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Died Two Months A go. \ ™QtA letter from Mexico to Dr. D. j ^ai 1 X. Rankin. contains the inform-1 ation ihat his father. Dr. «L D. :: andiewitforndlie*Rankin d«ed in Cordova on dan-ii n £uary 24th of diabetis and tuber-j‘ ^ eulo-is. Tins w:i.- a sad, if not a-aU(j tragic ending to an eventful life. 0j[-R j lbere was no man iu this section :^’js that had a more extended ac‘|an(j cjuamtance than Dr. K ink m. , ^Always u man of strongly nro- . .t .. , J \ 0 nnounced views upon all puohc. ^ questions, lie often contributed;^^ articles to the daily papers which were extensively ivad and com*, mismen ted upon. 1 he memorable • ^ campaign lie made against ^ator Mills for cungre-s in the old 9th district, in which he came very near being- successful, will never be forgotten by the pet pi? in that di9i.net. lie possessed a brilliant mind, and a masive intellect that enabled him to b grasp questions at a glance, and \ wrt1 but for the lack of practical an-:^ plication, his success would have I an; Deen marked. Dr. Kankin pcs-;nei ssssed many charming charac-|Na- ! t Literistios that drew around him a ^ large circle of friends. He waS:tho charitable to a fault, so much 30 that ho sufferod in purse ov reason of his benefactions. In re*cent wars business reverses fol**'^ |lowed in rapid suece-sion, leav*i inglnm in his o'd age without the | accumulation- for which lie labored so earnestly m lii3 early days. ; veUndaunted by !iD extreme age, the Lion heart that pulsated ir»|un his bosom prompred him to ge i11• I t Wto a new country to retreive hiajL* lost fortune?, but too bite. Among j an4*strangers, and in a foreign land.j lie who had served his country i1,11 with his skill in time of war, lt;»c- ^ copied With distinguished honor. ot u chair m the Medical I’niver-ity ; of this slate, and afterwards dc-^6 ^ voted Ids skill to the relief of suf-i^., _7g ferihg humanity, with no gentle hand b-i -moothe his wrinkled' I brow nor friendly eye to shed a | j sympathetic tear, his soul wing-j^ . ed its tlrgbt to Ids maker, I am! may we nut hope and believe that hia troubled spirit has f^und sweet ret ami rep»«se upon tie4 :lM; other sh'ov. (iroesbtek Junr-jp^ rial. i P‘*r.-j;.ruurISillrOcStram
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Mexia State Herald
Mexia, Texas, US
Thu, Apr 06, 1905
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TX, USA 18 May 2022
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