Transcript:History of Grundy County, Illinois/Renne, D. S.

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History of Grundy County
O.L. Baskin & Co. Publishers
1882 Chicago
D. S, Renne, pp 145-146

D. S. RENNE, hardware, Verona, is a son of Justin and Maria Renne, formerly of New York State. He was born in Dutchess County, N. Y., October 27, 1845. The fifth of a family of seven children ; he received the elements of

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an English education in his native country, and engaged in farming until 1875, when he was employed as station agent of the Chicago, Pekin & South-Western Railroad, in which office he remained five years. In September, 1881, he associated himself with D. Beal in the hardware, stove and implement trade, on Division street, Verona, where they keep on hand an extensive stock of general hardware. Mr. Renne was married, February 16, 1879, to Miss Anna M. Ryder, born in Ottawa, Ill., February 4, 1857. daughter of John and Adelia Ryder, of this county. Mr. Renne is a member of the Masonic fraternity; in politics, he is a Democrat. The biography of his parents appears elsewhere in this work.