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Below is a family biography included in The History of East Tennessee published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1887. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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C. H. Rankin, the subject of this sketch, is a farmer in the Twelfth Civil District of Jefferson County, Tenn., where he was born March 4, 1851. He is the son of Christopher and Frances (Galbraith) Rankin. Both parents were born in Tennessee. The father was a farmer, and died July 1, 1881, at the age of seventy-two years. The mother is still living on the old homestead. Our subject was reared on the farm and educated in the country schools. He worked with his father on the farm till he was about twenty-three years old, and January 8, 1874, he was married to Catherine Ruth Franklin, daughter of Benjamin Franklin. Three sons and one daughter have been born to this marriage: Their names are Frank Walter, Charles Clyde (deceased), Lucy May and Harry J. When our subject was married he commenced farming: for himself, and had a small capital, but had not great advantages to prosecute successful farming. Now he owns and cultivates a farm of 285 acres, and has it well improved. He has been successful in his undertakings, and is a self-made man. and has had much to contend with, but his energy and enterprise, has crowned his efforts with success. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and justice of peace for his district, and in politics is a Republican.
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