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RANKIN, ROBERT (deceased). The subject of this sketch was born in Caldwell county, Ky., June 23, 1827. He was the seventh child of Elias and Elizabeth Rankin. He received his early education in the district schools of Fall Creek township, and at the age of 23, was married to Miss Sarah Jane Edmonds, daughter of the late John and Elizabeth Edmonds, natives of North Carolina. Mr. Rankin was born in Iredell county, N. C., May 20, 1828. They have had ten children, only three of whom are now living, two sons and one daughter. In the spring of 1852, he settled on the farm on which he lived up to the time of his death, which occurred Dec. 11, 1878. He was the first President of the Adams County Horticultural Society; was also elected President of the Adams County Agricultural Society in 1870; held the office till death. Mrs. Rankin was a member of the M. E. church over thirty years. He was Republican in politics, and a strong advocate of those principles. During the war he was a firm friend of Union cause. We express the sentiment of all who knew him intimately, when we say that he was an honest, upright, Christian man; fearless in the denunciation of wrong. He had few, if any, enemies. Few men were so widely and favorably known as he in this county and State. He was numbered among the largest of the well-to-do farmers of the county, notwithstanding he began life in very moderate circumstances. Mrs. R. died Sept. 15, 1873. On Nov. 17, 1874, he was married to his second wife, who was Miss Laura Goodner. She died April 22, 1878. The fruits of his second marriage were two children, both of whom are deceased.