John Rankin and Isabella Dundass

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Husband John Rankin ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1 May 1779 - Franklin Co, PA 1 2
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           Died: 22 Apr 1848 - ? Bellefonte, Centre Co, PA 1 2
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       Marriage: 7 Jun 1804 2

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Wife Isabella Dundass ¹

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            AKA: Isabella Dundas 2
           Born:  - on the Atlantic Ocean
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Children

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1 F Mary Rankin ²

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           Died: 1836 1
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         Spouse: Alfred Armstrong (      -      ) 2

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2 F Isabella Rankin ³

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         Spouse: John Irvin, Jr. (      -      ) 4

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3 F Jane Rankin ²

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         Spouse: George S. Armstrong (      -      ) 2

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4 F Eliza Rankin ⁵

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            AKA: Ellis Rankin 2
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           Died: 1854 5
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         Spouse: Col. James Gilliland (1804-1889) 6 7

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5 M William D. Rankin ²

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6 M Dr. John C. Rankin ^{2 8}

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           Died: 1848 - Saulsburg, Huntingdon Co, PA 8
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7 M James H. Rankin ²

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           Born: 3 Mar 1819 - Bellefonte, Centre Co, PA 2
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           Died: Jul 1893 - Bellefonte, Centre Co, PA 2
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         Spouse: Barbara Furey (      -      ) 2

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8 M J. Duncan Rankin ^{2 8}

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           Died: 1872 - Boalsburg, Harris Twp, Centre Co, PA 8
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9 M L. Calvin Rankin ²

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General Notes: Husband - John Rankin

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His father was born in Ireland.

He was born in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, and became one of the early settlers in Penn's Valley, Centre County. Before his removal to the village of Bellefonte he was an elder in Mr. Stuart's Church, and after his location there he connected himself with the Presbyterian Church. He opened a store in Bellefonte in 1810. He was sheriff of Centre county in 1812; prothonotary in 1818; and a justice of the peace, 1840-44.

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General Notes: Wife - Isabella Dundass

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She was born on the ocean en route from Scotland to America.

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 202.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 117, 202.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 117, 452.

5 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 44.

6 John Blair Linn, History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1883), Pg 406.

7 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 43.

8 John Blair Linn, History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1883), Pg 223.