John Hillis RANKIN
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 21 Feb 1836 1
Christening:
Death: 14 Mar 1853 1
Burial: After 14 Mar 1853 - Church Cemetery, Toby Twp., Armstrong Co., PA 1
Parents
Father: Joseph RANKIN Jr. 2 3 4
Mother: Jane HILLIS 1
Notes
General:
Never married. 1
John Hull RANKIN
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 10 Nov 1868 - Toby, Clarion, Pennsylvania, USA 1
Christening:
Death: 14 Jun 1872 1 5
Burial:
Parents
Father: James Johnston RANKIN 1 2 6
Mother: Anna Letitia CROSS 1
John Ivo Bell RANKIN
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 26 Jan 1871 - Toby, Clarion, Pennsylvania, USA 2 7 8
Christening:
Death: 12 Aug 1929 2 7 9
Burial:
Events
• He worked as a School teacher and farmer.
Parents
Father: Joseph RANKIN 2 10
Mother: Sarah Jane SOMERVILLE 10 11
Spouses and Children
1. *Margaret Ruphena HARTMAN 2 3
Marriage: 31 Dec 1896 7
Status:
Children:
1. Living
2. Heber Ivo RANKIN 2
3. Bertrelle Elizabeth RANKIN 2 3 7
4. Living
5. Living
6. Living
7. Living
8. Durward Hartman RANKIN 2 3 7
9. Living
John Lemuel RANKIN
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 10 Aug 1872 - ,, Pennsylvania, USA 1 14 15
Christening:
Death: 1936 - ,, Pennsylvania, USA 16
Burial: in Ridgemont Cemetery, Bell Township, Jefferson, Pennsylvania, USA 16
Events
• He had a residence on 3 Jun 1880 in Toby, Clarion, Pennsylvania, USA. 17
Parents
Father: Hunter RANKIN 1 17
Mother: Sarah C. WAGNER 18
Spouses and Children
1. *Fannie BURKETT 1
Marriage:
Status:
Children:
1. Living
2. Living
3. Living
4. Living
5. Nora Elizabeth RANKIN 16
John Walker RANKIN
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 4 Apr 1835 - Washington, Washington, Pennsylvania, USA 20 21
Christening:
Death: 26 Jun 1888 - Yates Center, Woodson Co., KS 22 23
Burial:
Parents
Father: John RANKIN 1
Mother: Elizabeth Grizzella WALKER 24 25
Spouses and Children
1. *Harriet HARPER 19
Marriage: 30 Mar 1859 - Crawford Twp., Washington Co., IA 19
Status:
Children:
1. Samuel Wallace RANKIN 19
2. Carrie Eujennia RANKIN 19
3. John Edmiston RANKIN 19
4. James Harper RANKIN 19
5. Ralph Walker RANKIN 19
John Wilson RANKIN
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 16 Feb 1879 1
Christening:
Death:
Burial:
Parents
Father: Samuel RANKIN 1
Mother:
Spouses and Children
1. *Mary Agnes RANKIN 1
Marriage:
Status:
Children:
1. Living
2. Living
3. Living
4. Living
5. Living
6. Living
7. Living
Notes
General:
According to Heber Rankin, John W. Rankin was the son of Samuel Rankin, an immigrant from Ireland and no relation to Mary Agnes Rankin. 1
Joseph RANKIN Jr.
