Genealogy Report: Descendants of David Rankin, Sr.
Descendants of David Rankin, Sr.
23.SAMUEL4 RANKIN (WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, DAVID1) was born 1777 in Berkeley County, Virginia, and died Aft. 1850.He married ANN ABERNATHY.She was born WFT Est. 1772-1787.
Child of SAMUEL RANKIN and ANN ABERNATHY is:
i. | SAMUEL5 RANKIN, b. WFT Est. 1796-1822; m. SARAH BECHTOL. |
24.SIMEON4 RANKIN (WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, DAVID1) was born August 18, 1789 in Berkeley County, Virginia, and died April 20, 1842 in Morgan County, Virginia.He married MATILDA FARTHING October 13, 1810 in Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland.She was born January 05, 1792 in Morgan County, Virginia, and died July 25, 1844 in Morgan County, Virginia.
Children of SIMEON RANKIN and MATILDA FARTHING are:
i. | MARY5 RANKIN, b. WFT Est. 1811-1839, Morgan County, Virginia; d. December 15, 1870. | ||
ii. | PHOEBE MAHALA RANKIN, b. November 04, 1815, Berkeley Springs, Morgan County, West Virginia; d. January 02, 1881. | ||
iii. | SIMEON RANKIN, b. 1820, Morgan County, Virginia; d. 1858. | ||
79. | iv. | ELLEN MARIA RANKIN, b. March 20, 1820, Berkeley Springs, Morgan County, Virginia (WV); d. January 21, 1911, Pawnee Co, NE. | |
v. | JANE RANKIN, b. February 14, 1823, Morgan County, West Virginia; d. December 07, 1906. | ||
80. | vi. | AARON FRANKLIN RANKIN, b. October 17, 1831, Berkeley Springs, Morgan County, West Virginia; d. December 15, 1870, Berkeley County, Virginia. |
25.WILLIAM4 RANKIN (WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, DAVID1) was born 1795 in Berkeley Springs, Morgan Co, Virginia, and died Bef. 1845.He married (1) MARGARET THOMPSON September 09, 1815 in Berkeley County, Virginia.She was born Abt. 1795 in Virginia, and died Bet. 1833 - 1834 in Berkeley Springs, Morgan County, VA.He married (2) MATILDA JOHNSTON July 18, 1835 in Morgan County, Virginia.She died in Berkeley Springs, Morgan County, Virginia.
Children of WILLIAM RANKIN and MARGARET THOMPSON are:
i. | THOMAS JAMES5 RANKIN, b. June 12, 1816, Berkeley Springs, Morgan County, Virginia. | ||
81. | ii. | JOHN RANKIN, b. March 07, 1818, Berkeley Springs, Morgan County,Virginia; d. June 25, 1893, Andrew County, Missouri. | |
iii. | SIMEON HIETT RANKIN, b. March 17, 1822, Berkeley Springs, Morgan County,Virginia. | ||
iv. | MARY RANKIN, b. April 06, 1826, Berkeley Springs, Morgan County, Virginia. | ||
v. | ISABELLA RANKIN, b. December 27, 1827, Berkeley Springs, Morgan County, Virginia; d. March 23, 1898. | ||
vi. | SUSAN MARTHA RANKIN, b. October 15, 1833, Berkeley Springs, Morgan County, Virginia. |
Children of WILLIAM RANKIN and MATILDA JOHNSTON are:
vii. | ARTHUR VINCENT5 RANKIN, b. June 02, 1836, Berkeley Springs, Morgan County, Virginia; d. July 01, 1887. | ||
viii. | ANN VICTORIA RANKIN, b. December 18, 1838, Berkeley Springs, Morgan County, Virginia. |
26.EDWARD4 CHERRY (MARY3RANKIN, WILLIAM2, DAVID1) was born July 1776 in Mt. Pleasant Township, Washington County, PA, and died July 01, 1854 in Mt. Pleasant Township, Washington County, PA.He married REBECCA PERRINE March 04, 1802.She was born 1781 in New Jersey.
Notes for EDWARD CHERRY:
He was a soldier in the War of 1812 and was a Whig.He was a man of sterling worth and true piety but not a member of a church.He died on his farm at 78.
