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Three generations around Herbert John
Sibling
Robert Crawford Rankin
1866 — 1954
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Herbert John Rankin
1872 — 1902
Vital Events
Dates and Places
- Born1872 · Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas
- Died1902 · Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Phillippines
- BuriedOak Hill Cemetery, Doouglas County, Kansas
- SexMale
Notes
Research Notes
Served as a Hospital Stewart with the 1st US Volunteer Cavalry in Cuba and later in the Philippines at the 1st reserved hospital in Manila where he died from dysentery. Herbert had been a pharmacist prior to the US Army.
Served as a Rough Rider in the Spanish American War 1898 - 1902. died serving his Country.
Son of John & Laura Knox
Herbert John RANKIN, not knox ... His father was Colonel John Knox RANKIN ... mother was Laura Finney RANKIN. His brother by Laura was Robert Crawford Rankin.