CONTINUATION OF MARY FRAVEL, D/O GEORGE FRAVEL SR. & ELIZABETH BUSHONG, VA Part 6 -------------------- Fourth child of Mary Fravel and Jacob Rinker Jr. 4. ROBERT RINKER Born: 1820, Shenandoah County, Virginia Died: 1820, Shenandoah County, Virginia Burial: Probably St. Pauls Reformed Church Cemetery, Woodstock, Shenandoah County, VA ------------------------ Fifth child of Mary Fravel and Jacob Rinker Jr. 5. JACOB GEORGE RINKER Born: 21 May 1821, Shenandoah County, Virginia {31 May 1821} Died: 18 August 1844, Shenandoah County, Virginia Married: 20 June 1842 by J. Heller to Diannah G. Smith, Bondsman Jackson Smith Burial: St. Paul's Reformed Church Cemetery, Woodstock, Virginia 1 child born to this union, Fenton Theodore Fravel Rinker Shenandoah County Virginia Will Book X, Page 24 TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTION St. Pauls Reformed Church Cemetery, Woodstock, Virginia Jacob G. Rinker Born: 21 May 1821 Died: 18 April 1844 s/o Jacob & Mary According to the Rinker Book, Jacob George Rinker married Diannah G. Smith and had one children named Fenton Theodore Rinker. They were married by J. Heller but we do not know where. They were married but a short time before he died leaving her with a young son. There is a Will in Shenandoah County, VA for Jacob G. Rinker. (Will Book X, Page 24) which names his wife Diannah, and child Fenton Theodore asking that child's Guardian be brother Henry St. John Rinker. In the 1850 census, Fenton T. Rinker is living in the household of Levi Rinker, adopted son of Absalom Rinker and first wife Elizabeth Snyder. Absalom Rinker was the brother of Jacob Rinker Jr. and Guardian ,if you recall, to some of Jacob Rinker Jr. children after his death in 1831. 1850 Federal Census: Virginia District 58, Shenandoah County Enumerated 31 August 1850 Page 79A Lines 1-18, HH 1119/1123 Levi Rinker 41/Male/White/Merchant/$35000/VA Margaret J. Rinker 35/Female/White/VA Lemuel Rinker 11/Male/White/VA Elizabeth A. Rinker 9/Female/White/VA Samuel W. Rinker 7/Male/White/VA Martha F. Rinker 4/Female/White/VA Caleb A. Rinker 2/Male/White/VA Samuel Coile 28/Male/White/Clerk/VA James Overholzer 16/Male/White/Clerk/VA FENTON T. RINKER 7/Male/White/VA John Chrisman 29/Male/White/Shoe&Bootmaker/$800/VA Sarah Shaver 24/Female/White/VA Theophelus Newman 24/male/Black/VA Edmund Cooper 42/Male/Maletto/VA Isaac Neal 35/Male/Black/VA Leanty Neal 33/Female/Black/VA Amanda Neal 4/Female/Muletto/VA Emily Neal 2/Female/Black/VA --------------------- 1860 Federal Census: Virginia Strasburg District, Shenandoah County Enumerated 6 December 1860 Page 309/767 Lines 15-25, HH 2120/2118 Daniel Stickley 57/Male/White/Farmer/$24180-$6460/VA Elizabeth Stickley 39/Female/White/VA Mary Stickley 7/Female/White/VA James Stickley 2/Male/White/VA Margaret Stickley 1/Female/White/VA Frances C. Stickley 7mos/Female/White/VA THEODORE RINKER 17/Male/FarmHand/VA Margaret Sonner 28/Female/White/VA Isaac Lupton 17/Male/Mulatto/Nurse/VA --------------------- Shenandoah County Virginia Marriages Groom: Fenton T. Rinker, Age 23, Single, Born Shenandoah Co. VA, s/o Jacob G. Rinker and Dianna {Smith} Married: 27 November 1866 Bride: Rebecca Ellen Swisher, Age 20, Single, Born Shenandoah Co. VA, d/o Joseph Swisher and Anna ------------------------ 1870 Federal Census: Virginia Ashby District, PO Edinburg, Shenandoah County Enumerated 13 August 1870 Page 640B Lines 32-37, HH 331/329 Christena Hawkins 72/Female/White/KeepsHouse/%5600-$400/VA James Rush 28/Male/White/Farmer/-----$200/VA Rebecca F. Rush 19/Female/White/DoesHousework/VA FENTON T. RINKER 28/Male/White/Farmer/$3000-$300/VA Rebecca Rinker 26/Female/White/KeepsHouse/VA Arthur Rinker 3/Male/White/VA ---------------------------- 1880 Federal Census: Virginia Ashby District, ED 87, Shenandoah County Enumerated 8 June 1880 page 471A & B Lines 48-50 & 1-2, HH 196/225 Fenton F. Rinker White/Male/36/Married/Farmer/VA/VA/VA Rebecca E. Rinker White/Female/33/Wife/KeepingHouse/VA/VA/VA Arthur L. Rinker White/Male/12/Son/AttendedSchool/VA/VA/VA Turner O. Rinker White/Male/7/Son/AttendedSchool/VA/VA/VA Casper L. A. Rinker White/Male/2/Son/VA/VA/VA -------------------------------- Between the 1880 census and the 1900 census the family left Virginia and settled in Nebraska. If you are wondering what a cob hauler is, I believe it one who hauls corn cobs to be shucked. 1900 Federal Census: Nebraska Lincoln, ED 52, Lancaster County Enumerated 16 June 1900 Page 296B, Sheet 23 Lines 65-70, HH 1743/226/336 Fenton T. Rinker Head/W/M/Nov1843/56/Md34yrs/CobHauler/RentsHm/VA/VA/VA Rebecca E. Rinker Wife/W/F/Sept1846/53/5children5living/VA/VA/VA Turner O. Rinker Son/W/M/Jan1874/26/Single/AttendedSchool/VA/VA/VA Lucas A. Rinker Son/W/M/Oct1877/26/Single/AttendedSchool/VA/VA/VA Lou E. Rinker Dau/W/F/Oct1880/19/Single/AttendedSchool/VA/VA/VA Jay E. Rinker Son/W/M/Oct1888/11/AttendedSchool/Nebraska/VA/VA ------------------------------ TO BE CONTINUED: Researched and Submitted by Gloria Bushong