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 1811 1
Christening:
Death:
Burial: Church Cemetery, Toby Twp., Armstrong Co., PA 1
Events
• He had a residence in Toby Twp., Armstrong., PA. 1
Parents
Father: Joseph A. Steen RANKIN 26
Mother: Elizabeth Jane JOHNSTON 3 27
Spouses and Children
1. *Jane HILLIS 1
Marriage:
Status:
Children:
1. John Hillis RANKIN 1
2. James Johnston RANKIN 1
3. Margaret RANKIN 1
4. David RANKIN 1
5. Hunter RANKIN 1 17
6. Joseph Lemuel RANKIN 28
Joseph RANKIN
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 12 May 1833 - ,, Pennsylvania, USA 1 29 30 31 32 33 34
Christening:
Death: 15 Oct 1911 1 30 35 36
Burial: After 15 Oct 1911 - Rimersburg, Clarion, Pennsylvania, USA 1
Events
• He worked as a Farmer. 1 37
• He was Associate Presbyterian Church of Rimersburg, PA. 1
• He had a residence on 18 Jul 1860 in Toby, Clarion, Pennsylvania, USA. 38
• He had a residence on 4 Jun 1880 in Toby, Clarion, Pennsylvania, USA. 10
Parents
Father: James RANKIN 2 4
Mother: Margaret HULL 2
Spouses and Children
1. *Sarah Jane SOMERVILLE 10 11
Marriage: 3 Jan 1859 1 30
Status:
Children:
1. Lou Emma J. RANKIN 2 3
2. James M. RANKIN 2 3 39
3. Mary RANKIN 2 3 40
4. Ada M. RANKIN 2 3 41
5. William Joseph RANKIN 2 3 11 30 42
6. Ida B. RANKIN 10
7. John Ivo Bell RANKIN 2 3
8. Nathan R. RANKIN 2 3 43
9. A. Bruce RANKIN 2 3 44
Notes
Burial Notes:
Associate Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Joseph A. Steen RANKIN
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 1774 - Abercorn Estate, Laggan Valley, County Donegal, Ireland 2 4 45 46
Christening:
Death: 20 Jun 1839 - Toby, Clarion, Pennsylvania, USA 1 47 48
Burial: After 20 Jun 1839 - Seceder Cemetery, Rimersburg, Clarion, Pennsylvania, USA 1
Events
• He worked as a County commissioner for Armstrong Co., and Associate Judge in 1829. Also a member of the Pennsylvania legislature for Armstrong C., for one term. He was very well educated. 1
• He emigrated on 18 Jun 1798 from Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA. 1 49
• He had a residence on 14 Apr 1802 in , Mifflin, Pennsylvania, USA. 1
• He had a residence in 1805 in Toby, Clarion, Pennsylvania, USA. 1
• He had a residence in 1810 in Toby, Clarion, Pennsylvania, USA. 50
• He had a residence in 1820 in Toby, Clarion, Pennsylvania, USA. 51
• He had a residence on 4 Mar 1839 in Madison Twp., Armstrong Co., PA. 1
Parents
Father: William RANKIN 3
Mother: Jane STEEN 1 2
Spouses and Children
1. *Elizabeth Jane JOHNSTON 3 27
Marriage: Between 18 Jun 1798 and 14 Apr 1802 - , New Jersey, USA 1 2 52
Status:
Children:
1. James RANKIN 2 4
2. David RANKIN 2
3. Jane N. RANKIN 2 3 4
4. Joseph RANKIN Jr. 2 3 4
5. Rachel E. RANKIN 2 4
6. Elizabeth RANKIN 2 4
7. William W. RANKIN 2 4
8. Benjamin J. RANKIN 2 4
Notes
General:
History of Clarion County Pennsylvania by A. J. Davis Published 1887, Reprinted 1997 Page 538
Joseph Rankin, afterwards for a number of years justice of the peace, then assemblyman, and later associate judge of the county, was one of the early settlers. He and his brother Benjamin settled in what is now Toby Township, but some time after he moved into Madison township. These two brothers married two sisters, which was not so remarkable as the fact that the two families lived amicably in the same house, strictly observing the following peculiar arrangements: Joseph, being the eldest brother, did all the managing of affairs in which the male portion of the household had any part; on the other hand, Mrs. Benjamin, being the elder of the two wives, had absolute control of the female portion of the family, their cares, and their belongings, even to chastising all the daughters of both families, while Mr. Joseph did the whipping that was needed by the boys on both sides of the house.
According to Roy Rankin, son of Heber Ivo Rankin, Benjamin and his brother Joseph had to leave Ireland because they had been caught poaching rabbits on the Kings land and had to flee the country for their lives. I subsequently found this same story on a website about the Somerville family from which Roy also descends so I don't know for sure which family this story applies too.
Letter from Elva Glenn to Ronna Dumas says in part:
"These two brothers (Benjamin and Joseph Rankin) always stuck together. Their farm's in Toby township, Clarion Co., PA adjoined each other. They were always very close friends too, for brothers." 37 53
Joseph Addison RANKIN
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 24 Feb 1854 - ,, Pennsylvania, USA 56 57
Christening:
Death: 19 Apr 1937 1
Burial:
Events
• He worked as a Farm laborer. 58
• He had a residence on 13 Aug 1870 in Madison Township, Clarion, Pennsylvania, USA. 58
Parents
Father: Joseph D. RANKIN 1 59 60
Mother: Fannie SOMERVILLE 61
Spouses and Children
1. *Wilhelmina DEVORE 1
Marriage:
Status:
Children:
1. Arthur Minteer RANKIN 1
2. Ada Delia RANKIN 1
3. Gertrude Forella RANKIN 1