Augusta Parish, Virginia
When Armstrong Rankin Jr. was born in 1802, in Augusta Parish, Augusta, Virginia, United States, his father, Armstrong Rankin, was 35 and his mother, Mary Polly Ralston, was 21. He married Amelia Ann Burgess on 27 May 1822. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Barbour, Virginia, United States in 1860 and Ohio, United States in 1870. He died on 22 October 1875, in Mexico, Audrain, Missouri, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Mexico, Audrain, Missouri, United States.