Vitter-Weaver Genealogy
James Alexander Rankin (I35434)
1829 - 1881 (52 years)
1829 - 1907 (77 years)
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Name James Alexander Rankin [1] Relationship 
with Albert Leopold Vitter Birth 25 Jun 1829 Gaston, North Carolina, USA 
[1] Gender Male Death 2 Aug 1881 Hughes Springs, Cass, Texas, USA [1] Burial Shelton Rankin Cemetery, Hughes Springs, Cass, Texas, USA [1] Siblings 4 brothers and 3 sisters 1. Robert Rankin, b. 30 Aug 1811, Lincoln, North Carolina, USA d. 5 Mar 1890, Alma, Crawford, Arkansas, USA (Age 78 years)
▻Harriett Delia Alexander, b. 6 May 1829 d. 31 Jan 1907 (Age 77 years), m. 18502. Richard Johnson Rankin, b. 1812, Lincoln, North Carolina, USA d. 1907, Martinsburg, Berkeley, West Virginia, USA (Age 95 years)
▻Frances Hart, b. 1813 d. 1885 (Age 72 years), m. UNKNOWN3. Sarah Caroline Rankin, b. 2 Oct 1816, Lincoln, North Carolina, USA d. 1905, Cass, Texas, USA (Age 88 years)
▻Benjamin Morris, b. 20 Jul 1804, Bedford, Bedford, Virginia, USAd. 29 Aug 1871, Cass, Texas, USA (Age 67 years), m. 1843 4. Samuel Rankin, b. 17 Mar 1819, Lincoln, North Carolina, USA d. 9 Apr 1899, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA (Age 80 years)
▻Zalena Beaty, b. 4 Dec 1835, Lincoln, North Carolina, USAd. 14 Nov 1900, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA (Age 64 years), m. 1851 5. William Ruffus Rankin, b. 7 Mar 1823 d. 17 Nov 1883 (Age 60 years)
▻Mary Ann Capps, b. 23 Feb 1826 d. 6 Mar 1850 (Age 24 years), m. UNKNOWN
▻Sarah Elizabeth Stowe, b. 8 Apr 1840 d. 28 Aug 1892 (Age 52 years), m. UNKNOWN6. Louisa May Rankin, b. 1 Oct 1824, Lincoln, North Carolina, USA d. 20 Mar 1911, Hughes Springs, Cass, Texas, USA (Age 86 years)
▻John Wesley Cook d. DECEASED , m. 18717. James Alexander Rankin (current person), b. 25 Jun 1829, Gaston, North Carolina, USA d. 2 Aug 1881, Hughes Springs, Cass, Texas, USA (Age 52 years)
▻Sarah Elizabeth Cloninger, b. 23 Mar 1841, North Carolina, USAd. 24 Mar 1923, Hughes Springs, Cass, Texas, USA (Age 82 years), m. 24 Oct 1866, Cass, Texas, USA 8. Mary Ann Rankin, b. 2 Mar 1831, Lincoln, North Carolina, USA d. 12 Mar 1863, Cass, Texas, USA (Age 32 years)
▻Robert A. Beaty, Jr., b. 1 Oct 1827, Lincoln, North Carolina, USAd. 4 Jun 1899, Forreston, Ellis, Texas, USA (Age 71 years), m. 22 Nov 1849, Gaston, North Carolina, USA Person ID I35434 Vitter-Weaver Genealogy Last Modified 25 Mar 2024
Father James Rankin, b. North Carolina, USA d. 4 Apr 1848, Arkansas City, Desha, Arkansas, USA Mother Mary Johnson, b. Abt 1790 d. 1832, Lincoln, North Carolina, USA (Age ~ 42 years) Marriage 26 Aug 1812 Lincoln, North Carolina, USA [2] Family ID F26844 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Sarah Elizabeth Cloninger, b. 23 Mar 1841, North Carolina, USA d. 24 Mar 1923, Hughes Springs, Cass, Texas, USA (Age 82 years) Marriage 24 Oct 1866 Cass, Texas, USA [1, 3] Children 1. Zoe Maxvilla Rankin, b. 1867 d. 1929 (Age 62 years) 2. Susan Justina Rankin, b. 1869 d. 1870 (Age 1 year) 3. Robert Benjamin Rankin, b. 1870 d. 1957 (Age 87 years) 4. Walter Dell Rankin, b. 1873 d. 1873 (Age 0 years) 5. Samuel Lee Rankin, b. 1875 d. 1961 (Age 86 years) 6. Alice May Rankin, b. 1877 d. DECEASED Family ID F26855 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 25 Mar 2024
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Event Map 
Birth - 25 Jun 1829 - Gaston, North Carolina, USA 
Marriage - 24 Oct 1866 - Cass, Texas, USA 
Death - 2 Aug 1881 - Hughes Springs, Cass, Texas, USA 
Burial - - Shelton Rankin Cemetery, Hughes Springs, Cass, Texas, USA = Link to Google Earth
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Photos James Alexander Rankin
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Sources - [S1251] Find A Grave, Sgt James Alexander “Jim” Rankin.
U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865
about James Alexander Rankin
Name: J. A. Rankin
Side: Confederate
Regiment State/Origin: Texas
Regiment Name: 9 Texas Cavalry
Regiment Name Expanded: 9th Regiment, Texas Cavalry (Sims')
Company: F
Rank In: Private
Rank In Expanded: Private
Rank Out: Sergeant
Rank Out Expanded: Sergeant
Film Number: M227 roll 30
Married Sarah Elizabeth Cloninger on October 24, 1866 in Cass County, TX
History of Cass County People, By Cass County Genealogical Society, Atlanta, Texas
James Alexander Rankin born in Lincoln, North Carolina, came to Texas with the Robert Beaty family and Louisa Rankin about 1860.
James was a carpenter before enlisting 1861 at Camp Reeves, Texas, in the Confederate Army. Promoted to 4th Sgt. 1862, serving at Camp Reeves, Ft. Gibson, Oklahoma, and Columba, Tenn., being paroled by U.S. Army 1865 at Marshall, Texas.
James married 1866 to Sarah Cloninger.
In 1872 James and brother-in-law W. B. Cloninger, bought 200 acres just west of Black Cypress Creek and northeast of Sardis Community. James brought Cloninger's half in 1876. His home was four rooms with a double fireplace (back to back) and a porch across the front.
James and Sarah had the following children: Zoe Maxvilla, Susan Justina, Robert Benjamin, Walter Dell, Alice May, and Samuel Lee.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5542735/james-alexander-rankin - [S1251] Find A Grave, James Rankin.
Son of Samuel and Elenor (Elen) Alexander Rankin, James bonded to marry Polly Johnson 26 Aug 1812 in LIncoln County.
In 1814 Samuel Rankin willed his home on Dutchman's Creek to James; and, from that time, if not earlier, James and Polly Rankin lived in the Rankin homestead. There most of their nine children were born, eight living to maturity.
James may have been in failing health on 20 September 1832 when his second son Richard Johnson Rankin recorded the James and Polly family in his father's copy of Brooke's Gazateer, pub ___.
One week later, on 27 Nov 1832, James signed his will. It was probated in the Jan 1833 Session, Lincoln County Court.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/202316382/james-rankin - [S1251] Find A Grave, Sarah Elizabeth Cloninger Rankin.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5542736/sarah-elizabeth-rankin
Sarah Cloninger
- [S1251] Find A Grave, Sgt James Alexander “Jim” Rankin.
