Luther Pat Rankin

I've decided to make this a genealogy post and allow people to comment and make corrections and comments on what I've found.

As a result, I will start with my great-grandfather. . . Luther Pat Rankin.

Luther Pat Rankin was born 29 Apr 1854 in LaGrange (Fayette County), Texas

He was the child of Hanniah Luther Rankin and Carolyn N. Lane.

According to a Rankin family bible, he first married Ms. Addie Hagars 29 Oct 1874 in Texas. I'm not sure on the last name at this time. I'm alsoo assuming this was in either Leon or Fayette County, Texas because he was in Leon County, Texas in 1880 and his father was in Fayette County, Texas in 1860.

According to his first marriage, his first child was George Douglas Rankin. My father knew him as Doug. Doug was born 10 August 1875 in Limestone County, Texas. Doug married several times. He married a Ida Rebecca Damron who was born 14 January 1879 in Texas and died 17 April 1924 in Brown County, Texas. He also married Eliza Chancelor about 1896. She was born in Texas around 1880. She passed away 14 January 1905 in Fairfield Texas. Finally George Douglas Rankin married Emma Baker. She was born in 1873 and died 1950 in Texas.

Luther Pat next married a Francis Ann Walker. According to my research she was the daugher of Allen W. Walker and Mary Amanda A Walker from Alabama.

Luther Pat died 23 Sep 1926 in Tarrant County, Texas and is buried in Greenwood Cemetery in Fort Worth Texas. Francis Walker died 2 August 1917. She is buried in the Terrace Cemetery in Garza County, Texas.

They had the following children:

Addie Della Rankin - b. 8 Dec 1882 in Mexia, Texas
Oscar Robert Rankin - b. 3 Jan 1884 in Texas
Authur Hollis Rankin - b. 11 Feb. 1886 in Texas
Lillie Mae Rankin - b. 19 April 1889 in Texas
Lonnie Allen Rankin - b. 18 April 1891 in Jewett (Leon County), Texas
Edward Earnest Rankin - b. 16 November 1894 in Texas

Addie first married Charles R. Bailey later married Judge James. R. Minus Boren in Garza County, Texas. She is buried next to him in the Terrace County, Cemetery in Garza County, Texas

Oscar Rankin never married and is buried in Greenwood Cemetery in Fort Worth, Texas. He passed away 24 Dec 1948.

Arthur Hollis Rankin married an Iola Mae Pearl Both of them died in Riverside, California. Authur Hollis died 17 December 1968 and Pearl died 15 July 1967.

Lillie Mae Rankin married Robert Earl Penn. Lillie died 3 May 1874 in Tarrant County, Texas. She is buried in Greenwood cemetery in Fort Worth, Texas. Robert Penn married a second time. He married a Lola Katherine Carter. Both of them drowned in Galveston bay 24 May 1953.

Lonnie Allen Rankin married Monnie Mae McCluskie. He passed away 18 Sept 1956 in McCulloch County, Texas. Monnie Mae passed away in McCulloch County, Texas 24 December 1960.

Edward Earnest Rankin married Annie Ruth Gholson 18 May 1925. Earnest passed away 4 August 1960 in Fort Worth, Texas. Both he and Annie are buried in Greenwood Cemetery in Fort Worth, Texas.