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The Dumas & Morris Family Repository


The Dumas & Morris Family Repository


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picture James RANKIN 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: Apr 1779 - , , , Ireland 1 2
    Christening: 
          Death: 15 Nov 1859 - , , , Ireland 1
         Burial:
Events
• He had a residence on 23 May in Dromore, Ireland. 1

Parents 
         Father: William RANKIN 3
         Mother: Jane STEEN 1 4
Spouses and Children 
1. *Margaret (STEEN?) 1 
       Marriage: 
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Living
                2. Living
                3. Living



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Living 
      Sex: M

Parents 
         Father: William RANKIN 1
         Mother: 



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James RANKIN 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 14 Jan 1803 - Catfish, Mifflin Or Armstrong Co., PA 1 3 4 6 7
    Christening: 
          Death: 16 Jul 1863 1 4 8
         Burial: After 16 Jul 1863 - Seceder Cemetery, Rimersburg, Clarion, Pennsylvania, USA 1
Events
Notes
• He had a residence about 1805 in Toby Twp., Armstrong., PA. 1 Now Clarion Co., PA
• He had a residence on 18 Jul 1860 in Toby, Clarion, Pennsylvania, USA. 9

Parents 
         Father: Joseph A. Steen RANKIN 10
         Mother: Elizabeth Jane JOHNSTON 3 11
Spouses and Children 
1. *Margaret HULL 4 
       Marriage: 
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Joseph RANKIN 4 12
                2. Isaac RANKIN 4
                3. Mary Jane RANKIN 4
                4. James Johnston RANKIN 1 4 13
Notes
General:
The James and Joseph Rankin Bibles were lost when Joseph's house burned in 1900. 1

picture Living 
      Sex: M

Parents 
         Father: John Boyd RANKIN 1
         Mother: Emma Luetta DIEBOLD 1



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James Armstrong RANKIN 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 28 May 1843 - ,, Pennsylvania, USA 1 16 17 18 19 20
    Christening: 
          Death: 11 Jan 1915 1 20 21 22
         Burial: in A.P. Church, Rimersburg, Clarion Co., PA 5
Events
Notes
• He had a residence on 24 Aug 1850 in Toby, Armstrong, Pennsylvania, USA. 23
• He had a residence on 21 Jul 1860 in Toby, Clarion, Pennsylvania, USA. 24
• He had a residence on 22 Jul 1870 in Toby, Clarion, Pennsylvania, USA. 25
• He had a residence on 2 Jun 1880 in Toby, Clarion, Pennsylvania, USA. 14
• He has conflicting burial information of 1915 and Rimersburg Cemetery, Rimersburg, Clarion, Pennsylvania, USA. 20

Parents 
         Father: Benjamin Mcclellan RANKIN 26 27 28 29 30
         Mother: Margaret A. ARMSTRONG 1 14 26 29 31 32
Spouses and Children 
1. *Mary Ann SOMERVILLE 1 33 
       Marriage: 22 Feb 1872 5
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Candace Monta Belle RANKIN 5 14
                2. Joseph Merle RANKIN 5 14
                3. William Edwin Morrow RANKIN 34 35
                4. James Odell RANKIN 5
Notes
Death Notes:
Aged 71y 7m 13d
General:
1860 U.S. Census, Toby Twp., Clarion Co., PA, Page 24, 21 July 1860 Line 34-40, Dwelling 162, Family 162 Benjamin Rankin, 48, M, Farmer, 3600, 850, Pennsylvania Margaret Rankin, 46, F, Pennsylvania Nancy Rankin, 21, F, Pennsylvania James A. Rankin, 19, M, Farmer, Pennsylvania Margaret E. Rankin, 17, F, Pennsylvania Sarah Rankin, 15, F, Pennsylvania Laura M. Rankin, 13, F, Pennsylvania 24

picture James Floyd RANKIN 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 15 Oct 1900 1
    Christening: 
          Death: 
         Burial:

Parents 
         Father: James Palmer Norman RANKIN 1 36
         Mother: Minnie Belle BEAM 1



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James Harper RANKIN 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 2 Nov 1867 - Washington Co., IA 37
    Christening: 
          Death: 
         Burial:

Parents 
         Father: John Walker RANKIN 1 37
         Mother: Harriet HARPER 37



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James Hewey Thompson RANKIN 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 10 Aug 1864 37
    Christening: 
          Death: 
         Burial:

