Rankin was born in 1861 to Claiborne Bond (1824–1893) and Thana Melissa (O'Neal) Bond (1829–1889). He is listed in his parent's household on both: the 1870 Census[1] and the 1880 Census[2] in Harrison, Mississippi. He married Mehitabell Pauline Hatten (1863–1945) on April 11, 1888 in Harrison, Mississippi.[3] The couple is listed together on the following census reports:
↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4GZ-SDD : 13 November 2020), Rankin Bond in household of Claborn Bond, Harrison, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district ED 142, sheet 409B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,648.
↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M965-RQQ : accessed 13 January 2021), Mahitta Bond in household of Rand Bond, Beat 5, Harrison, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 37, sheet 7B, family 123, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,809.
↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MP8F-6H5 : accessed 13 January 2021), Belle Bond in household of Rankins Bond, Beat 5, Harrison, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 51, sheet 10A, family 183, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 741; FHL microfilm 1,374,754.
↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9MS-K2X : accessed 13 January 2021), Belle Bond in household of Rankin Bond, Beat 4, Stone, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 5, sheet 2A, line 13, family 25, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1161; FHL microfilm 2,340,896.
↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VB3Q-PG1 : 4 January 2021), Bell Bond in household of Rankin Bonn, Beat 4, Stone, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 66-5, sheet 2B, line 79, family 40, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2065.
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 13 January 2021), memorial page for Rankin Claiborne Bond (1861–1 Jan 1942), Find a Grave Memorial no. 13239217, citing Sumrall Cemetery, Stone County, Mississippi, USA ; Maintained by RFTynes (contributor 47298797) .
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