"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND
 BIOGRAPHICAL."  
CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY 
& CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884.  
F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE

MORGAN COUNTY, INDIANA
MADISON TOWNSHIP
PAGE 355

JOHN B. RINKER, farmer and stock grower, was born in Washington County, Ind.,
May 2, 1825, and is the son of Levi and Elizabeth (Craycraft) Rinker.  In 1829, the 
family came to Clay Township, this county, where the parents closed their lives.  John
R. (?) Rinker was educated at the subscription schools of his early days, and remained 
upon the home farm until February 2, 1851, when he married Elizabeth Clark, a native
of Morgan County, and daughter of John and Rebecca (Matthews) Clark.  The children
born to this union were three--Frank, Eli M. and Anna E.  Their mother died January 
29, 1874, a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and on March 30, 1875, Mr.
Rinker married Ella Beckley, a native of Kentucky, and daughter of James and Elizabeth
(Christie) Beckley.  One child, Walter A., has crowned this union.  Mr. Rinker is a Demo-
crat, and for three years was Township Trustee.  He owns a well-improved farm of 100
acres, made by his own exertions.  His daughter, Annie E., is a prominent teacher in 
the schools of the county, and his wife, Mrs. Ellen Rinker, for twelve years taught in
Hendricks and Morgan Counties, this State, and one term in Missouri.  Mr. Rinker 
is a Methodist and his wife a Baptist.

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