Parents 
         Father: Samuel Edmundson RANKIN 38 39
         Mother: Nancy Maria CRAWFORD 37
Spouses and Children 
1. *Grace MERRIMAN 37 
       Marriage: 1891 37
         Status: 



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James Johnston RANKIN 
      Sex: M
AKA: Johnse 1
Individual Information 
          Birth: 7 May 1840 - ,, Pennsylvania, USA 1 40 41 42 43
    Christening: 
          Death: 1927 1
         Burial: 1927 - Seceder Cemetery, Rimersburg, Clarion, Pennsylvania, USA 1
Events
• He worked as a Farmer. 12
• He had a residence on 18 Jul 1860 in Toby, Clarion, Pennsylvania, USA. 9
• He had a residence on 4 Jun 1880 in Toby, Clarion, Pennsylvania, USA. 12

Parents 
         Father: James RANKIN 4 5
         Mother: Margaret HULL 4
Spouses and Children 
1. *Anna Letitia CROSS 1 
       Marriage: 
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Margaret Letitia RANKIN 44 45
                2. Living
                3. Samuel Allen RANKIN 46 47
                4. Sarah Elizabeth RANKIN 1 48
                5. John Hull RANKIN 1
                6. James Palmer RANKIN 49 50
                7. Eva May RANKIN 1 51
                8. Tabitha Jane RANKIN 1
                9. Clara Jamison RANKIN 1
                10. Edward Johnston RANKIN 1
                11. Anna Florence RANKIN 1
Notes
General:
Johnse Rankin farmed a 100 acre farm in Toby Township, possibly the farm of his uncle, David Rankin. All of their children were born on the farm. In 1896 they sold the farm to Joseph Rankin, Johnse's older brother, and moved to Elk City, PA. 1

picture James Johnston RANKIN 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 16 May 1838 1
    Christening: 
          Death: 8 Oct 1861 1
         Burial: After 8 Oct 1861 - Church Cemetery, Toby Twp., Armstrong Co., PA 1

Parents 
         Father: Joseph RANKIN Jr. 3 4 5
         Mother: Jane HILLIS 1
Notes
General:
Never married. 1
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Sources

1 Heber I. Rankin - edited by Janice Yingling, Frontier Families of Toby Township, Clarion Co., Pennsylvania, or Uncle Heber's family history.

2 Heber Rankin, Letter from Heber Rankin to Lawrence Rankin (Location: Copy of letter in possession of Ronna Dumas), 1780?.

3 Heber Rankin, Letter from Heber Rankin to Lawrence Rankin (Location: Copy of letter in possession of Ronna Dumas).

4 Morris Family (Location: Notes in possession of Ronna Dumas).

5 Submitter: Mark Hile, Rankin.ged.

6 Elva Waters Glenn, Letter from Elva Glenn to Ronna Dumas (Location: Original in possession of Ronna Dumas), 1803.

7 1860 U.S. Census (Location: http://www.ancestry.com/search/io/browse.asp?c=12&state=Pennsylvania&county=Clarion&township=Toby&ed=&roll=M653_1095&STAbrv=PA&startimg=639&endimg=668&rp=644&hash=1706608427&width=2173&height=3001&levels=5&colorspace=Grayscale), Age 57 born in Pennsylvania.

8 Elva Waters Glenn, Letter from Elva Glenn to Ronna Dumas (Location: Original in possession of Ronna Dumas), 1863.

9 1860 U.S. Census (Location: http://www.ancestry.com/search/io/browse.asp?c=12&state=Pennsylvania&county=Clarion&township=Toby&ed=&roll=M653_1095&STAbrv=PA&startimg=639&endimg=668&rp=644&hash=1706608427&width=2173&height=3001&levels=5&colorspace=Grayscale).

10 Submitter: Mark Hile, Rankin.ged, Joseph A. Steen Rankin.

11 Interview with Roy Rankin (Location: Notes in possession of Ronna Dumas).

12 1880 U. S. Census (Location: http://www.ancestry.com/search/io/browse.asp?c=5&state=Pennsylvania&county=Clarion&township=Other+Townships&ed=82&roll=T9_1118&STAbrv=PA&startimg=137&endimg=171&rp=141&hash=938526282&width=2237&height=3021&levels=5&colorspace=Grayscale).

