Jacob Rinehart
{{Short description|American politician and physician (1834–1907)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Jacob Rinehart
| image = Jacob Rinehart (1907) (cropped).png
| alt =
| caption = Rinehart in a 1907 newspaper
| state_delegate = Maryland
| district = Carroll County
| term_start = 1876
| term_end = 1878
| alongside = Frank Brown, Harrison H. Lamotte, Somerset R. Waters
| predecessor = Thomas C. Brown, Henry Galt, Henry Vanderford, Somerset R. Waters
| successor = Frank Brown, Frank T. Newbelle, Robert Sellman Jr., Thomas H. Shriver
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1834|4|26}}
| birth_place = Carroll County, Maryland, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1907|8|17|1834|4|26}}
| death_place = Frizzellburg, Maryland, U.S.
| resting_place = Baust Cemetery
| party = Democratic
| spouse = {{marriage|Margaret Grabill|1860|1903|reason=died}}
| children = 2
| education =
| alma_mater = Pennsylvania College
Pennsylvania Medical College (MA, MD)
| occupation = {{hlist|Politician|physician|judge}}
| signature =
}}
Jacob Rinehart (April 26, 1834 – August 17, 1907) was an American politician, physician and judge from Maryland.
Early life
Jacob Rinehart was born on April 26, 1834,{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/new-oxford-item-dr-jacob-rinehart-2/145941332/ |title=Dr. Jacob Rinehart... |date=1907-08-22 |newspaper=New Oxford Item |page=5 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2024-04-23}}{{Open access}} in Carroll County, Maryland, to John Rinehart. His brother was William G. Rinehart, who later worked as a tax collector. He graduated from Pennsylvania College in September 1855. He later graduated from the Pennsylvania Medical College in 1858 with a Master of Arts and a Doctor of Medicine degree.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun-dr-jacob-rinehart-dea/145938381/ |title=Dr. Jacob Rinehart Dead |date=1907-08-18 |newspaper=The Baltimore Sun |page=11 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2024-04-23}}{{Open access}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun-dr-rineharts-funeral/145940857/ |title=Dr. Rinehart's Funeral |date=1907-08-21 |newspaper=The Baltimore Sun |page=11 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2024-04-23}}{{Open access}}{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/gettysburgcolleg7475gett/page/n13/mode/2up |title=Catalogue of the Officers, Alumni and Students of Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg, PA. for the Collegiate Year, 1858–59 |year=1859 |page=8 |via=Archive.org |access-date=2024-04-24}}{{Open access}}
Career
After graduating, Rinehart moved to Westminster, Maryland. In the fall of 1858, he moved to Fairfield, Pennsylvania, and started a medical practice. In March 1864, he moved to Frizzellburg, Maryland. He practiced medicine there for over 40 years. He also owned a farm near Frizzellburg.
Rinehart was a Democrat. He served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, representing Carroll County, from 1876 to 1878.{{cite web |url=https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/speccol/sc2600/sc2685/house/html/crhouse.html |title=Historical List, House of Delegates, Carroll County (1837-1974) |website=Maryland Manual On-Line |publisher=Maryland State Archives |date=2005-06-21 |access-date=2024-04-23}} He served as justice of the peace. He was elected twice as a judge of the orphan's court of Carroll County. He served as chief judge for eight years.
Personal life
Rinehart married Margaret "Maggie" Grabill, daughter of Peter Grabill of Frederick County in 1860. They had one son and one daughter, Harry L. and Mrs. William Arthur. His wife died in 1903.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-mrs-margaret-grabill-rinehart/145942207/ |title=Mrs. Margaret Grabill Rinehart |date=1903-04-17 |newspaper=The Daily News |page=3 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2024-04-23}}{{Open access}}{{Cite news |url=https://archive.org/details/gettysburg-times-1935-09-30/page/n3/mode/2up |title=Out of the Past |date=1935-09-30 |newspaper=The Gettysburg Times |page=4 |via=Archive.org |access-date=2024-04-24}}{{Open access}}
Rinehart died on August 17, 1907, at his home in Frizzellburg. He was buried in Baust Cemetery.
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Category:People from Carroll County, Maryland
Category:People from Adams County, Pennsylvania
Category:Gettysburg College alumni
Category:American justices of the peace
Category:Maryland state court judges
Category:Democratic Party members of the Maryland House of Delegates
Category:Physicians from Maryland
Category:19th-century Maryland state court judges
Category:19th-century American physicians
Category:19th-century members of the Maryland General Assembly