William Rankin III (1815 - aft. 1860)

Born 25 Apr 1815 in Ohio, United States

Descendants

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Biography

William Rankin was born on 25 April 1815. He married Sarah Ann Allen (b. 1815-16 Ohio; d. 6 May 1851 Ohio). They had five children

1. Mary Elizabeth 1841
2. Linnet 1844
3. William 1846
4. Sara Arabella 1847-1930
5. Susan Isabel 1849 ^[1]

William Rankin and Sarah Ann Allen were married on 22 April 1841 in Fairfield, Ohio. Alexander Mauone (sp?), minister of the Gospel, officiated. ^[2]

In 1850, the Rankin family lived in Logan, Illinois. The household included

William Rankin, 35, born in Ohio, a farmer, with $1700 in real estate

Sarah Ann Rankin Female 34 Ohio

Mary E Rankin Female 8 Ohio, in school

Linnel Rankin Male 6 Ohio, in school

William Rankin Male 4 Ohio, in school

Sarahara M Rankin Female 3 Ohio

Susan Isabel Rankin Female 1 Illinois

Jacob Allen Male 21 Illinois, a farmer [Jacob may have been a brother or cousin of Sarah Ann (Allen) Rankin] ^[3]

William’s wife died in 1851 in Ohio. He later moved to Missouri and remarried to Jane (b. circa 1825 in Ohio).

In 1860, the Rankin family lived on their farm in Mineral Township, Barton County, Missouri. The household included

William Rankin, 45, born in Ohio, a farmer, with $2000 in real estate and $725 in personal estate

Jane Rankin Female 35 Ohio

Senate Rankin Male 18 Illinois, farm laborer

Mary Rankin Female 16 Illinois

William Rankin Male 14 Illinois

Arabell Rankin Female 13 Illinois

Sousan Rankin Female 12 Illinois

William Duncan Male 24 Illinois, farm laborer

Charles Mc Bee Male 22 Ohio, farm laborer ^[4]

research notes

Since he was born so early after Statehood in Otho (former Northwest Territory), William was almost certainly the son of a Revolutionary War veteran (the govt. rewarded veterans with land in NW Territory, and other places, to help settle the new country)

He and his wife are not found on FindAGrave. Wife Sarah died in Ohio in 1851. It is unknown where or when William died.

Possible second wife, Mary Jane McVey, b. 1831 Fayette, Ohio (https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/99R5-YC6), includes marriage record, 18 Aug 1853, Fayette, Ohio, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZLY-QRH : 29 September 2021), William Rankin and Mary J. Mcvay, 1853.

1880 Census, Broadwell, Logan, IL: Wm Rankin, 65, b. Ohio (father b. KY; mother b. Ohio); wife Mary J., 48, b. Ohio. Living nearby: Sinnett Rankin, 62, Ohio (F. b. KY; M. b.VA), wife Evaline, 63, dau; son in law; etc. "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXV6-D6L : 13 January 2022), William Rankin, Broadwell, Logan, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .)

I believe that William’s son Linnel (on 1850 census) and Senate (on 1860 census), is Sennet Rankin, b. 1842-44 in Ohio. Sennet/Sinnet/Sinnit Rankin is a name I have encountered before in researching other Rankins, and I believe they must be related in some way since it is such an unusual name. This may be the grave info for Sinnet E. Rankin, son of Wm and S.A. Rankin: (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/168933897/sinnett-e-rankin), no dates given, Civil War vet’s stone, bio notes aged 19y 3m 24days, May have died in service, Co G (C?), 106 Ill Inf (https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-battle-units-detail.htm?battleUnitCode=UIL0106RI). Warning: this same stone is shown in error in the FaG grave photo for another Sinnet Rankin, 1784-1857 (too old to be a Civil War get, but possibly the grandfather of young Sinnet). There are a total of six FaG profiles with the name Sinnet/Sinnett Rankin in the United States (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/search?firstname=Sinnit+&middlename=&lastname=Rankin&birthyear=&birthyearfilter=&deathyear=&deathyearfilter=&location=United+States+of+America&locationId=country_4&memorialid=&mcid=&linkedToName=&datefilter=&orderby=r&plot=&fuzzyNames=true).

Sennet Rankin, 1817 Ohio - 1913 Logan, Illinois, might be a brother of William (https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L63B-F2M), geographic matches; no parents shown. Click “Sources” for further research.

Trying to find William’s parents.

Can you add anything?

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WikiTree profile Rankin-751 created through the import of Ancestors of Ellis Downing.ged on Jan 16, 2013 by Cheryl Rothwell. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Cheryl and others.

Sources

1. ↑ Familysearch Family Tree, with sources (https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/M6DG-CK4)
2. ↑ "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZB5-BBL : 29 September 2021), William Rankin and Sarah Ann Allen, 1841.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8RS-LQS : 20 December 2020), William Rankin, Logan, Illinois, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHZ6-ZPB : 18 February 2021), William Rankin, 1860.