Published by admin on Tue, 04/20/2021 - 10:34am
Today’s biography candidate could belong to many places and many categories. He was a miner and a merchant, a farmer and a business man. He could be in the history books of Pennsylvania, California, Grundy and Will County and of course, Scotland. Let’s have a closer look at Mr. Duncan Rankin.
He was born in Fifeshire, Scotland on May 19, 1828 to Angus and Margaret Rankin, of Scotland. His father was at one time was connected with the Post office Department, but in the latter part of his life became a miner. Duncan started mining himself when he was in his early teens.