William W. Rankin

William Walker Rankin born Aug. 15 1868,Thornville,Perry county Ohio, died Jan 6, 1958 Upper Sandusky, Erie county, Ohio Burial Lake View Cemetery Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio son of Lewis Franklin Rankin and Mary Elizabeth Humberger

William came to Cleveland in the 1890's, graduated from Spencerian College and was a salesman with Billings Chapin Paint Co. for many years. He lived in Cleveland Heights until 1947; then in Culver, Ind. until he entered the Home for the Aged in 1952. He was a 32nd-degree Mason, a life member of Glenville Lodge and a life member of Al Koran Temple, Cleveland. Mr Rankin's funeral was Monday a.m. at the Sandusky Home for the Aged by Rev. Robert G. Diller, superintendent. Services were on Monday afternoon at Lake View Cemetery by Dr. Howard M. Wells, pastor of First Presbyterian Church, East Cleveland, Ohio. - Plain Dealer

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


William Walter Rankin
UPPER SANDUSKY - William Walter Rankin, 89, of Cleveland Heights, a resident of the Evangelical and Reformed Home for the Aged here for the last five years, died at the home Thursday at 2:30 p.m. He had been at the home since June 4, 1952. Mr. Rankin was born Aug. 15, 1868, in Thornville, 0., to Lewis and Elizabeth Humberger Rankin. His wife, the former Hattie Johnson, preceded him in death as did one Rodney C. Rankin. Surviving is another son, the Rev. Walton W. Rankin of Philadelphia, Pa. Mr. Rankin was a member of the Presbyterian Church. Funeral services will be held at the chapel at the E. and R. home Monday at 10 a.m. with the Rev. Robert G. Diller, superintendent of the home, officiating. The body then will be returned to Cleveland for graveside rites and burial in Lakeview Cemetery. The Lucas Funeral HOme in Upper Sandusky is in charge of arrangements - - The Marion Star Fri, Jan 17, 1958

married 30 Aug 1900 Cuyahoga county, Ohio Henrietta "Hattie" Johnson birth 30 OCT 1874 Cleveland, Cuyahoga county, Ohio Death 6 FEB 1945 Cleveland Heights, Cuyahoga county, Ohio Burial Lake View Cemetery Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio daughter of George Johnson (William F. per death Certf.) and Anna Catherine "Kate" Mayne

RANKIN: Henrietta J., wife of William W; mother of Rodney C Walton W and grandmother; sister of Mrs Edward Muller, William Johnson and Roy Cavell Tuesday Feb 6 1945, residence 1521 Compton rd., Cleveland Heights Friends may call at Charles Melbourne & Sons Colonial Home 12777 Euclid ave where services will be held Thursday Feb 8 at 2 p. m. - - The Plain Dealer Cleveland, Ohio Thu, Feb 8, 1945

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.

SHe 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, Rev. Birth 30 JUN 1906 Cleveland, Ohio Death 18 NOV 1972 Massachusetts Burial Hope Cemetery Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts married Lydia M Haddad Birth 17 MAY 1909 Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts Death 26 NOV 2001 Worcester, Massachusetts Burial Hope Cemetery Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts

Rodney Curtis Rankin Birth 15 Jul 1901 Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio Death 11 Nov 1952 Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Burial Mount Lebanon Cemetery Mount Lebanon, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania married Dorothy Dean Reynolds Rankin Birth 24 Aug 1907 Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio Death 1996 Burial Mount Lebanon Cemetery Mount Lebanon, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

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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