His parents were Louis Renninger and Elizabeth Frank, both born in Germany. He had a sister named Christina. He was born 25 Aug 1841 in Liverpool, Ohio and he is listed in the census records of 1900 in Lane County, Oregon and in the Lane County Census of 1905. He died in mid Nov 1908 in Marcola, Oregon. His widow is listed in Lane County censuses until 1930. She was also Elizabeth. They had 9 children. I am desparately looking for a picture of him. http://suvcw.org/oregon/camp1/suvwebpage1.html