When Elijah Rinker was born on 26 December 1809, in Bayard, Grant, West Virginia, United States, his father, John B Rinker, was 25 and his mother, Maria Elizabeth Biser, was 19. He married Sarah Elizabeth Hendrickson on 10 September 1835, in Hardy, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 9 daughters. He lived in West Virginia, United States in 1870 and Union District, Grant, West Virginia, United States for about 10 years. He died on 1 January 1888, in Grant, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 78.
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War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
The Monumental Church was built between 1812-1814 on the sight where the Richmond Theatre fire had taken place. It is a monument to those that died in the fire.
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
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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