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Elijah T RINKER[1]

Male 1812 - 1873  (60 years)


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  • Name Elijah T RINKER  [2, 3, 4] 
    Nickname Eli 
    Born 15 May 1812  Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4] 
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1870  Clay, Morgan, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Died 12 Mar 1873  [2] 
    Buried Morgan, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=27231655
    • "COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL."
      CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884.
      F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE

      CLAY TOWNSHIP, MORGAN CO., INDIANA
      PAGE 266

      ELI T. RINKER (deceased) was born in Ohio, May 15, 1812, and while yet a
      small boy, came with his parents to Washington County, Ind. He came to
      Morgan County some forty years ago. On October 21, 1841, Mr. Rinker was
      married to Charity, daughter of David and Sarah (Claypool) Ely, Virginians.
      David Ely emigrated to Indiana, located in Hendricks County, and remained
      there until his death, July 20, 1845. Sarah Ely died at the residence of
      her sons, in Morgan County, October 25, 1857, in her seventy-fourth year,
      having been a faithful member of the Methodist Episcopal Church for
      fifty-two years. For sixteen or seventeen years, her house was used as a
      place of holding services, and the weary, wandering minister always found a
      welcome home at "Mother Ely's." Mrs. Ely was the mother of twelve children.
      To Mr. E. T. Rinkers' marriage have been born two children, one of whom died
      in infancy, and the other, Simeon K., at twenty years of age. On March 12,
      1873, Mr. Rinker departed this life. Since 1837, he had been a member of
      the Methodist Episcopal Church, and as a consistent Christian, and in losing
      him the community sustained a bereavement which will long be felt. His wife
      belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church, and is living upon the home place
      of 140 acres, which her husband had improved. She is over sixty-four years
      of age, and dwells there alone, having neither husband, children, father nor
      mother, and being much loved and respected by all her friends. In Morgan
      County, on January 18, 1862, Simeon K. Rinker departed this life, aged
      twenty years, and was the only child of Eli and Charity Rinker. Simeon K.
      was trained in religious matters by his parents, and at thirteen years of
      age united with the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was a kind, affectionate
      and obedient son, and, although the Master called for him so early, his work
      was done, and as he left his weeping friends in his father's house below, it
      was but to pass to the fellowship of those who had "gone before" to his
      Father's house above.
      Obit:
      Rinker
      First Name: Elijah (Eli)
      Middle Name/Initial: T.
      Maiden Name:
      Date of Death: 03/12/1873
      Birth Date: 05/15/1812
      Spouse: Charity Ely
      Survived By: Wife.
      Other: Age 60. Parents: George and Rebecca Cracraft Rinker.
      Cemetery: Butterfield/Rinker
    Person ID P66  Valentine Rasmussen
    Last Modified 4 Jan 2017 

    Father George RINKER,   b. 1778, Hamburg, Shenandoah, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Jul 1826, Lee's Landing, Leesville, Washington, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 48 years) 
    Mother Rebecca CRACRAFT,   b. 1785, Hampshire, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1824, Leesville, Lawrence, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 39 years) 
    Married 5 Apr 1808  Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Family ID F14  Group Sheet

    Family Charity ELY,   b. 20 Apr 1819, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Jun 1898, Morgan County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Married 21 Oct 1841  Hendricks, Morgan County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Children 
     1. Simeon K RINKER,   b. 4 Dec 1842, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Jan 1862  (Age 19 years)
     2. Infant RINKER,   b. 1859,   d. 1859  (Age 0 years)
    Last Modified 8 Mar 2015 
    Family ID F81  Group Sheet

  • Sources 
    1. [S-1446564874] Ancestry Family Trees, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Trees.
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    2. [S-1314390546] Web: Indiana, Find A Grave Index, 1800-2011, Ancestry.com, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.Original data - Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi: accessed 5 December 2011.Original data: Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi).
      Birth date: 15 May 1812 Birth place: Death date: 12 Mar 1873 Death place:

    3. [S-1314390113] Indiana, Marriage Collection, 1800-1941, Ancestry.com, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.Original data - Works Progress Administration, comp. Index to Marriage Records Indiana: Indiana Works Progress Administration, 1938-1940.Jordan Dodd, Liahona Research, comp. Electronic ), Title: , , ; Book: ; Page: ..
      Marriage date: Oct 21 1841 Marriage place: Hendricks

    4. [S-1446420147] 1870 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Record), Year: 1870; Census Place: Clay, Morgan, Indiana; Roll: M593_; Page: ; Image: ..
      Birth date: abt 1812 Birth place: Ohio Residence date: 1870 Residence place: Clay, Morgan, Indiana, United States

    5. [S-1443698756] Kentucky Marriages, 1802-1850, Dodd, Jordan, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997.Original data - Electronic transcription of marriage records held by the individual counties in Kentucky.Original data: Electronic transcription of marriage records held by the individu).
      Marriage date: 5 Apr 1808 Marriage place: Kentucky