of Des Moines County, Iowa · documented from the public record
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Thomas R. Rankin
Thomas R. Rankin⚭ Elizabeth A. Houston (m. 10 Apr 1851, Harriet Houston (m. 11 Nov 1896)
childrenEmma G. (adopted; m. J. W. Cornic of Los Angeles, California)
Their story
What the record says
History of Des Moines County, Iowa, vol 2.
Baker.
Learned baker's trade at Quincy, followed it 1844-1852.
Arrived Burlington fall 1852, built bake shop on Main Street.
Later dealt in fruit and ice (firm Rankin & Dodge, later T. R. Rankin & Company, Rankin Coal & Ice Company).
For over a half century one of Burlington's foremost businessmen.
Congregationalist, deacon.
Republican.
Royal Arcanum.
Had no children of his own.
Reared adopted daughter Emma G.
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