Francis Rankin

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c1833

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1898-04-23

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"Francis Rankin" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00020685, (accessed January 14, 2025).

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Louisville, Kentucky, blacksmith and mechanic. Native of Ireland. Married to Margaret Calhoun Rankin. Father of Samuel Rankin, Leticia "Lettie" Rankin, Jane Rankin, Lillian Rankin, Charles Rankin, and Mary Rankin. Blacksmith apprentice in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, in 1850. Blacksmith in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1860. Blacksmith in Louisville in 1861. Blacksmith in Louisville in 1863. Mechanic in partnership with William T. Rankin in Rankin & Bro. in Louisville in 1865.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Pennsylvania, Allegheny County, Peebles, p. 318B.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 8, p. 865.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 10, p. 361A.
Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Jefferson County, KY, June 1863, p. 425.
Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994041, Jefferson County Deaths.
"Lettie Reeder," Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File 1332.
"Louisville Scale and Truck Manufactory," Louisville Daily Courier, (Louisville, KY), December 4, 1866, p. 2.
Edwards' Annual Director to the Inhabitants, Institutions, Incorporated Companies, Manufacturing Establishments, Business firms, Etc., Etc., in the City of Louisville, For 1865-6 (Louisville: Edwards, Greenough & Deved, 1866), 488.
Tanner’s Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1861 ed. Henry Tanner (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 200.

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