Logan County IL Archives Biographies.....Rankin, Sinnet August 27, 1817 - 
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Author: History of Logan Co, 1886

Biography of Sinnet Rankin
transcription by William L. Stephenson, Jr.

History of Logan County Illinois, 1886 p.617 - 618
Broadwell Township

Sinnet Rankin, one of the prominent farmers of Broadwell Township, was born in 
Fayette County, Ohio, August 27, 1817, his parents, William and Elizabeth 
Rankin, being natives of Kentucky and Virginia respectively.  His mother died 
in Ohio, and his father at the home or out subject, in October, 1857.  They 
had a family of five children, Sinnet being the fourth child.  His brothers, 
Edward and William, reside in this township, and two of the children are 
deceased.  Sinnet Rankin remained with his parents at the home in Ohio till 
twenty-three years old.  December 5, 1839, he was married to Eveline McBee, 
who was born at Harper’s Ferry, June 2, 1817.  They have one daughter living – 
Nancy, wife of Robert Blacker.  One child, Elmira J., died aged nearly ten 
years. Mr. Rankin continued to work on his father’s farm till September 11, 
1848, when he and his family started for Logan County, reaching Postville 
September 30.  He raised one crop on rented land and in the spring of 1850 he 
settled on his present farm, on section 10, his first purchase being 160 acres 
of prairie land and a third interest in 160 acres of timberland, he has been 
prosperous since coming to Logan County, and now, in his advancing years, he 
needs nothing for comfort that wealth can buy.  His fine, substantial 
residence and his farm improvements indicate thrift and care, and his splendid 
farm, including a small tract of timbered lands, now contains 400 acres.  In 
politics Mr. Rankin is a Democrat.  He has served his township four years as 
supervisor, and has held the office of school treasurer several years.  He is 
a member of Logan Lodge, No. 480, A. F. & A. M.

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