Adam Lorenzo Rinewalt and Sarah Filena Bloker [44-76]

[44-76] ADAM LORENZO RINEWALT, b May 4, 1849; d Oct. 2, 1902; s Adam, Jr., and Mary Ann (Lehn) Rinewalt [44-30]; m Sept. 18, 1878, SARAH FILENA BLOKER, b Jan. 29, 1858; dau Andrew F. and Fanny E. (Snyder) Bloker. Publisher and Editor of The Amherst Bee; Williamsville, N.Y. (1920.)

Children (8): [44-150] 1. Allan Baine, b Oct..21, 1879; m Echo Hart Preble:

Mr. Rinewalt was born in Williamsville, N. Y., where his parents were among the early settlers, He attended the district school and academy of his native town. At the age of sixteen he went to Beloit, Wis., where he learned the printer’s trade, thus laying a practical foundation for the profession that was to be his life work. He returned to New York state in his twenty-first year, and secured a position with the Commercial Advertiser, Buffalo. He remained with them for nine years, when he established the Amherst Bee at Williamsville, which he has successfully conducted ever since.

Mr. Rinewalt was prominent in Williamsville not only as a newspaper man, but as a promoter of many commercial enterprises. He was among the first to urge the building of the Buffalo and Williamsville electric railroad, holding the offices of director and seeretary. He has been largely engaged in real estate transactions, and was connected with creamery and other business enterprises. No man in the community was more devoted to its interests. He concerned himself especially with the public schools of the town, the establishment of waterworks, and other movements tending to the advancement of Williamsville.

He was elected collector of Amherst in 1881, and declined a renomination for that office. For nine years he was a trustee of the village of Williamsville, and during five of those years he was president of the village. In 1886 he was elected a school trustee. He served continuously in that position, and was president of the board of education at the time of his death.

During President Harrison’s administration, Mr. Rinewalt was postmaster of Williamsville. He was a representative man among his fellow-citizens who time and again displayed their appreciation of his services to the community, and their confidence in his ability and character. [The Men of New York.]