna Snyder Rex. George Rex was born Oct. 15, 1829, and died October, 1905. He passed his years tilling the plantation now owned by his son, Menno. He obtained it from his father, John George, who purchased it in 1832, from Daniel Peter. Earlier it was owned by John Troxell, who for many years conducted a gen- eral store in the log structure still standing, which, it is said, was erected long before the Revolutionary War. The homestead was origin- ally owned by John Hunsicker. George Rex served at one time as school director; he and his wife were members of Heidelberg Lutheran con- gregation, in which he served at various times as deacon, elder and trustee. To him and his good wife, Fianna, a daughter of John Snyder, who died March 4, 1884, were born the following children: Flora, who died in infancy; Louisa, married John Rex; Levi F .; Matilda, married Henry Bachman ; Menno G .; Emma E .; Mary,
married Ed. Fink ; and Fietta and Benjamin, both of whom died in infancy. Menno G. and his sister, Emma E., who keeps house for him, are members of the Heidelberg Lutheran congrega- tion.
LEVI F. REX, 519 Park street, Allentown, was born in Washington township, Aug. 2, 1860. He was reared on the old homestead, where he worked until in 1890, when he came to Allen- town and learned the art of carpentering, which he has followed ever since. For a period of up- wards of sixteen years he is employed by A. A. Albright & Son, as foreman. He and his family are members of St. Luke's Lutheran congrega- tion, of which he is janitor since 1890, and has also since that time been a deacon, serving also as secretary of the church council. He is also a member of the choir and assistant teacher of the German Bible class. In 1880, March 4, he was married to Catharine Hensinger, a daughter of Benjamin and Leanna (Blease) Hensinger. To them were born four sons: Benjamin F., James A., Charles O., and Edgar V., all of whom, with the exception of the latter, follow the trade of their father. James A. is married to Mabel Lerch and has one daughter, Catharina, and Charles is married to Emma Kries, and likewise has one daughter, Mary.
Josiah Rex, a son of John Rex, whose children were: George; Mary, married a Mr. Heintzel- man ; Lovina, married Joseph Handwerk; Leah, married Owen Heintzelman; Julianna, mar- ried James Krum; and Josiah, was born July 23, 1833, on the George Rex farm in Washington township. He spent his days close to mother earth tilling the soil. He died April 10, 1908. He left issue: Jane A., deceased ; Lewis A., married Anna Knox; Wil- loughby A .; Francis O. and James A., de- ceased ; Osville F., married Sarah Snyder; Wil- son, married Lydia Bloss; Alvin, married Hattie German; Mary; Cora, married Granville Ger- man. Of the above, Alvin was born May 16, 1877, in Washington township. He is a farmer, and has four children : Clarence J., Estella M., Albert W., and Helen C.
Wilson Rex, hardware merchant and justice of the peace of Slatedale, was born in Washing- ton township, Feb. 28, 1862. He was educated in the public schools of Slatington. He taught public school for nineteen consecutive terms in his native township. He has been elected justice of the peace three times, served as township audi- tor nine years, was census enumerator in 1890, and has been a delegate to county and State Re- publican conventions. He is a director in the Citizen National Bank, of Slatington, and of the Allen Trust Company, of Northampton, the
VOL. II-13
1048
HISTORY OF LEHIGH COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.
treasurer of the Slatedale Rural Telephone Co., and president of the Slatedale Electric Light and Power Company. He and his family are members of the Lutheran Church in which he was Sunday school superintendent for many years. He was married, Oct. 11, 1884, to Laura Miller. They have issue: Carrie M., married to Victor Wertman; Lottie P., a teacher; and Beryl E. His father, Reuben Rex, was born Jan. 12, 1821, in Washington township, and operated the farm now owned by Wilson, his son.
He died Feb. 22, 1888. To him and his wife, Lucy Ann Peter, born Oct. 4, 1826, and died Oct. 6, 1902, were born three children: Wilson ; Leana, married to Ed. W. Bittner ; and Rosa Ann, who died in infancy.
GEORGE REX, SR., truck farmer of Guths- ville, is a grandson of Daniel Rex, whose re- mains lie buried at the Heidelberg church. To him and his wife, nee Handwerk, were born six children: Paul; Nathan, who was accidentally killed; Levi; Susan; Rebecca; and Mary. Levi was married to Anna Resh, a daughter of George and Mary (Bechtel) Resh. Mr. Resh was a soldier in the War of 1812. Levi Rex lived retired at Snydersville, where he died and was buried at the Jordan Lutheran church. For a period of seventeen years he was the farmer at the county home. He was the father of eight children: George; Franklin; Levi; Ella; Emma; Walter, of Quakertown ; and Phaon and John, of Ambler, Pa. Franklin, Emma and Ella died in infancy.
George H. Rex., Sr., was born in South Whitehall township, Nov. 8, 1851. He learned the trade of carpentering which he followed until in 1888, when he engaged in fruit and truck farming at Guthsville, until in 1899, when he acquired the present tract. In politics he is a Democrat. In 1783, June 14, he was married to Mary Resh, a daughter of Charles and Abi- gail (Schnerr) Resh. They have one son, George L., who is associated with his father in the culture of fruit and vegetables. He was born Sept. 4, 1875. He attended the public schools of his township and a summer normal 'school, and subsequently taught one term in his native town- ship. In 1893, he associated with his father in their present vocation. They cultivate a truck and fruit garden of eighteen and one-half acres. They also have a colony of twenty hives of bees. Like his father, he is a Democrat. He is a member of Camp 378, P. O. S. of A., Guths- ville, Pa., and superintendent of the Guthsville Union Sunday school since its organization, Easter, 1907, prior to which he was superin- tendent of the Jordan Lutheran Sunday school,
of which congregation he is a member and at one time a deacon. Mr. Rex is an amateur pho- tographer of more than ordinary ability, and a number of the cuts in this volume were made from photographs furnished by him. He also compiled much of the history of Guthsville. In 1898 he was married to Emma L. Diehl, a daugh- ter of Alfred and Emma (Sell) Diehl.
George Rex, son of John George, farmer and tailor, took up a tract of land in Weisenberg township of 200 acres, He lived retired at Guthsville about one year before his decease. He was buried at Jordan Lutheran Church, in which he had served officially.
Issue: Stephen, who died in North Whitehall township; Mary Ann, and Jonas Rex.
Jonas Rex, son of George Rex, was born Aug. 25, 1832, in Weisenberg township. He succeed- ed his father to the homestead and operated it until 1893. The farm in his time consisted of 134 acres. He built the barn in 1890 and also an addition to the house. He was a deacon and elder in the Lowhill Lutheran Church.
Jonas Rex married Sarah Ringer. Issue: Mag- gie' (Mrs. John Hausman) ; Thaddeus W., and Norah, (Mrs. Oliver George).
THADDEUS W. REX, son of Jonas and Sarah (Ringer) Rex, was born Nov. 14, 1864, in Weisenberg township. He was reared upon the farm, alternating in assisting on the farm with attendance at the public schools of his neighbor- hood. He also attended the Keystone State Normal School. Upon attaining his majority, he followed carpentering at Reading for three years; for two years he was a foreman. He had never learned the trade, as was usual, but never- theless he was an efficient mechanic. Since 1893 he had lived on the old homestead, becoming its owner in 1904. The farm now consists of 130 acres. He has added thereto a number of mod- ern conveniences, making it up-to-date in all re- spects. In politics, Mr. Rex is a Republican ; in religion he is a member of the Weisenberg Luth- eran Church. At an earlier day he was a deacon of Lowhill Church where the family then at- tended. In 1895 the family became members of the Weisenberg congregation.
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.