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Reverend John Thomas Rankin
Birthdate:	February 05, 1793
Birthplace:	on Dumplin Creek, Dandridge, Jefferson, Tennessee, United States
Death:	March 18, 1886 (93) Ironton, Lawrence County, Ohio, United States
Place of Burial:	Ripley, Brown County, Ohio, United States
Immediate Family:	Son of Richard Rankin and Isabella Jane Rankin Husband of Jean Gilfillen Rankin Father of Adam Lowry Rankin; Isabella Jane Rankin; David Wilmont Rankin; Capt. Richard Calvin Rankin, Sr.; Rev. Samuel Gardner Wilson Rankin and 8 others Brother of Samuel Steele Rankin; Thomas Rankin; Isabella Biggs; David Rankin; William Clendenin Rankin and 6 others
Occupation:	Presbyterian minister, abolitionist

Managed by:	Private User
Last Updated:	September 19, 2023

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About Rev. John Rankin

John Rankin (February 5, 1793 – March 18, 1886) was an American Presbyterian minister, educator and abolitionist. Upon moving to Ripley, Ohio in 1822, he became known as one of Ohio's first and most active "conductors" on the Underground Railroad. Prominent pre-Civil War abolitionists William Lloyd Garrison, Henry Ward Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe were influenced by Rankin's writings and work in the anti-slavery movement.

When Beecher was asked after the end of the Civil War, "Who abolished slavery?," he answered, "Reverend John Rankin and his sons did."

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1793	February 5, 1793	Birth of Rev. John Rankin on Dumplin Creek, Dandridge, Jefferson, Tennessee, United States
1816	November 4, 1816	Birth of Adam Lowry Rankin Washington County, Tennessee, United States
1818	June 16, 1818	Birth of Isabella Jane Rankin Concord, Kentucky
1819	September 18, 1819	Birth of David Wilmont Rankin Paris, Kentucky
1821	July 24, 1821	Birth of Capt. Richard Calvin Rankin, Sr. Carlisle, Nicholas County, Kentucky, United States
1822	December 28, 1822	Birth of Rev. Samuel Gardner Wilson Rankin Nicholas, Kentucky
1824	November 2, 1824	Birth of Julia Doak Wiley
1826	February 25, 1826	Birth of John Thompson Rankin
1828	June 22, 1828	Birth of Dr. Andrew Campbell Rankin Ripley, Brown County, Ohio, United States

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