Methodist Magazine in London, Middlesex

Obituary of Thomas Rankin A Methodist preacher long illness ends

The obituary reports the death of Thomas Rankin aged 74 at his North Green North London home. A longtime preacher in the Wesleyan connexions with about fifty years in the ministry including five years in America before the war, he remained active despite declining health. His faith and calm trust in God are noted, and his funeral at a London chapel drew hundreds with sermons by Griffith, Moore, and Benson. A separate notice mentions Miss Mary Facer, aged 24, who died June 11, 1809, in Warwick. she was born in West Haddon and raised among Methodist preachers.