Oregon Republican League: History 104 Biographies

Oregon Republican League: History 104 Biographies

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From : "History of Central Oregon "
Biographical Sketches of Lake County, page 893 (1906)

RINEHART, Elmer E.

Elmer E. Rinehart is sheriff of Lake county, Oregon, having been elected to that office on the Republican ticket in the spring of 1904. He came to Lake county in 1894 and engaged in the saw mill business in partnership with Resa A. Hawkins, a pioneer of the county, under the firm name of Hawkins & Rinehart. Their plant is situated in the Crooked creek valley, where the company also owns a large tract of timber and agricultural lands. They are still running the mill with profit, and in addition they are quite extensively engaged in the business of raising and farming.

Mr. Rinehart, is a native of Chillicothe, Ohio, and was born January 29, 1864. His father David G. Rinehart, is a native of Pennsylvania, but removed to Ohio about the time of the construction of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad. Upon the outbreak of the Rebellion he enlisted in the army and his military record covers a period of three and one-half years, during which time he was a participant in some of the most severe battles of the war, among which may be mentioned the battle of Bull Run. He is still living in Ross county Ohio, at the age of eighty-two years. Our subject’s mother was Elizabeth (Erlywine) Rinehart a native of West Virginia. She hat attained the age of sixty-five years when she died in 1895.

Mr. Rinehart was a member of a family of eleven children, eight of whom are still living. The first twenty years of his life were spent in the state of his birth. In 1884 he came west and settled in Surprise valley, California. during his boyhood he mastered the trade of stationary engineer, and since coming to the west has followed that trade, his work being confined to the running of engines in lumber and grist mills.

On May 20, 1888, Mr Rinehart was married to Addie Peters, a native of California, and daughter of Claus Peters, a German by birth and a pioneer of California. Claus Peters was one of the first settlers in Surprise valley, and his death occurred there December 14, 1904. Mr and Mrs Rinehart have been parents of one child, a son by the name of Clarence D.

It may be said to the credit of Mr. Rinehart that he started in business in Lake county ten years ago without a dollar in his own name; but so diligently has he applied his energies to his business and so faithfully has he met all adversities that he is now in the best of circumstances and enjoys the good will of a wide circle of friends.
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Elmer's parents were David Rinehart and Elizabeth Erlywine.

