Reneau, David bio

History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co., Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 668-669, Farmers' Township
David Reneau, sec. 10, Farmers’ tp.; P. O., Bernadotte; was born May 11, 1823, in Eastern Tennessee, and is the son of Fleming Reneau, of Harris tp,; he came to Fulton Co. with his parents in 1844. By hard study and close application to his books since grown, he has obtained a good education; would have become a scholar in his younger days had there been opportunity. He was raised a farmer boy, and knows all about chopping and rolling logs, pulling dogwood, etc. He was married in Nov., 1848, to Mary Rutledge, sister of Silas Rutledge, of Harris tp., and daughter of Wm. Rutledge, so well known in pioneer history of Fulton Co. and who assisted in crushing the Black Hawk war. Mr. and Mrs. Reneau have had 12 children, of whom 9 are living, viz: Wm. D., Melissa J., John F., Robt. R., Geo. Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Gen. Grant, Chas. Sumner and Nellie R. He is a prominent farmer and stock-raiser, and owns 240 acres of well improved land.