DARKE COUNTY OHIO 
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File contributed to the Montgomery County, Ohio Biographies Project  by:
Billy J. Baker
billybak@erols.com
April 24, 2000 
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William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas 
First published in 1883 by A. T. Andreas, Chicago, IL.

Sedgwick County --

JOSIAH RYNEARSON, baker, born in Darke County, Ohio, in 1843; son of
Barnett Rynearson and Anna V. Drake Rynearson. He married in 1875 Miss
Malannie Chartrand, daughter of Annaclat and Margaret Chartrand. They
have two children - Arthur and Allie. He came to Kansas in 1871, and
locating at Newton remained until 1878, when he removed to Larned and
remained one year. He then moved to Peabody, Kan., in 1881 and came to
Wichita, and commenced the bakery business, located at No. 74 Main
street. He was in the War of the Rebellion and enlisted in 1861,
Sixty-ninth Regiment Ohio Volunteers, Company D. He was in the
engagement at Resaca, Peach Creek, Lookout Mountain, Mission Ridge, and
others. He was mustered out at the close of the war, after four years'
and three months' service. He is an ancient member of the I. O. O. F.
and encampment; of the G. A. R. of Peabody, Kan., and was a member of
the City Council at Newton.