William Rankin and Martha B. Hurst

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Husband William Rankin ¹

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           Born: 20 Feb 1841 - North Union Twp, Fayette Co, PA 1
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         Father: William Rankin, Sr. (1800-1877) 1
         Mother: Eliza Junk (1807-      ) 1

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       Marriage: 19 Nov 1861 1

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Wife Martha B. Hurst ¹

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           Born: 1 Apr 1843 1
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         Father: Nathaniel G. Hurst (      -      ) 1
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Children

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1 F Mary Eliza Rankin ²

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           Born: 15 Jun 1863 2
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         Spouse: John F. Hankins (      -      ) 2

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2 M William H. Rankin ²

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           Born: 18 Feb 1865 2
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3 M Isaac Rankin ³

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           Born: 4 May 1867 3
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4 F Frances "Fannie" Rankin ³

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           Born: 12 Feb 1869 3
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         Spouse: Albert R. Craig (1865-      ) 4 5

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5 F Ida M. Rankin ³

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           Born: 21 Jan 1873 3
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6 F Daisy M. Rankin ³

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           Born: 16 Dec 1880 3
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General Notes: Husband - William Rankin

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He was brought up on a farm, and was educated in the common schools of North Union township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. His business was farming, which he followed all of his life. He owned a finely improved farm, where he resided, and owned valuable property in Uniontown, as well.
In politics Mr. Rankin was a stanch democrat, but he held the office of supervisor in a strong republican township. He was a strong temperance man.

1 John M. Gresham, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: John M. Gresham & Co., 1889), Pg 214, 337.

2 John M. Gresham, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: John M. Gresham & Co., 1889), Pg 214.

3 John M. Gresham, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: John M. Gresham & Co., 1889), Pg 215.

4 John M. Gresham, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: John M. Gresham & Co., 1889), Pg 156, 215.

5 Editor, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Uniontown, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1900), Pg 759.