She remarried after the death of her first husband. While she was buried in Boulder Co., CO under the name of Mary K. Reedy, there is a marriage in Winnebago Co., IL, Mary K. Reedy to James "Akeroyd" Carpenter, 21 aug 1867. This is indeed our Mary Kerr Reedy; she and James A. Carpenter are on the 1870 census in Jefferson, Greene Co., IA, with her sons James H. and Edward H. "Reedly". She has not been identified on the 1880 census. She is in the city of Boulder, CO in 1900, living alone, but reporting that she had been the mother of 7 children, 6 of them still living. We have so far identified only four of them.
Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania: pp. 100-101"
"(THE) RANKIN FAMILY of Centre County, of which William B. Rankin, of Bellefonte, is a worthy and respected representative, is of old Pennsylvania stock. The first of the line to settle in Centre County was William Rankin, the grandfather of the gentleman named, and a native of Franklin County, Penn., born November 5, 1770. He took a prominent place among the pioneers of this section, and was the second sheriff of Centre County, and from 1806 to 1810 a member of the State Legislature. His residence was in Spruce Creek Valley, where he died November 29, 1847, at the age of seventy-seven years. By his first wife, a Miss Maginley, he had eight children: (1) William M. and (2) James Munsey were prominent physicians, the former of Shippensburg, Penn., and the latter of Muncy, Penn.; (3) Joseph Alexander is mentioned more fully below; (4) Abigail married Ephraim Bailey, and now resides in Kossuth. Iowa; (5) Adam, deceased, was a farmer at Stormstown, Penn.; two daughters, Mary and Elizabeth, died unmarried.
"By a second marriage (the last time), with Miss Huston, there was one daughter, Susannah, who died in early womanhood.
"The late Joseph Alexander Rankin, father of William B. Rankin, was reared upon a farm in Penn's Valley, at Centre Hill, near Potters Mills, the district schools of the vicinity furnishing the usual educational opportunities, of which he made the utmost, preparing himself for teaching..."
This sketch mentions eight children by William's first wife, but only names seven of them. The prevailing theory seems to be that John McGinley Rankin was the missing eighth child, which seems logical from the names and dates involved.
Birthdate computed from age at death. She had married Pierre Pranger, whose name appears in the town records of Bischwiller usually as Brancké or Brangé. Her second husband recognized her three children by Pierre Pranger (Pierre, Marie, and Esther) as his own heirs, according to a memorial dated 01 feb 1694 in the Protocoll of the Chancelry of Bischwiller (ADBR 6E5.2/166).
After the death of the notary Pierre Chuard, a dispute arose among the heirs of Pierre's daughters. The settlement was recorded by Benoit Nible, notary at Payerne (ACV Dp 73/3, fol. 75), listing many relationships of the Chuard family: Amey Rappin de Corcelles bourgeois de Paierne tant comme personne conjoincte de Anna ma femme fille de feu Discret Pierre Chuard en son vivant notaire et bourgeois dudict Paierne et de feue Jacqua fille de feu Martin Cordey aussy bourgeois dudict Paierne d'une, et Anthoine Tornatire ? (the letters Torna are clearly visible, followed by obscure letters that may represent a correction of some sort - the only similary name known among the bourgeois of Vevey at that period is Torney) bourgeois de Vevey tant comme personne conjoincte et sur ce expresse charge aiant de Katherine sa femme fille de feu Andrey Magnyn en son vivant marchant et bourgeois de Vevey et de feue Marguerite fille desdicts Pierre Chuard et Jaquaz jugaux comme de la lettre de ladicte charge est deuement apparu daté du 31 oct 1576 rec. Discret François Crespin notaire dudict Vevey, nous aussi Samuel et Israel le Tissier et Jehanamey Bondu notaire et bourgeois dudict Paierne tant comme personne conjoincte de Heleyne ma femme tous trois enfantz de feu Maistre Jehan le Tissier en son vivant docteur en mededine demeurant audict Paierne et de feue Francese sa femme fille desdicts Pierre et Jaquaz jugaux, d'aultre part, dispute, sur ce que je ledict Amey Rappin disois et affirmois, tous les biens et heritaige maternal de feue Katherine fille desdicts feuz Pierre Chuard et Jaquaz jugaux femme en son vivant de feu Noble Glaude Fyvaz conseillier dudict Paierne estre à ladicte Anna ma femme et seur de ladicte Katherine legitimement advenu et esceu tant par succession legitime que la plus prosine (i.e., closest relative) de sadicte seur defuncte, que siguamment en vigueur de l'ordonnance testamentaire jadix faicte par ladicte feue Jaquaz leur mere, laquelle elle vouloit que s'il advenoit le l'une ou plusieurs de sesdictes filles decedat des humains sans hoirs maternelz et de legitime mariage procréés, que alhors l'aultre ou les aultres ses filles superstites et vivantes deussent succeder es aultres ses filles par egale portion, ce qu'estoit formellement advenu à l'endroit icy questionné, parce que ladicte Katherine estoit decedée sans generation aulcune et n'avoit laissé aultre seus à elle survivante que ladicte Anna, concluoit donc iceulxdicts réés ne debvoir estre admis à aulcune participation dudicte heritaige, ains debvoir à sadicte femme insolvement apartenir, veu mesmes la validité dudict testament avoit sorty son effect..., à quoy opposient nous lesdicts réés d'un common accord disent que nonobstant testament allegué par ledict acteur au nom predict, ... argues that since the other two daughters Marguerite et Francese both left legitimate children, they should also succeed the said Katherine, settlement, Anna gets a piece of property, and the remainder of the estate is divided among all the other parties, 21 feb 1577.
