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William W. Rendall was born in North Wooton, near Wells, Somersetshire, England, July 18, 1824, and upon reaching manhood determined to leave his native land, and came to America November 18, 1845. He reached Chicago in May, 1846, after stopping in the State of Pennsylvania all winter of 1845 and 1846, and began working in a harness shop two years, learning the trade. He then worked as a journeyman in Kenosha and Racine, Wis., until 1850, when he went to Cincinnati, Ohio, and worked at trunk-making the first summer; the next winter to New Harmey, Ind., and worked on saddles. In the spring of 1851 he started in the harness business in Grayville, White Co., Ill., and engaged in business there for himself nearly two years. October 2, 1881, he was married in Grayville, Ill., to Miss Rebecca Kight, by whom he has three children, a daughter, Mary Ellen Rendall, born August 10, 1852, and twin boys, James A. and Sydney A. Rendall, born September 27, 1853, in Plainfield, Will Co. (near Joliet, Ill.), where he engaged in business for himself until 1869, when he started for Marionville, Mo., and engaged in business for himself there, and has since remained, with the exception of one year (1885), went he went to California for his health.