In my attempt to "figure out" our Hamilton - Morgan family connections I've read through a great many Decatur, Indiana county obituaries.
Some of them call out to being shared. (Continued from here.)
Rites Set for Ex-Resident
Miss Mary Rankin [died 10-26-1973] To Be Buried Here
Graveside rites for Miss Mary Rankin, 89, who died at 12:15
p.m. Thursday in the Methodist Memorial Home at Warren after a brief illness,
will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Kingston Cemetery. The Rev. Herbert
Townsend Jr., pastor of the Kingston United Presbyterian Church will conduct
the services. The body has been cremated.
Since July, 1850 Miss Rankin had been a guest at the home at
Warren.
A descendant of pioneer families of Decatur County, Miss
Rankin made her last visit here at the time of the annual
Donnell-Hamilton-McCoy reunion on Aug. 5.
For over a half century, Miss Rankin was preminently
identified with church, health ahd club activities in this community.
Born on May 16, 1884 on the family farm at McCoy’s Station
east of Greensburg, Miss Rankin was the daughter of John T. and Sarah Hamilton
Rankin. In disposing of the bulk of her acreage in Dec. 1950, Miss Rankin
terminated a farm relationship with the John Menkhaus family covering 45 years.
Her father died on Dec. 28 1914. At the time of death on
Nov. 2 1942 her mother, Mrs. Sarah Hamilton Rankin, then 97, was the oldest
resident of Decatur County.
Miss Rankin was a granddaughter of the Rev. John T. Rankin
who was a prominent figure in the anti-slavery movement before the Civil War.
The former residence of the Rev. Rankin a Ripley, Ohio, has been preserved as a
historic home.
After attending the McCoy Grade School and Greensburg High
School, Miss Rankin completed her high school education at Western College for
Women, Oxford, Ohio.
Subsequently, she enrolled at Oberlin College t Oberlin,
Ohio from which she was awarded an A.B. degree in 1906 and a M.A. degree later.
She was listed as the oldest graduate of Oberlin College.
The oldest member of the Kingston United Presbyterian
Church, Miss Rankin was active in church assignments throughout her life. She
served as president of the Whitewater Presbyterial Society and engaged in
women’s activities of the Kingston Church.
From 1928 to 1939, Miss Rankin was the executive secretary
of the Decatur County Tuberculosis Association. During this period the county
association gained citations from the state association: for several successive
years. She was a former secretary of the T. B. Secretaries’ Association of
Indiana and held membership on the board of directors of the Indiana
Tuberculosis Association. Her experience in the health field was recognized as
an assignment as
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A case worker in Boone County.
One of the organizers of the Greensburg Department Club,
Miss Rankin was a former president. She also served as president of the
Progress Club in the Kingston Community, the Greensburg Business and
professional Women’s Club and the Greensburg Music Club. She was a mbmer of the
Giv-Un-Take Garden Club for an extended period.
As a world traveler, she has visited Australia, new Zealand,
Alaska, The Holy Land, Italy, Germany and Central America. In addition she had
traveled in every state in the United States, relating her experiences in
travel to numerous groups.
During and after World War II, she was director for Decatur
County of women’s work in the civil defense program.
Surviving Miss Rankin are a number of cousins.
from - Greensburg Daily News, Decatur, Indiana Library, Obituaries. Thank you very much! http://www.greensburglibrary.org/library-services/local-history-and-genealogy/obituaries-2
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