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John Rinker
(1784-1860)
Maria Elizabeth Biser
(1790-1873)
Spencer Hendrickson
(1772-1856)
Catherine Biser
(1782-1856)
Elijah Rinker
(1808-1888)
Mary Sarah Hendrickson
(1814-After 1888)
Sylvester Rinker
(1852-1926)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Emily Jane High

Sylvester Rinker 1 2 3

  • Born: 23 February 1852, Virginia 1 3
  • Marriage (1): Emily Jane High on 19 June 1878 in , Grant County, WV 1 2
  • Died: 1 July 1926 at age 74 1 3
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bullet  Noted events in his life were:

• 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 206, Family 208, Roll 1402
Union District, Grant County, West Virginia
Sylvester Rinker..Head..27..VA..Farm Labor
(Living with wife and son.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 23 Feb 1852, then his age should have been 28 instead of 27.
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Sylvester married Emily Jane High on 19 June 1878 in , Grant County, WV.1 2 (Emily Jane High was born on 28 August 1848 in , Grant County, WV 1 3 and died on 8 January 1934 1 3.)

bullet  Noted events in their marriage were:

• 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 206, Family 208, Roll 1402
Union District, Grant County, West Virginia
Sylvester Rinker..Head..27..VA..Farm Labor
Emily Rinker..Wife..28..VA..Keeping House
Robert A. Rinker..Son..1..WV..At Home
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Sources

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

2 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Union District, Grant County, West Virginia, enumeration district (ED) 41, p. 232A, dwelling 206, family 208, Sylvester Rinker and Emily Jane High; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 11 Dec 2018); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 1402.

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

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