Descendants of David G. Rinehart

1 David G. Rinehart b: in Greene Co, PA d: in Chillicothe, Ross, OH
.. +Elizabeth A. Erlywine b: 02 May 1829 in West Virginia m: 19 Feb 1846 in Greene Co, PA d: 1895 in Chillicothe, Ross, OH (?)
......... 2 Elmer Erlywine Rinehart b: 24 Jan 1864 in Chillicothe, Ross, OH d: 1919 in San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
............. +Adeline Peters b: Abt. 1869 in Surprise Valley, CA m: 20 May 1888 in Surprise Valley, CA (?) d: Unknown in Lakeview, Lake Co, OR (?)
.................... 3 Vene Elmer Rinehart b: 22 Oct 1905 in Lakeview, Lake, OR d: 07 Aug 1982 in Lakeview, Lake, OR
........................ +Evelyn Davis ?
.................... *2nd Wife of Vene Elmer Rinehart:
........................ +Naomi Louise Hafkesbring b: 27 Apr 1907 in Algiers, Orleans, LA m: 04 Feb 1931 in ? d: Abt. Aug 1986 in Claremont, California
.................... 3 Clarence Rinehart b: 1906 in Lakeview, Lake, OR
........................ +Myrtle
......... 2 David C. Rinehart
......... 2 William Rinehart
......... 2 Adam E. Rinehart b: 09 Jan 1849 in "Old Dominion", West Virginia d: 25 Jun 1925 in Lakeview, Lake Co, OR
............. +Margaret Best b: 04 Jul 1856 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI m: 26 Apr 1873 in Yreka, Siskiyou, CA d: 02 Feb 1932 in Cedarville, Modoc, CA
.................... 3 William E. Rinehart b: 02 Aug 1875 in Cedarville, Modoc, CA d: 13 May 1948 in Reno, Washoe, NV
........................ +Josephine Pruett
.................... *2nd Wife of William E. Rinehart:
........................ +Maude White
............................... 4 Vera Grace Rinehart
................................... +Roland Fay Richardson
............................... *2nd Husband of Vera Grace Rinehart:
................................... +William White
........................................... 5 Margaret Rae White
............................................... +Allen Reyes
........................................... *2nd Husband of Margaret Rae White:
............................................... +Phil Jameson
............................... 4 Raymond C. Rinehart
................................... +Dorothy May Steele
............................... 4 Daughter Rinehart d: 04 Mar 1916 in Guano Valley, NV
............................... 4 Edward W. Rinehart
................................... +Kay Johnson
............................... *2nd Wife of Edward W. Rinehart:
................................... +Lois
............................... *3rd Wife of Edward W. Rinehart:
................................... +Lucy Pruitt
.................... 3 Harry Elmer Rinehart b: 26 Feb 1877 in Cedarville, Modoc, CA d: 22 Dec 1940 in Cedarville, Modoc, CA
........................ +Eva Mae Larson b: 18 Nov 1875 in Coleville, Mono, CA m: 23 Aug 1900 in New Pine Creek, Modoc, CA d: 04 May 1959 in Saratoga, Santa Clara, CA
............................... 4 Dorothy Helen Rinehart
................................... +Alexander Charles Ash
........................................... 5 Gordon Victor Ash
............................................... +Patricia Wycoff
........................................... 5 Dixie Lee Ash
............................................... +Harold Dean Leventon
............................... 4 Victor Larson Rinehart
................................... +Jessie Alma Reynolds
........................................... 5 James Rinehart
............................... 4 Earl Robert Rinehart
................................... +Jessie Miller
.................... 3 Effie Rinehart b: 02 Nov 1879 d: 1950 in Alturas, Modoc, CA
........................ +Thomas B Sizer b: 1865 in England m: 09 Oct 1906 in Reno, Washoe, NV d: 1934
.................... 3 Grace L Rinehart b: 14 May 1881 in Cedarville, Modoc, CA d: 08 Feb 1973 in Lakeview, Lake Co, OR
........................ +Erastus James Jr. Beebe b: 07 Jul 1873 in Cedarville, Modoc, CA m: 26 Feb 1903 in Cedarville, Modoc, CA d: 05 Mar 1924 in Cedarville, Modoc, CA
............................... 4 Kathryn Beebe
................................... +Preston G Johnson
........................................... 5 Robert P Johnson
............................... 4 Vancel Leland Beebe b: 04 Mar 1904 in Cedarville, Modoc, CA d: 22 Mar 1964 in Adel or Lakeview, Lake, OR
................................... +Jane
.................... 3 Marion Walter Rinehart b: Nov 1891 d: 05 Aug 1975 in Lakeview, Lake Co, OR
........................ +Lavinia Hardy
............................... 4 Beatrice Rinehart
................................... +Dexter Kelley b: 12 Dec 1917 in Cedarville, Modoc, CA d: 01 Jan 1996 in Reno, Washoe, NV
............................... 4 Mary Rinehart d: 1925
............................... 4 Kay Rinehart
.................... *2nd Wife of Marion Walter Rinehart:
........................ +Lillie Belle Chambers b: 26 Jun 1905 in Alturas, Modoc, CA m: 14 Nov 1935 in Reno, Washoe, NV d: 08 Jun 1988 in Alturas, Modoc, CA
.................... 3 Ernestine Rinehart b: 03 Aug 1892 in Cedarville, Modoc, CA d: 04 Aug 1892 in Cedarville, Modoc, CA
......... 2 John B. Rinehart b: 1850
......... 2 Newton Rinehart b: 1852
......... 2 Mary R. Rinehart b: 1860
............. +John Holdren b: 1855 m: 03 Aug 1876 in ?, Ross, OH
.................... 3 ? Holdren
.................... 3 ? Holdren
.................... 3 ? Holdren
.................... 3 ? Holdren
.................... 3 ? Holdren
.................... 3 ? Holdren
.................... 3 ? Holdren
.................... 3 Maize Holdren b: 1881 d: 1962
........................ +Elizabeth Mae Brown b: 1884 d: 1961
............................... 4 Mary Lucille Holdren b: 19 Jun 1905
................................... +Jacob Laubensheimer
......... 2 Ella May Rinehart b: 1867
............. +Luther Rinehart b: 24 Jan 1856 d: 04 Jan 1884 in Chillicothe, Ross, OH
.................... 3 Louie Rinehart
........................ +Harry C. Flynn b: 1880 m: 14 Apr 1903 in Pee Pee Twnshp, Pike City, OH
......... *2nd Husband of Ella May Rinehart:
............. +Albert Thomas Smith b: 1878
.................... 3 Mettie G. Smith
......... *3rd Husband of Ella May Rinehart:
............. +Jacob Laubensheimer b: 09 Sep 1870 m: 17 Feb 1892 d: 28 Feb 1900 in Mt Tabor Cemetary
.................... 3 Albert Wesly Laubensheimer
.................... 3 ? Laubensheimer
.................... 3 ? Laubensheimer
.................... 3 ? Laubensheimer
.................... 3 ? Laubensheimer
.................... 3 ? Laubensheimer
.................... 3 ? Laubensheimer
......... 2 Emma Rinehart b: 1869