13 1880 U. S. Census (Location: http://www.ancestry.com/search/io/browse.asp?c=5&state=Pennsylvania&county=Clarion&township=Other+Townships&ed=82&roll=T9_1118&STAbrv=PA&startimg=137&endimg=171&rp=141&hash=938526282&width=2237&height=3021&levels=5&colorspace=Grayscale), Johnston J. Rankin.

14 1880 U. S. Census (Location: http://www.ancestry.com/search/io/browse.asp?c=5&state=Pennsylvania&county=Clarion&township=Other+Townships&ed=82&roll=T9_1118&STAbrv=PA&startimg=137&endimg=171&rp=139&hash=956680559&width=2237&height=3021&levels=5&colorspace=Grayscale).

15 1870 U. S. Census (Location: http://www.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/ifa_image.cgi?IN=023529&PN=667&SEC=Pennsylvania&CD=466), James Rankin.

16 Gale Ion Harris, F.A.S.G, The Genealogist (Picton Press
Volume: Vol. 13 No. 1), James Harrison Crick Bible.

17 1860 U. S. Census (Location: http://www.ancestry.com/search/io/browse.asp?c=12&state=Pennsylvania&county=Clarion&township=Toby&ed=&roll=M653_1095&STAbrv=PA&startimg=639&endimg=668&rp=662&hash=1637598467&width=2181&height=3001&levels=5&colorspace=Grayscale), Age 19 born in Pennsylvania.

18 1880 U. S. Census (Location: http://www.ancestry.com/search/io/browse.asp?c=5&state=Pennsylvania&county=Clarion&township=Other+Townships&ed=82&roll=T9_1118&STAbrv=PA&startimg=137&endimg=171&rp=139&hash=956680559&width=2237&height=3021&levels=5&colorspace=Grayscale), Age 37 born Pennsylvania.

19 1870 U. S. Census (Location: http://www.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/ifa_image.cgi?IN=023529&PN=667&SEC=Pennsylvania&CD=466), Age 27 born Pennsylvania.

20 "Burial Database," database, Eccles-Lesher Memorial Library (http://www.eccles-lesher.org/Cemetery/?what=view : accessed 15 Oct 2008), James A. Rankin 1915 Unknown Unknown 72 yrs Unknown Rimersburg.

21 Gale Ion Harris, F.A.S.G, The Genealogist (Picton Press
Volume: Vol. 13 No. 1), James Harrison Crick Bible, died 1914 aged 71y 7m 13d.

22 Submitter: Mark Hile, Rankin.ged, Gives date of death as 28 Jan 1915.

23 1850 U.S. Census (Location: GenealogyLibrary.com Census Image).

24 1860 U. S. Census (Location: http://www.ancestry.com/search/io/browse.asp?c=12&state=Pennsylvania&county=Clarion&township=Toby&ed=&roll=M653_1095&STAbrv=PA&startimg=639&endimg=668&rp=662&hash=1637598467&width=2181&height=3001&levels=5&colorspace=Grayscale).

25 1870 U. S. Census (Location: http://www.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/ifa_image.cgi?IN=023529&PN=667&SEC=Pennsylvania&CD=466).

26 Death certificate for Rachel (Rankin) Crick (File Num: 76-1359
Location: Kansas, State Department of Health).

27 Jesse (Morris) Shultz (Location: Original in possession of Ronna Dumas), Rachel Rankin's father, Benjamin M. Rankin.

28 Submitter: Diana E. Roche, Last Will and Testament of Benjamin Rankin (Location: Original in Clarion County, PA, Copy in possession of Ronna Dumas).

29 Diana Roche, Margaret Armstrong, S. W. Mortimer, Laura Rankin (Location: Original email in possession of Ronna Dumas), Death certificate of Laura May Mortimer.

30 1870 U. S. Census (Location: http://www.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/ifa_image.cgi?IN=023529&PN=667&SEC=Pennsylvania&CD=466), Benjamin Rankin.

31 Jesse (Morris) Shultz (Location: Original in possession of Ronna Dumas), Her mother, Margaret A. Armstrong.

32 1870 U. S. Census (Location: http://www.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/ifa_image.cgi?IN=023529&PN=667&SEC=Pennsylvania&CD=466), Margaret Rankin.

33 Mark Hile, Just wanted to tell you... (Location: Original in possession of Ronna Dumas).

34 Mark Hile, Just wanted to tell you... (Location: Original in possession of Ronna Dumas), William Edwin Morrow Rankin.

35 1930 U. S. Census (Location: http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=6224&iid=PAT626_2017-0286&desc=Florence+B+Rankin&pid=50588025), Edward M. Rankin.

