NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11249 MARION CO - JOHN W. RINEHART - Rinehart, Ray, Funk, Peterson, Carlile #11249 Kentucky Genealogy and Biography, Volume V, Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 4th ed. Marion Co. JOHN W. RINEHART, of the firm of Ray & Rinehart, general merchants at Lebanon, was born in Marion County in 1854. His grandparents, William and Sallie Rinehart, came to Kentucky from Maryland, settling within the limits of Marion County, where they were engaged in farming. They had four sons and four daughters, among the former being Thomas C., the father of John W. Rinehart. Thos. C. was born in Marion County in the year 1819, and is still an honored citizen of that county, having followed the pursuits of agriculture as a life business. He married Miss Sarah Funk, a daughter of John and Harriet Funk, who came from Virginia. Thos. C. and Sarah Rinehart had a family of eight children, John W., Pattie and Lizzie being the only surviving ones. John W. began his mercantile life when seventeen as a salesman for P. C. W. Peterson of Washington County. He came to Lebanon (1879) and engaged in clerical work for John B. Carlile until January, 1882, when he formed his present partnership. Both members of this substantial firm are young men of great energy and pronounced business ability. Mr. Rinehart is a member of the Masonic order and K. of H. KYBIOGRAPHIES Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybiographies KYRESEARCH: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.tips/mb.ashx