CONTINUATION: MARY FRAVEL, D/O GEORGE FRAVEL SR. & ELIZABETH BUSHONG NOTE : It always bothers me when I can't find a marriage record, census, death record or cemetery tombstone as there should be one. I could not find much on Samuel as presented except the one census record and the two marriage records and yet he supposedly lived until 1883. Where is the paper trail? There were two Samuel Rinkers both born close together which just confuses the issue more. Part 3 -------------------- First Child of Mary Fravel and Jacob Rinker Jr. 1. SAMUEL RINKER Born: 18 March 1814, Shenandoah County, Virginia Died: 15 January 1883, Shenandoah County, Virginia Married three times. M/1: 23 September 1835, Shenandoah County, VA to Margaret Ann Hottel M/2: About 1848 to Rachael Vance M/3: 24 November 1874 to widow Elizabeth "Lizzie" Farra (Maiden name Cooper) --------------- 1850 Federal Census: Virginia District 58, Shenandoah County Enumerated 25 September 1850 Page 110A & B Lines 40-42, & 1-6, HH 1533/1540 Samuel Rinker 34/Male/Assessor/VA Rachel Rinker 24/Female/VA Mary C. Rinker 13/Female/AttendedSchool/VA Sarah E. Rinker 10/Female/VA Jacob Rinker 8/Male/VA Ann R. Rinker 6/Female/VA Elizabeth Rinker 1/Female/VA Samuel Vance 22/Male/Farmer/VA James Ship 21/Male/Farmer/VA ------------------ Shenandoah County Virginia Marriages Groom: William H. Farra, Age 24, Single, born Shenandoah Co. VA, s/o John W. Farra & Mary Married: 6 November 1856 Bride: Elizabeth Catharine Cooper, Age 18, Single, born Shenandoah Co. VA, d/o Joseph P. Cooper & Harriet Ort ------------------ Shenandoah County Virginia Marriages Groom: Samuel Rinker, Age 59, Widowed, Born Shenandoah Co. VA., s/o Jacob Rinker and Mary {Fravel} Married: 24 November 1874 Bride: Lizzie C. Farra, Age 36, Widowed, Born Shenandoah Co. VA., d/o Joseph Cooper and Harriet {Ort} ----------------- TO BE CONTINUED: Researched and Submitted by Gloria Bushong