Year Surname Given Name (s) County State Page Township or Other Info Record Type Database ID#
1810 CHERRY EDWARD Washington County PA 037 Mount Pleasant Federal Population Schedule PA 1810 Federal Census Index PAS1a652640
1830 CHERRY EDWARD Washington County PA 257 Mount Pleasant Township Federal Population Schedule PA 1830 Federal Census Index PA558336767
1840 CHERRY EDWARD Washington County PA 080 Mt Pleasant Federal Population Schedule PA 1840 Federal Census Index PAS4a485518
1850 CHERRY EDWARD Washington County PA 096 Mount Pleasant Federal Population Schedule PA 1850 Federal Census Index PAS6a540609
Edward, the youngest son of Thomas Cherry, married Rebecca Perrin, of Hopewell township (now Independence). He purchased the homestead of the heirs, and was born, lived, and died on the homestead. His death occurred July 1, 1854, at the age of seventy-eight years. He had ten children, of whom William P. is the eldest, now in his seventy-eighth year. He with two sisters, Maria and Sarah, all unmarried, are living on the homestead. Rebecca, also unmarried, lived with them until her death, Oct. 8, 1881. Of the other children, Aaron removed to Tuscarawas County, Ohio, where he died. Edward is settled on a part of the home farm, where he still lives.
Children of EDWARD CHERRY and REBECCA PERRINE are:
i. | ELIZA JANE5 CHERRY, m. WILLIAM CHERRY, October 08, 1850, Guernsey County, Ohio. |
Notes for WILLIAM CHERRY: [Global HAL.FTW] Moved to Waco, Texas in 1875. |
ii. | WILLIAM P. CHERRY, b. December 1803; d. April 10, 1890. | ||
iii. | ELEANOR CHERRY, b. March 10, 1805; d. February 05, 1872; m. THOMAS STEWART, January 20, 1825. | ||
82. | iv. | NANCY CHERRY, b. November 1806; d. December 05, 1855. | |
83. | v. | AARON CHERRY, b. August 29, 1808; d. September 17, 1875, Uhrichsville, Ohio. | |
vi. | MARIA L. CHERRY, b. November 1810; d. August 1883. |
Notes for MARIA L. CHERRY: [Global HAL.FTW] SOURCE: History of Washington Co., PA by Beers, Biography of Edward P. Cherry. Never married. |
vii. | REBECCA CHERRY, b. December 1812; d. October 08, 1881. |
Notes for REBECCA CHERRY: [Global HAL.FTW] SOURCE: History of Washington Co., PA by Beers, Biography of Edward P. Cherry. Never married and lived on the home farm. |
viii. | RACHEL CHERRY, b. December 1814; m. JAMES STEWART, October 08, 1840. |
Notes for RACHEL CHERRY: [Global HAL.FTW] SOURCE: History of Washington Co., PA by Beers, Biography of Edward P. Cherry. Spouse.Settled in Allegheny County. |
ix. | SARAH CHERRY, b. 1817. |
Notes for SARAH CHERRY: [Global HAL.FTW] SOURCE: History of Washington Co., PA by Beers, Biography of Edward P. Cherry. Never married and lived with her brother, Edward P. |
x. | EDWARD P. CHERRY, b. May 19, 1819, Mt. Pleasant Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania; d. December 23, 1892, Mt. Pleasant Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania; m. MARY JANE LAWTON, September 26, 1854; b. April 18, 1830, West Middleton, Pennsylvania24; d. February 23, 1917. |
Notes for EDWARD P. CHERRY: [Global HAL.FTW] Edward P. Cherry, p. 723 EDWARD P. CHERRY. This well-known and successful gentleman can boast a prouder lineage than lord or lady of royal birth, for his ancestors were among the first rulers of the New World, and martyrs for the future generation, freely giving their lives that "the children" might have happier homes and the God-giving liberties which were denied our fathers. Shall the memory of these ancestors, our royal peerage, sink into oblivion while we enjoy the priceless liberties for which our fathers toiled, suffered and died? Small wonder that we are eager to obtain and record every incident of those noble lives, hoping to thus rear a monument for our loved and honored ones, which will live in the hearts of our children when we, too, "are gathered to our fathers." Among the earliest of early pioneers the name of Cherry takes a prominent position. Thomas and Mary Cherry were born near Bristol, England, and emigrated to America in 1770, first settling in Frederick county, Md. In 1774 they moved to Mt. Pleasant township, Washington Co., Penn., where he erected a log cabin. He was a spy in the Revolutionary war, and one morning was found lying dead by the spring near the cabin, scalped by the Indians; his son John was also killed by the Indians the following year. In 1774 Fort Cherry was built on the home farm, containing three log buildings, one twenty-five feet square, and the smaller ones arranged in a triangular manner. This was used some years as the residence of the Cherry, McCarty and Rankin families. Edward Cherry was born in July, 1776, on the home farm in Mt. Pleasant township, this county, where his boyhood was passed amid the dangers of pioneer life, trebled by the horrors of the Revolution. On March 4, 1802, he was united in marriage with Rebecca Perrin, who was born in 1781, in New Jersey, and bore him children, of whom the following is recorded: William P., born in December, 1803, was reared on the farm, receiving a meager subscription-school