Born April 14, 1827 in Washington County, Pa. Maj. Samuel E. Rankin, was, during the late war, Major of the 8th Iowa Infantry, and after his return from the service was elected State Treasurer of Iowa, to which position he was twice re-elected. He was later the founder and editor of the Greeley News, of Kansas. He was a leading lawyer in this county, and represented it in the State Legislature, Seventh General Assembly, 1858. He also, in company with other ardent anti-slavery men, published at Ft. Madison, and later in Washington, a strong anti-slavery paper, the present Washington Press of today.
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