Husband Cyrus Dickson Rynd 1 2
Born: 2 Apr 1849 - Cornplanter Twp, Venango Co, PA 3
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Died: 8 Dec 1902 3
Buried: - Rynd Farm, Rouseville, Venango Co, PA
Father: John Rynd (1815- ) 3
Mother: Nancy McCaslin ( -Abt 1863) 3
Marriage: 30 Apr 1874 4
Wife Eliza H. Blair 4
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Father: John Blair ( - ) 4
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Children
1 F Nancy Rynd 4
Born: 23 Jul 1876 4
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Died: 18 Dec 1877 4
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Spouse: Did Not Marry
2 M John Dickson Rynd 4
Born: 5 Jan 1878 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 4
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Spouse: Mary E. Thomas ( - ) 4
Marr: Jun 1903 4
General Notes: Husband - Cyrus Dickson Rynd
He was born on the Rynd farm in Cornplanter Township, Venango County, PA, where he remained until fifteen years old, acquiring his preliminary education in the local public schools. He then moved with his father to Pittsburgh, his mother having died the previous year, and for a time continued his studies with better advantages, attending Beaver Academy, Duff's commercial college and the Western University. His early business experience was gained in that city, where when twenty-four years old he took the general agency of the Wilson shuttle sewing machine for western Pennsylvania, eastern Ohio and northern Virginia, being so engaged during the next six years. For about four years after severing this association he was east of the Allegheny Mountains near Cumberland, in Fayette County, PA, managing a three-hundred-acre farm for his uncle James Rynd, and operating the property with such success that under his administration it became one of the most noted stock farms in the State. But the climate did not agree with him, and he gave up this responsibility to return to the old homestead, where he made his home permanently from 1881 until his death, being accidentally killed by a train from Oil City. After assuming control of the home farm he devoted himself to its agricultural development for some years, also conducted a mercantile business there for five years, and meantime served four years as the postmaster at that point, 1882-87. In 1892 he began oil operations there, becoming one of the most prominent and enterprising operators along Oil creek, with twenty-four wells yielding a handsome daily production on his property. Public-spirited, and thoroughly unselfish in his attitude on matters affecting the general welfare, he gave his attention to every phase of local advancement. He was particularly helpful in the betterment of local educational facilities. On questions purely political he was a stanch Republican, and he always worked zealously for the success of the party. With his family he was associated with the Presbyterian Church. [CAB, 801]
General Notes: Wife - Eliza H. Blair
from Allegheny City, PA