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Benjamin Rankin (Jefferson County, Kentucky, tax assessor, blacksmith, superintendent, farmer, and notary public)

b. 1823-08-23 d. 1911-02-02

Jefferson County, Kentucky, blacksmith, superintendent, farmer, tax assessor, and notary public. Westport, Kentucky, native. Son of Ruben Rankin and Sallie Montgomery Rankin. Married to Julia Ann Sidener Rankin in Clark County, Indiana, on March 20, 1849. Father of Andrew Victor Rankin, Emma Rankin, Courtney Rankin, and James A. Rankin. Brass finisher in Louisville until 1840. Blacksmith in Jefferson County, Kentucky, in 1850. Employed Thomas Rankin as a blacksmith in Jefferson County in 1850. Superintendent of the Louisville Gas Company in 1859. Farmer in Jefferson County in 1860. Assistant tax assessor in Jefferson County in 1862. Notary public in Jefferson County in 1862. Superintendent of the Louisville Gas Company in 1865.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 7, p. 374B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, District 2, p. 1090-91.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 7, p. 32B.

“Benjamin Rankin’s Long Career Ended.” Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), February 3, 1911.

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.

"Excise Taxes." Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), November 10, 1862.

Indiana Marriage Records, Clark County Courthouse, Jeffersonville, Indiana, Clark County Marriages, Film #004476596, vol. F, p. 37.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #3756.

Tanner’s Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1858-1859, ed. Henry Tanner (Louisville: Hurd and Burrows, 1859), 142.

KYR-0001-031-0052

Citation

Rankin, Benjamin. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32205138 (November 12, 2026).

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