General Information

Birth
17 FEB 1844
Shippensburg, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
20 JUN 1918
Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Spring Hill Cemetery, Cumberland County, Shiippensburg, Pennsylvania

Notes

The son of Dr. William McGinley & Caroline Olivia (Nevin) Rankin, in 1860 he was a clerk living in Shippensburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. He stood 5' 7" tall and had dark hair and dark eyes.

A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Shippensburg August 4, 1862, and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg August 17 as a private with Co. D, 130th Pennsylvania Infantry. He was hospitalized for illness at Bolivar Heights, (West) Virginia, October 20, 1862, transferred to Broad Street U.S. Hospital in Philadelphia on December 11, 1862, and there discharged the service by surgeon's certificate January 6, 1863, for "chronic rheumatism."

Turning to real estate agent as his occupation, in 1880 he lived in Sewickley, Allegheny County, and was still there in 1916. He married Mary Frances Gilliam January 9, 1882, and fathered Bruce Nevin (b. 01/06/83, d. 01/25/89). Cause of death is listed as "carcinoma of cervical glands" with "uremia and cachexia [weight loss]" contributing factors.

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

Mary Frances Gilliam
- Wife
1855 - 1937
Birth
1855
Death
1937
Burial
Spring Hill Cemetery, Cumberland County, Shiippensburg, Pennsylvania

Children