Nelson's biographical dictionary and historical reference book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania : containing a condensed history of Pennsylvania, of Fayette County, and the boroughs and townships of the county :also, portraits and biographies of the governors since 1790, and genealogies,family histories and biographies of representative men of the county :illustrated . ry 18, 1865. and is United Statesstorekeeper and guager in the 24th congres-sional district of Pennsylvania; Isaac, bornMay 4, 1867, is a plumber and gas-fitter andresides in Waynesboro, Pa.; Frances, wife ofAlbert R. Craig, of L
Nelson's biographical dictionary and historical reference book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania : containing a condensed history of Pennsylvania, of Fayette County, and the boroughs and townships of the county :also, portraits and biographies of the governors since 1790, and genealogies,family histories and biographies of representative men of the county :illustrated . ry 18, 1865. and is United Statesstorekeeper and guager in the 24th congres-sional district of Pennsylvania; Isaac, bornMay 4, 1867, is a plumber and gas-fitter andresides in Waynesboro, Pa.; Frances, wife ofAlbert R. Craig, of L^niontown; and Ida ]\Iayand Daisy Myrtle, who reside with theirparents. The members of the family arePresbyterians. Mr. Rankin is a worthycitizen, a prosperous farmer, an affectionatehusband and father, and commands both therespect and friendship of those who knowhim. William Nixon Browntield (deceased),a prosperous farmer and a representativecitizen of Fayette county, was a son of Basiland vSarah (Collins) Brownfield. He wasborn Alarch 27, 1836, and received his edu-cation in the public schools of Fayette coun-ty. After leaving school he engaged in farm-ing which he pursued successfully until dutycalled him to his countrys service, to whichcall he responded, and in August, 1862, en-listed in Company F, 14th PennsylvaniaCavalry. He enlisted for three years but. ^^^^-^. ^^^^^^^ AXD HISTORICAL liEFEBENCE BOOK OF FAYETTE COUNTY. 735 served until General Lee surrendered at Ap-pomattox court-house. He was in the \ir-ginia campaign and received a bullet woundin the knee in an engagement at White Sul-phur Springs, \a. He was in many sharpengagements, and suffered hardships that noone but a soldier knows how to endure. In1859 Mr. Brownfield married Miss ElizabethSackett, a daughter of Samuel and Priscilla(Caldwell) Sackett. Mr. Sackett, the fatherof Mrs. Brownfield, was a merchant, al-though he had farming interests. has two brothers and two sistersliving; Alexander and
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