Frederick Rininger, grandson of German emigrant Hans George Renninger, married Sarah Bertha Barefoot, and settled in Paint Township, Somerset County in April 1830 and began farming and the carding of Woolens. His woolen mill stood on the right bank of Shade Creek opposite the log gristmill built by David Livingston in 1812. Frederick continued the trade of carding and cloth-dressing meeting with such success that he enlarged his mill, installed more machinery and continued its operation until his death.

One of Frederick's son's, William Rininger, also continued the family tradition of carding and weaving by establishing a 3 story woolen mill at Kantner, Quemahoning Township, Somerset Co. in 1884 after a ten year period of employment in William S. Morgan's Mills in Morgan's Mills/Quemahoning, near present day Boswell, Pa. The Rininger Woolen Mill at Kantner was known far and wide for its fine quality of yarns, carpet, blankets, coverlets, flannels, skirting, cashmeres, and satinets. William's four boys actively involved themselves in the family business. This mill building still stands today but the 3rd floor was removed and replaced by another roof after being used as a farm implement storage barn for Forrest Lohr's Kantner Implement Co. Anyone with a "signed" antique coverlet bearing the Rininger name is encouraged to send photos of the coverlet to the email address above the first photo: click on Official Website.GPS: 40D 5.97'N, 78D 56.66'W ele 1,762'/537 meters Stoystown Quadrangle