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John Rinker
(Abt 1760-)
Mary Roderick
(Abt 1765-)
John Jacob Biser
(1755-1823)
Maria Elizabeth Darner
(1760-1848)
John Rinker
(1784-1860)
Maria Elizabeth Biser
(1790-1873)
Elijah Rinker
(1808-1888)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Mary Sarah Hendrickson

Elijah Rinker 2 3 4

  • Born: 1808, , Hardy County, VA 1 2 3
  • Marriage (1): Mary Sarah Hendrickson on 10 September 1835 in , Hardy County, VA 1 2
  • Died: 1 January 1888, , Grant County, WV at age 80 1 4

bullet   Cause of his death was Consumption (Tuberculosis).4

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bullet  General Notes:


[Genealogy.com, LLC WFT Vol. 48, Ed. 1, Tree #1455]
Married to 1st cousin
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bullet  Death Notes:


Name: Elijah Rinker
Death Date: 01 Jan 1888
Death Place: Union Dist., Grant, West Virginia
Gender: Male
Age: 78 years 11 months 24 days
Estimated Birth Year: 1810
Birth Place: Hampshire Co., W. Va.
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Sarah Rinker
Father's Name: John Rinker
Mother's Name: Elizabeth
Occupation: Farmer
Film Number: 809857
Digital Folder Number: 4130779
Image Number: 56
Source: County Records
Reference Number: v 1 p 30
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bullet  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1850 US Census in District 23, Hardy County, VA on 14 October 1850. 3

1850 US Census
Page 88A, Dwelling 1182, Family 1195, Roll 950
District 23, Hardy County, Virginia
Elijah Rinker..41..VA..Farmer
(Living with wife and 8 children.)
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• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Union District, Grant County, WV on 21 June 1880. 2

1880 US Census
Page 232A, District 41, Dwelling 205, Family 207, Roll 1402
Union District, Grant County, West Virginia
Eliga Rinker..Self..71..VA..Farmer
(Living with wife and 6 children.)
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• Disproven Death Date: 11 February 1888. 5 The Death Register for Grant County, West Virginia clearly shows the death date of "Elija Rinker" as 1 Jan 1888 instead of 11 Feb 1888 as some researchers claim.


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Elijah married Mary Sarah Hendrickson, daughter of Spencer Hendrickson and Catherine Biser, on 10 September 1835 in , Hardy County, VA.1 2 (Mary Sarah Hendrickson was born in 1814 in , Hardy County, VA 3 and died after 1 January 1888.)

bullet  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1850 US Census in District 23, Hardy County, VA on 14 October 1850. 3

1850 US Census
Page 88A, Dwelling 1182, Family 1195, Roll 950
District 23, Hardy County, Virginia
Elijah Rinker..41..VA..Farmer
Sarah Rinker..36..VA
Anna Maria Rinker..12..VA
Daniel Rinker..10..VA
John Rinker..9..VA
Sarah Rinker..6..VA
Elijah Rinker..3..VA
Hannah Rinker..2..VA
Elizabeth Rinker..1..VA
Felix Rinker..4m..VA
.

• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Union District, Grant County, WV on 21 June 1880. 2

1880 US Census
Page 232A, District 41, Dwelling 205, Family 207, Roll 1402
Union District, Grant County, West Virginia
Eliga Rinker..Self..71..VA..Farmer
Sarah Rinker..Wife..61..VA..Keeping House
Catharine Rinker..Dau..31..VA..Keeping House
Felix Rinker..Son..28..VA..Farm Labor
Eliga Rinker..Son..32..VA..none
William Rinker..Son..25..VA..Farm Labor
Susan B. Rinker..Dau..23..VA..At Home
Mary E. Rinker..Dau..20..VA..At Home
Easter Hanlin..Boarder..67..VA..Boarder

NOTE - The boarder, Easter Hanlin, is probably related to Jacob Sanford Hanlin who married Sarah Catharine Rinker, a daughter of Elijah and Mary Rinker.
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Sources


1 Betty U. Miller, World Family Tree Vol. 007, Ed. 1, Tree #0875 (Brøderbund Software, Inc., Release date: October 17, 1996).

2 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Union District, Grant County, West Virginia, enumeration district (ED) 41, p. 232A, dwelling 205, family 207, Elijah Rinker and Mary Sarah Hendrickson; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 11 Dec 2018); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 1402.

3 1850 U.S. census, population schedule, District 23, Hardy County, Virginia, p. 88A, dwelling 1182, family 1195, Elijah Rinker and Mary Sarah Hendrickson; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 5 Jun 2017); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M432, roll 950.

4 Death Register - West Virginia, Grant County; 1888, p. 30, "Elija Rinker"; digital image, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx: 24 Dec 2010).

5 Hilton T. Smith, World Family Tree Vol. 048, Ed. 1, Tree #1455 (Genealogy.com, LLC, Release date: December 1999).


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