Rinehardt Schlesener was born September 7, 1871 on a farm northeast of Hope in 
  the Shadybrook community. He was the son of Johann Herman and Wilhelmina Henriette
  Augusta (Pagenkopf) Schlesener. He was a farmer, stockman in the Hope and Dillon
  area.
       Rinhardt (Riney) married Otillie W. Schmidt, daughter of August and Catalina 
  Schmidt, on February 1, 1892. Otillie was born August 28, 1872 on the family farm
  southeast of Hope. This farmstead is now inundated by the new Herington Lake.
       Rindhardt and Otillie had eight children. Clara married Charles Schlesener. 
  She died in 1963. Kurt died in 1965. Ida married Albert Timm. She died in 1968. 
  Sophia, widow of Calvin Oesterreich, is married to Milton Oesterreich and lives on
  the farm east of Woodbine. Anna married Tom Mosley. She lives in Anthony, Kansas
  and operates a shoe store in Harper, Kansas. Clarence married Johanna Riffel. She 
  is deceased. Clarence lives on a farm west of Woodbine. Theodore (Ted) married
  Ruby Pauline. They live in Topeka, Kansas. Herbert died in 1974.
       Rinehardt and Otillie moved to Woodbine in the fall of 1945 from Dillon after
  Rinehardt's retirement from farming. They lived in the house across the street east
  from the Paul Lester Jahnke residence.
       Rinehardt died January 20, 1947. Otillie died on September 2, 1953. Both are
  buried in the Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery, Shadybrook. 
               
  Source: Woodbine, Kansas Centennial, 1887 - 1987, 
          Woodbine through the years pg.116
          Submitted by Gladys Diekmann