William W. Rankin

William Walker Rankin born Aug. 15 1868,Thornville, Ohio, died Jan 6, 1958 Upper Sandusky, Ohio son of Lewis F. Rankin and Mary Elizabeth

W. W. Rankin, 89, Former Culverite, Dies in Oho

Services for William Walker Rankin, 89, who died at the home for the aged Upper Sandusky, Ohio, Jan 16, were conducted by Dr. Howard M. Wells, Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, East Cleveland on Jan 20.

Earlier services were held at the home by Rev. Robert G. Diller, superintendent

Mr. Rankin was born in Thornville, Ohio, Aug. 15 1868, the son of Lewis F. and Mary Elizabeth Rankin.

He came to Cleveland in the 1890's was graduated from Spencerlan College and was for many years a salesman with the Billings Chapin Paint Co.

He was a 32nd degree Mason, a life member of Glenville Lodge, Cleveland and a life member of Al Koran Temple of the Shrine at Cleveland.

In 1900 Mr. Rankin was united in marriage to Henrietta Johnson of Cleveland, who who proceeded him in death in 1945.

He is survived by a son, Rev. Walton W. Rankin, 200 Rivley Anv., Glen Olden, Pa. church editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer from 1936 to 1945. Another son, Rodney C. Rankin of Mt. Lebanon, Pa. died in 1952.

Mr. Rankin was a resident of Cleveland Heights until 1947.

He entered the Home for the Aged in 1952.

In the intervening years he was a resident of Culver, Indiana.

He died after a long illness. - Jan 29 1958 - Citizen

married 1900 Henrietta Johnson died Feb 6, 1945 Cleveland Heights, Ohio.

Summer Cottager Dies At Cleveland Heights

Mrs. William W. Rankin, 71, who has bee a summer resident for over 40 years, died Feb.. 6 at her home in Cleveland Heights, Ohio.

He had failed to rally from a recent operation.

Mrs. Rankin had been active in club activities in Cleveland and suburbs.
Surviving are a Sister and two sons a sister and two brothers.

Funeral services were held Feb.8 - Feb 21 1945 citizen

They Had:

Walton W. Rankin
Rodney C. Rankin d. 1952

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William W. Rankin, of Cleveland Heights, Ohio, who has a summer cottage at the south end of Lake Maxinkuckee, has written the following informative accounts of the early days in this vicinity:

In covering the middle-western states in the nineties as a traveling salesman I always preferred to spend my weekends at some lake rather than in the large cities.

It so happened I either could or did arrange my trips to spend many weekends with Capt. Knapp at his Arlington Hotel, which was located across what is now Road 17 (Editor'S note: Now old 17) from the Arlington station on the old Vandalia.

In those days there were three passenger trains each way every day and a majority of the cottagers, especially those of the East Shore, stopped at Arlington and Capt. Knapp would speed them across the lake in that famous old steamer the "Lloyd McSheehy".

Personally, I have always preferred Lake Maxinkuckee, not only to any other lake in Indiana, but to any other lake in the middle-west. I have always had a weakness for the piscatorial sport and the deep cool water here seemed to make the fish a bit gamier.

While staying at the Arlington, I often stopped on my fishing trips to visit with State Senator McDonald, who in the 90's was gather- Pottawattomie Indians from Marshall County to a reservation beyond the Missouri River under the expense and control of our Federal government and starting from here in September, 1838.

I would generally find the Senator sitting on the front porch of his old cottage. "The Wigwam" which is still on the south shore. He was always busy with the data for his book. He was very careful to use only authentic information which he gathered from the old timers who had been neighbors and had known the Pottawattomies personally before their removal.

Recently, in again reading his book I noted the omission of some details I believe may be of interest, especially to the young people.

One item I remember referred to a small cove in the extreme south end of the lake where all secret meetings were held surrounded by high banks which were occupied by watching sentinels. Of course, the Indians were averse to their removal from their Happy Hunting Ground here and expressed their opposition in no mild way, while some of the braves advocated war.

Another item omitted was the pronunciation of the Indian names of lakes and rivers ending in "ee" such as Wawasee, Kankakee, Maxinkuckee, etc., which have the accent on the last syllable. Culver Citizen in 1947