General Information

Birth
1828
Death
JUL 1913
Franklin, NC

Notes

Major Nathaniel Rankin during the War, Nathaniel was Captain of Company I, 5th North Carolina Cavalry. After the battle of New Bern, nathaniel was elected Major of the 26th North Carolina Regiment. He was educated at Davidson College and was a ruling elder in the Presbyterian Church for many years and lived in Franklin, NC. He was a Mason and in his later years, a Magistrate.

Parents

Robert Rankin
- Father
1780 - 1866
Birth
1780
Guilford County, NC
Death
1866
Margaret Patterson
- Mother
Birth
Orange County, NC
Death
1865

Spouse

Jane Benitha Wharton
- Wife
1832 - 1897
Birth
1832
Married
13 DEC 1855
Guilford County, NC
Death
1897

Children

Douglas Rankin
- Son
1860 - 1913
Birth
1860
Death
1913
Ernest C. Rankin
- Son
Birth
1865
Lillie M. Rankin
- Daughter
Birth
1868
Ella F. Rankin
- Daughter
Birth
1858