When Benjamin Rinker was born on 11 October 1805, in Shenandoah, Prince William, Virginia, United States, his father, Henry Rinker, was 29 and his mother, Dorothea Dellinger, was 25. He married Susannah Branner Zirkle on 25 July 1831, in Shenandoah, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Ohio, United States in 1870 and German Township, Clark, Ohio, United States in 1880. He died on 23 November 1880, in Clark, Ohio, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in North Hampton, Clark, Ohio, United States.
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Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Zanesville becomes the new state capital.
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
German:
occupational name for a buckle maker, from an agent derivative of Middle High German rinke ‘buckle’.
from an old personal name based on hring ‘ring’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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