Solomon F. Rentz

M, (2 September 1833 - 7 January 1913)
     Solomon F. Rentz was born on 2 September 1833 at Hepburn Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.1 He was the son of Jacob Renz and Anna Mary Steiger.2 Solomon F. Rentz married, at age 25, Catharina Ann Stolz, age 19, daughter of George Stolz and Maria Aderhold, on Thursday, 2 September 1858.1 Solomon F. Rentz died on 7 January 1913 at age 79 years, 4 months and 5 days.
     Solomon Rentz, farmer, was born, September 2, 1833, in Hepburn Township, Lycoming County, son of Jacob and Mary (Steiger) Rentz. His father emigrated from Germany to America in 1804, and about 1818 came with his father, Jacob Rentz to Lycoming County. Jacob Rentz died in 1865, and Mary, his wife, in 1837; they were members of the German Reformed Church, and the parents of four children: John; Jacob; Solomon and Mary. Solomon Rentz was educated in the common schools and Dickinson Seminary. He has always devoted his business life to farming. He was married, September 2, 1858, to Catherine, daughter of George Stolz, of Muncy, and to this union have been born three children.1

Children of Solomon F. Rentz and Catharina Ann Stolz

Last Edited=26 Sep 2007

Citations

  1. [S14] John F Meginness, History of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania (Baltimore, Maryland: prepared by Lycoming Historical Society; Gateway Press, Inc., 1990 reprint of 1892 original), p. 1027.
  2. [S14] John F Meginness, History of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, p.1027.