Joseph Alexander Rankin and Mary E. Blair

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Husband Joseph Alexander Rankin ^{1 2}

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           Died: 15 Feb 1888 2
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         Father: William Rankin (1770-1847) 1 2
         Mother: [Unk] Maginley (      -      ) 2

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       Marriage: 17 Apr 1851 2

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Wife Mary E. Blair ²

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           Born: 23 Oct 1824 - Penn's Valley, Centre Co, PA 2
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           Died: Aft 1898
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         Father: Samuel Blair (      -Bef 1898) 3
         Mother: Margaret Eakin (      -Bef 1898) 4

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Children

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1 F Abigail Rankin ²

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         Spouse: Charles F. Cook (      -      ) 2

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2 M William B. Rankin ²

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           Born: 3 Jan 1854 2
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         Spouse: Adelaide Bailey (1854-      ) 4

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3 F Sarah C. Rankin ²

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           Born: Abt 1856
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           Died: Spring, 1896 2
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4 F Annie M. Rankin ²

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           Born: Abt 1858
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           Died: 1882 2
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5 F Caroline E. Rankin ²

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           Died: Aft 1898
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6 M John Rankin ²

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           Born: Abt 1862
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           Died: 14 Nov 1893 2
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General Notes: Husband - Joseph Alexander Rankin

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He was reared on a farm in Penn's Valley, at Centre Hill, near Potters Mills, Pennsylvania, the district schools of the vicinity furnishing the usual educational opportunities, of which he made the utmost, preparing himself for teaching. He followed this occupation until 1850 when, his approaching marriage causing him to seek more remunerative work, he engaged in the insurance business.
After his marriage he made his home for twelve years in Spruce Creek Valley near the line between Centre and Huntingdon counties, but the remainder of his life was spent in Bellefonte. He made a specialty of fire insurance, and built up a large business which he continued until five years before his death. In political faith he was first a Whig and later a Republican, and he was a leading member of the Presbyterian Church, with which the family had been identified many years, his father having been a ruling elder in the society at Spruce Creek.

1 John Blair Linn, History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1883), Pg 222.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 100.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 101, 904.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 101.