General Information

Birth
10 JUN 1810
Jefferson County, Tennessee
Death
1840
Cass County, Indiana

Notes

Though his life was brief, he did a notable service for humanity, and was a pioneer missionary of the Presbyterian Church in the State of Indiana. Rev. Mr. Rankin married Eliza R. Lowry in 1833. She was related to the John C. Calhoun family of the Carolinas and also to Sam Houston, the hero of the battle of San Jacinto and one of the founders of the Texas Republic and the State of Texas.

Parents

Richard Rankin
- Father
1756 - 1827
Birth
4 NOV 1756
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
Death
4 MAY 1827
Jefferson County, Tennessee
Burial
Dandridge Revolutionary War Graveyard, Jefferson County, Dandridge, Tenessee
Jennet Jane Steele
- Mother
1764 - 1846
Birth
4 APR 1764
Pennsylvania
Death
17 JAN 1846
Jefferson County, Tennessee

Spouse

Eliza Roe Lowry
- Wife
1808 - 1898
Birth
10 JAN 1808
Jonesborough, Washington County, Tennessee
Death
29 NOV 1898
Quenemo, Osage, Kansas, USA
Burial
OakHill Cemetery, Osage County, Quenemo, Kansas

Children

Alexander Rankin
- Son
1832 - 1919
Birth
3 MAR 1832
Ohio
Death
24 NOV 1919
Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri
Burial
Forest Hill Cemetery, Jackson County, Missouri
John Knox Rankin
- Son
1837 - 1913
Birth
3 NOV 1837
Cass County, Indiana
Death
29 OCT 1913
Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas
Burial
Oak Hill Cemetery, Doughas County, Lawrence, Kansas
Mary Jane Rankin
- Daughter
1835 - 1923
Birth
18 NOV 1835
Ripley, Brown County, Ohio
Death
1 NOV 1923
Quanemo, Osage County, Kansas
Burial
Oak Hill Cemetery, Osage County, Quenemo, Kansas