Bible of John Fain Rankin & Wife, Deceased, Who Lived Four Miles SE of Jefferson City
From transcriptions prepared by W. A. Lyle, of Jefferson County, and subsequently typed and published by the Works Progress Administration under the title Jefferson County Bible Records.
Transcribed for this site from the WPA volume by Doris Kinser Fountain. We are extremely grateful to her.
Researchers Note: this is a transcription of a transcription of a transcription. Therefore, every item must be verified through separate sources.
Possession: E. Loy Rankin, son, of Jefferson City, TN
Transcription: September 29, 1937
Births:
Thomas A. R. N. Williams June 17, 1861
Infant born and died Oct. 18,--
Deaths:
Joella Rankin died October 16, 1903
John Fain Rankin died Dec. 4, 1917
Martha J. Rankin died Feb. 27, 1925
Births:
Gordon Bennet Rankin was born May 21, 1872
Edwin Loy Rankin was born Sept. 1, 1875
Mack Roy Rankin was born Sept. 1, 1875
Jo Ella Rankin was born Aug. 22, 1878
Oscar McTeer Rankin was born Sept. 14, 1880
Marriages:
Oscar McTeer and Clara Elswick were married Juen 15, 1911
Edwin Loy Rankin and Effie Donahoo were married the 29th of May 1919
John F. Rankin and Martha E. Williams were married the 7th of Feb. 1867
Roy Rankin and Nellie Blackburn were married the 31st of July 1907
C. L. Hudson and Emma Lee Rankin were married 19th of Nov. 1891
George E. Rankin and Georgie Middleton were married the 24th Dec. 1896
Gordon B. Rankin and Virginia Hudson were married the 2nd of May 1900.
Births:
John F. Rankin was born 14th of Dec. 1840
Martha J. Williams was born Sept. 7, 1847
Eminty (? - typed over) Lannah Rankin was born Jan. 24, 1868
George Elbert Rankin was born Mch. 3, 1870