General Information

Birth
30 DEC 1829
Shippensburg, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
18 JAN 1892
Burial
Oakland Cemetery, Warren County, Pleasant Township, Pennsylvania

Notes

Rev. William Alexander Rankin was the son of Dr. William McGinley and Caroline Olivia (Nevin) Rankin. He was the husband of Josephine V. Rankin. He was a minister in the Presbyterian Church.

Minutes of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, 1866, Vol. 18, Page 1128

William A. Rankin, Warren Pennsylvania

US CENSUS

1880

Warren, Warren co., PA

RANKIN

William A., age 50, b1830 PA, clergyman

Josephine V., age 47, b1833 DELAWARE

dau Annie J., age 21, b1859 DELAWARE

son William W., age 19, b1861 DELAWARE, law student

son Percy R., age 7, b1873 PA

edited by Alfred Nevin

Encyclopaedia of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, 1884, Page 1242

Rankin, Rev. William Alexander

Inscription

William A. Rankin

Dec 30, 1829

Jan 18, 1892

Parents

William McGinley Rankin
- Father
1795 - 1872
Birth
9 OCT 1795
Potters Mills, Centre County, Pennsylvania
Death
15 JUL 1872
Shippensburg, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Spring Hill Cemetery, Cumberland County, Shiippensburg, Pennsylvania
Caroline Oliva Nevin
- Mother
1812 - 1882
Birth
17 OCT 1812
Shippensburg, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
4 JUL 1882
Shippensburg, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Spring Hill Cemetery, Cumberland County, Shiippensburg, Pennsylvania

Spouse

Josephine V
- Wife
1832 - 1895
Birth
1832
Death
31 MAR 1895
Warren, Warren, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Oakland Cemetery, Warren County, Pleasant Township, Pennsylvania

Children

William Wallace Rankin
- Son
1861 - 1949
Birth
24 SEP 1861
New Castle, Lawrence, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
19 NOV 1949
Warren, Warren, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Oakland Cemetery, Warren County, Pleasant Township, Pennsylvania