Farmed at Middletown, was a Western Union/Postal Telegraph messenger, then 3 years in lighthouse service on the Mississippi, Missouri and Ohio rivers.
Joined T. R. Rankin & Company Oct 1911, became a member of the firm Mar 1, 1913, serving as vice president and secretary of the Rankin Coal & Ice Company.
Married Laura Guenther June 24, 1913.
Resided at 418 Dunham street, Burlington.
Woodmen of the World.
Maternal great-grandfather David Rankin was a soldier of the War of 1812.
Maternal grandfather (also David Rankin) served in the Civil War.
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