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Melinda Anna Rinker
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Melinda Anna Rinker 2
- Born: 4 February 1871, Junction, WV 3 4 5 6
- Marriage (1): John Wesley Biser on 8 February 1893 1
- Died: 18 December 1936, Cheswick, PA at age 65 3 6
- Buried: After 18 December 1936, Cheswick, PA 6
 Another name for Melinda was Malinda A. Rinker.5 6
Birth Notes:
Name: Malenda A. Rinker
Birth Date: 04 Feb 1871
Birthplace: Hampshire Co., West Virginia
Gender: Female
Father's Name: Joshua Rinker
Mother's Name: Susan
Film Number: 815358
Digital Folder Number: 4227426
Image Number: 27
Reference Number: v 1 p 20
Source: County Records
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Noted events in her life were:
• She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Mill Creek District, Hampshire County, WV on 12 June 1880. 5
1880 US Census
Page 527C, District 28, Dwelling 128, Family 133, Roll 1403
Mill Creek District, Hampshire County, West Virginia
Malinda A. Rinker..Daughter..9..WV..At School
(Living with parents.)
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• She was buried after 18 December 1936 in the Deer Creek Cemetery in Cheswick, PA.
Plot: Section 1A Row 6
Find A Grave Memorial #13558007
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• Her obituary was published in The Valley Daily News after 18 December 1936 in Tarentum, PA.
A lingering illness resulted in the death of Mrs. Melinda A. Biser, 66 last evening at 7:30 o'clock in her home in Beech street, Cheswick.
She was the wife of the late John Biser and a member of Cheswick Presbyterian Church,
She Leaves two daughters Mrs. Ethel Welch, and Mrs. Charles Murray, and a son, John, all of Cheswick. Six grandchildren also survive.
Services will be held Monday afternoon at 2 o,clock in the family home.
Interment will take place in Deer Creek cemetery.
(Source: The Valley Daily News, Tarentum, PA)
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Melinda married John Wesley Biser, son of Nicholas Biser Jr. and Martha J. Daugherty, on 8 February 1893.1 (John Wesley Biser was born on 2 October 1867 in Junction, WV,1 7 8 9 died on 3 February 1923 in Cheswick, PA 1 9 and was buried after 3 February 1923 9.)
Marriage Notes:
John and Melinda were 2nd cousins. Melinda's grandmother was Elizabeth Biser.
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Sources
1
Don & Jeanine Hartman, "FamilyHart Database," database(http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=familyhart : accessed 3 Oct 2014).
2
Don & Jeanine Hartman, "FamilyHart Database - RootsWeb," database(http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=familyhart : accessed 17 Dec 2010); Don & Jeanine Hartman <familyhart@aol.com>
3
Don & Jeanine Hartman, "FamilyHart Database - RootsWeb," database(http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=familyhart : accessed 17 Dec 2010).
4
West Virginia Birth Register, Hampshire County Vol. 1, p. 20, "Malinda A. Rinker"; digital image, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_bcsearch.aspx: 17 Dec 2010).
5
1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Mill Creek District, Hampshire County, West Virginia, enumeration district (ED) 28, p. 527C, dwelling 128, family 133, Joshua Rinker and Susan Elizabeth High; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 11 Dec 2018); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 1403.
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Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 26 Jul 2015), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=13558007.
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1870 U.S. census, population schedule, Cabin Run Township, Mineral County, West Virginia, United States, p. 3, dwelling 22, family 22, Nicholas Biser and Martha J. Daugherty; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 3 Oct 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M593.
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1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Cabin Run, Mineral County, West Virginia, p. 95C, Martha Daugherty; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 29 Sep 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 1408.
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Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 26 Jul 2015), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=13558010.