education, but by close application became an expert mathematician (he was several times offered the chair as professor of mathematics, but would not accept it, preferring to remain on the old farm; he was actively interested in politics; he died April 10, 1890); Eleanor, born March 10, 1805, on January 20, 1825, was married to Thomas Steward, a farmer, and resided in Allegheny county, Penn. (she passed away February 5, 1872); Nancy, born in November, 1806, on March 12, 1835, gave her hand in marriage to Matthew Rankin (they settled in Mt. Pleasant township, where she died December 5, 1855; her husband married again and died at Burgettstown June 13, 1880); Aaron, born August 29, 1808, on May 19, 1834, was united in marriage with Margaret Benward, first settling in Mt. Pleasant township; thence moving to Wooster, Ohio, and afterward returning to Mt. Pleasant township where they lived twenty years on the farm, then went to Uhrichsville, Ohio, where he died September 17, 1875; Maria L., born in November, 1810, was never married, and died August 12, 1886; Rebecca, born in December, 1812, passed her life on the home farm and died October 8, 1881; Rachel, born in December, 1814, was married on October 8, 1840, to James Stewart (they settled in Allegheny county, Penn., where she died); Sarah, born in 1817, lived with her brother, Edward P., until her death, which occurred in December, 1891; Edward P., born May 19, 1819, whose sketch is given below; Eliza Jane, born in 1821, was married October 8, 1850, to William Cherry, Guernsey county, Ohio (they first settled on the home farm, and in 1875 moved to near Waco, McLennan Co., Tex., where they now reside). The father of this large family was a soldier in the war of 1812, and in politics was a stanch adherent of the Whig party. He was a man of sterling moral worth and true piety, but a member of no church. Mrs. Cherry was a member of the Presbyterian Church of Candor, this county. He died July 1, 1854, in his seventy-eighth year, on the farm where his whole life had been passed. Edward P. Cherry was born on the old farm in Mt. Pleasant township, on Cherry's run, in Cherry valley, which is yet his home. He was educated in the subscription schools of the neighborhood, and on September 26, 1854, was married to Mary Jane Lawton, a native of Cross Creek township, this county. She is a granddaughter of Joseph and Mary (Alway) Lawton, natives of Rhode Island, who came to this county in 1824, and settled in Cross Creek township, where he died in 1839, his wife passing away in 1841. She is a daughter of Pardon Lawton, who was born, in 1798, in Rhode Island, and in 1824 he and his parents came with a six-ox team over the mountains to Washington county, Penn., settling in Cross Creek township. In 1826 he was married to Tabitha Vincent, daughter of Alexander and Jane Vincent, natives of Maryland, who moved to Washington county, Penn., settling in Hopewell township, and the young people settled permanently in Cross Creek township. He was an active politician of the Whig party. Mrs. Lawton was a member of the Buffalo Presbyterian Church, and both she and her husband were conscientious Christians. He died January 27, 1876, and was followed by his wife October 25, 1884. Their children were born as follows: Joseph (living in West Middletown, Penn., married to Mary Louisa Quest); Rosanna (married to Samuel Davidson, Hopewell township); Mary Jane, born April 18, 1830 (married to Edward P. Cherry); Sarah (living in Hopewell township, wife of George Leggett); Peter (living in Cressna Park, Penn., married to Mary McCoy); Alexander (living in West Middletown); Charles (residing in Washington, Penn., married to Sarah Guiney); John (enlisted in 1861, at West Middletown, in the Forty-second P. V. I., serving till the end of the war, when he went to Monmouth; he was married to Matilda Brownlee, and died in September, 1878); James (living in West Middletown, this county); Thomas Vincent (a resident of West Middletown) and Margaret Elizabeth (also living in West Middletown). Mr. Cherry owns a good farm containing 103 acres, part of which he rents and uses as a pasture. It has been in the possession of the Cherry family since 1774, and many improvements have been made, a good house being erected in 1884. Mr. Cherry is fond of hunting and is a skillful marksman. Politically he has long been an active Republican, having voted for General Harrison, and served his party in various township offices. He and his wife are members of the U. P. church at Hickory, this county. [Since the above was written, Mr. Edward P. Cherry died at his home in Mt. Pleasant township, December 23, 1892, in his seventy-fourth year.] Text taken from page 723 of: Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893). Transcribed March 1997 by Karen Souhrada of Pittsford, NY as part of the Beers Project. Published March 1997 on the Washington County, PA USGenWeb pages at http://www.chartiers.com/. [ [Back to Beers Table of Contents] [Back to Beers Project Page] |