36 1870 U. S. Census (Location: http://www.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/ifa_image.cgi?IN=023247&PN=524&SEC=Pennsylvania&CD=466).

37 Compiler: Veryl Bowen Firl, Family Group Record Descendants of William Latta & Elizabeth Rankin (Location: Copy in possession of Ronna Dumas).

38 Heber I. Rankin - edited by Janice Yingling, Frontier Families of Toby Township, Clarion Co., Pennsylvania, or Uncle Heber's family history, Samuel Edmonston Rankin.

39 Compiler: Veryl Bowen Firl, Family Group Record Descendants of William Latta & Elizabeth Rankin (Location: Copy in possession of Ronna Dumas), Samuel Edmundson Rankin.

40 Morris Family (Location: Notes in possession of Ronna Dumas), 1840.

41 Heber Rankin, Letter from Heber Rankin to Lawrence Rankin (Location: Copy of letter in possession of Ronna Dumas), 1840.

42 1860 U.S. Census (Location: http://www.ancestry.com/search/io/browse.asp?c=12&state=Pennsylvania&county=Clarion&township=Toby&ed=&roll=M653_1095&STAbrv=PA&startimg=639&endimg=668&rp=644&hash=1706608427&width=2173&height=3001&levels=5&colorspace=Grayscale), Age 20 born in Pennsylvania.

43 1880 U. S. Census (Location: http://www.ancestry.com/search/io/browse.asp?c=5&state=Pennsylvania&county=Clarion&township=Other+Townships&ed=82&roll=T9_1118&STAbrv=PA&startimg=137&endimg=171&rp=141&hash=938526282&width=2237&height=3021&levels=5&colorspace=Grayscale), Age 40 born Pennsylvania.

44 Heber I. Rankin - edited by Janice Yingling, Frontier Families of Toby Township, Clarion Co., Pennsylvania, or Uncle Heber's family history, Margaret Letitia Rankin.

45 1880 U. S. Census (Location: http://www.ancestry.com/search/io/browse.asp?c=5&state=Pennsylvania&county=Clarion&township=Other+Townships&ed=82&roll=T9_1118&STAbrv=PA&startimg=137&endimg=171&rp=141&hash=938526282&width=2237&height=3021&levels=5&colorspace=Grayscale), Maggie L. Rankin.

46 Heber I. Rankin - edited by Janice Yingling, Frontier Families of Toby Township, Clarion Co., Pennsylvania, or Uncle Heber's family history, Samuel Allen Rankin.

47 1880 U. S. Census (Location: http://www.ancestry.com/search/io/browse.asp?c=5&state=Pennsylvania&county=Clarion&township=Other+Townships&ed=82&roll=T9_1118&STAbrv=PA&startimg=137&endimg=171&rp=141&hash=938526282&width=2237&height=3021&levels=5&colorspace=Grayscale), S. A. Rankin.

48 1880 U. S. Census (Location: http://www.ancestry.com/search/io/browse.asp?c=5&state=Pennsylvania&county=Clarion&township=Other+Townships&ed=82&roll=T9_1118&STAbrv=PA&startimg=137&endimg=171&rp=141&hash=938526282&width=2237&height=3021&levels=5&colorspace=Grayscale), Sarah E. Rankin.

49 Heber I. Rankin - edited by Janice Yingling, Frontier Families of Toby Township, Clarion Co., Pennsylvania, or Uncle Heber's family history, James Palmer Rankin.

50 1880 U. S. Census (Location: http://www.ancestry.com/search/io/browse.asp?c=5&state=Pennsylvania&county=Clarion&township=Other+Townships&ed=82&roll=T9_1118&STAbrv=PA&startimg=137&endimg=171&rp=141&hash=938526282&width=2237&height=3021&levels=5&colorspace=Grayscale), Johnston P. Rankin.

51 1880 U. S. Census (Location: http://www.ancestry.com/search/io/browse.asp?c=5&state=Pennsylvania&county=Clarion&township=Other+Townships&ed=82&roll=T9_1118&STAbrv=PA&startimg=137&endimg=171&rp=141&hash=938526282&width=2237&height=3021&levels=5&colorspace=Grayscale), E. M. Rankin.

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