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E.
B. RENCH. The well-improved farm upon
which Mr. Rench resides, and of which he is the
owner, is a very desirable property, for its fields are
highly cultivated and good buildings afford ample shelter to
grain and stock. Through his business life he has been
interested in agricultural pursuits. He was born on a
farm in Newton township on Christmas day, in 1852, one of
nine children, six sons and three daughters, whose parents
were Jacob and Sarah (Boggs) Rench. His
childhood and youth were passed in the usual manner of
farmer lads of that period. He gave his father the
benefit of his services until he was twenty-one years of
age, and then began farming on his own account by renting
and operating the old homestead, and there he remained until
1883, when he removed to the farm upon which he now resides.
Here he owns forty acres of land on section 15, Newton
township, and also has another farm of forty-six acres.
His attention is devoted to the cultivation of small fruits
of all kinds, and for sixteen years he has also been engaged
in the raising of tobacco, having eleven acres planted to
Dutch tobacco in 1899. All of the improvements upon
his farm have been placed there since he took possession of
it and it is now a highly cultivated tract, its fields being
clean and well kept, the buildings and fences in good repair
and everything neat and thrifty in appearance.
Mr. Rench was born on an anniversary day and
married to another, for on the 4th of July, 1876, he married
Miss Clara Kinnison. They now have eight children:
Sadie, Eva J., Edward M., Susan M., Francis H., Ruth,
Maude and Belle, but the last two are now
deceased. Such in brief is the life history of one who
is widely and favorably known in Newton township as a native
of Miami county.
Source: Genealogical & Biographical Record of Miami Co.,
Ohio - Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company - 1900 - Page
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