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| Keywords: john chambers rankin johnchambersrankin couple vintage philadelphia usa portrait sarah trimball comfort rankin sarahtrimballcomfortrankin walter lowrie rankin walterlowrierankin photo border picture frame Identified by period label as “Grandpa and Grandma Rankin (Father and mother of Walter L. Rankin, Sr.). John Chambers Rankin was born in 1816 (Gilford County, North Carolina) and married Sarah Trimball Comfort (Kingston, New Jersey) in 1840. The Rankin’s sailed for India following their marriage performing missionary work for the Presbyterian church until 1848 when they returned to the United Stated for health reasons. He became minister of the Presbyterian Church in Basking Ridge, New Jersey in 1851 remaining there until 1895. He died in 1900. Sarah Rankin died in 1867 and John Rankin remarried in 1870 to Mrs. N.C. Scales of Patrick County, Virginia. John and Sarah Rankin had five children: Walter Lowrie, Sarah Roy, Edward Payson and John Chambers, Jr., all born in India and James Comfort who was born in the US but died at age four. Their son Walter L. Rankin went on to become the second President of Carroll College (now Carroll University), Waukesha, Wisconsin from 1866 until 1904. (found on ebay) Identified by period label as “Grandpa and Grandma Rankin (Father and mother of Walter L. Rankin, Sr.). John Chambers Rankin was born in 1816 (Gilford County, North Carolina) and married Sarah Trimball Comfort (Kingston, New Jersey) in 1840. The Rankin’s sailed for India following their marriage performing missionary work for the Presbyterian church until 1848 when they returned to the United Stated for health reasons. He became minister of the Presbyterian Church in Basking Ridge, New Jersey in 1851 remaining there until 1895. He died in 1900. Sarah Rankin died in 1867 and John Rankin remarried in 1870 to Mrs. N.C. Scales of Patrick County, Virginia. John and Sarah Rankin had five children: Walter Lowrie, Sarah Roy, Edward Payson and John Chambers, Jr., all born in India and James Comfort who was born in the US but died at age four. Their son Walter L. Rankin went on to become the second President of Carroll College (now Carroll University), Waukesha, Wisconsin from 1866 until 1904. (found on ebay) | ||||
