Tombstone Tuesday - Thomas B. and Kittie Lee Rankin

Rankin

Father

Thomas B.

1857 - 1939

Mother

Kittie Lee

1863 - 1937

Buried Lola Pentecostal Cemetery, Livingston County, Kentucky. Tombstone photographed 12 December 2012.

Thomas B. Rankin was born 22 December 1856 Iowa; died 19 March 1939 Hardin County, Illinois, according to his death record.[1] His parents are listed as William Rankin and -- Prather.

According to her death certificate, Kittie Lee Rankin was born 19 January 1864 Lola, Kentucky and died 6 May 1937, also in Lola.[2] Her parents were Tolbert Foster and Elizabeth Tolley, both born in Lola.

The 1930 census shows Thomas B. Rankin, a house carpenter, and his wife, Kittie L., along with their son, Ward D. Rankin, age 29, living in Livingston County.[3]

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[1] Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916 - 1947, Ancestry.com, accessed 2 September 2017.

[2] Kentucky Death Certificate #14263 (1937), Kittie Lee Rankin, Ancestry.com, accessed 2 September 2017.

[3] 1930 Livingston County, Kentucky Census, E.D. 12, Sheet 1B, Ancestry.com, accessed 2 September 2017.

Published 7 November 2017, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/