Contra Costa County CA Archives Biographies.....Rankin, James 1848 - 
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Author: W. A. Slocum & Co., Publishers (1882)

JAMES RANKIN.—Born in Lanarkshire, Scotland, April 25, 1848. When seventeen
years of age he emigrated to the United States, arriving in New York, January
21, 1865, and after spending eight months in that State, he proceeded westward,
visiting different parts until the year 1869, when the Union Pacific Railroad
was completed, coming to San Francisco and locating there. He went to
Somersville, Contra Costa county, July 4, 1870, and made his home there,
engaging in mining until 1873. He then purchased the Union Hotel, at
Somersville, from N. A. Tyler, and carried on that business for fifteen months,
when he again went to San Francisco, where he remained about the same length of
time. He returned to Contra Costa county, and in partnership with R. S. Cross,
opened the first store in Judsonville. He carried on this business until March,
1879, when he bought the general merchandise store of John Gambs, in
Somersville, and in the following month, transferred to his present location in
Nortonville, where he has since engaged in the same business. Married in San
Francisco, July 8, 1879, Sarah E. Brown, a native of Pennsylvania. By this union
there are two children: Janet, and James.

Additional Comments:
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HISTORY OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY,
CALIFORNIA,
INCLUDING ITS GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, TOPOGRAPHY, CLIMATOGRAPHY AND DESCRIPTION;
TOGETHER WITH A RECORD OF THE MEXICAN GRANTS; THE BEAR FLAG WAR; THE MOUNT
DIABLO COAL FIELDS; THE EARLY HISTORY AND SETTLEMENT, COMPILED FROM THE MOST
AUTHENTIC SOURCES; THE NAMES OF ORIGINAL SPANISH AND MEXICAN PIONEERS; FULL
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; SEPARATE HISTORY OF EACH TOWNSHIP, SHOWING
THE ADVANCE IN POPULATION AND AGRICULTURE;
ALSO,
Incidents of Pioneer Life; and Biographical Sketches
OF EARLY AND PROMINENT SETTLERS AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN;
AMD OF ITS TOWNS, VILLAGES, CHURCHES, SECRET SOCIETIES, ETC.
ILLUSTRATED.
SAN FRANCISCO: W. A. SLOCUM & CO., PUBLISHERS
1882.

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