Lroy married 17 May 1911 in Los Angeles to Julie Marie Wakeman and had two sons:
1.) Leroy Jr. b 26 Feb 1912 in Onyx m. Helen Cleo Cross. 2.) Charles "Bill" Woodrow, unmarried.
ee attended Walker basin School. In 1894 he went to school in Bakersfield and stayed with the Jameison family at their Cottonwood Ranch. In 1907 Lee bought the christian Worth Ranch then sold it to Jim Robertson and Will Alexander in 1913. Lee bought the Gilbony Homestead, the Scobie Homestead, Store, and Post Office in Onyx. Onyx was a community center and the store served as a meeting place, a card room and a source of news. Next door was the Ice House where Frank Smith pulled blocks of ice to the loading dock with huge tongs. Lee and Julie took an active interest in its activities. In 1918 when Walker Rankin Sr. passed on, Lee and Julia were asked by Lee's mother to come and run the rankin Ranch. On leaving Onyx, Lee sold his holdings to Jack Doyle. Lee was an agressive cattleman and good in business. He served as Director of the california Cattlemans Association and was active in and supportive of the community events, a good neighbor and a truly honorable man. He and his wife, Julia, were killed instantly in a head on collision in the Hot Springs valley 24 Dec 1929.
A Native son of the state, LeRoy Rankin was born June 17, 1873, in Walkers Basin, Kern County, and is the son of Walker Rankin, a pioneer represented elsewhere in this volume. As soon as he was old enough he began the acquisition of an education in the public schools. At eighteen he entered the Kern county High School, where he was a student for 2 years. For some years afterward, he was employed by his father, obtaining a practical knowledge of the cattle business. In 1901, in partnership with his brothers, he leased eight hundred and fifty acres, formerly a part of the old Wirth property, near Weldon on the south fork of the Kern River, and engaged in cattle raising and in the growing of grain and alfalfa. His land is irrigated by the south fork, and he had one hundred and eighty acres of alphalfa. He owns a goodly number of horses and five hundred head of cattle and his ranch is well improved and thoroughly modern. For his brand he used the capital R. Fraternally he is a member of Bakersfield Lodge #266, B.P.O.E. He married 17 May 1911 to Miss marie Wakeman, who was born in 1888 in Michigan, and they have a son named LeRoy Jr. Mr. Rankin operated successfully not only the fine property above but four hundred and twenty acres of leased land.
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1.) Leroy Jr. b 26 Feb 1912 in Onyx m. Helen Cleo Cross. 2.) Charles "Bill" Woodrow, unmarried.
ee attended Walker basin School. In 1894 he went to school in Bakersfield and stayed with the Jameison family at their Cottonwood Ranch. In 1907 Lee bought the christian Worth Ranch then sold it to Jim Robertson and Will Alexander in 1913. Lee bought the Gilbony Homestead, the Scobie Homestead, Store, and Post Office in Onyx. Onyx was a community center and the store served as a meeting place, a card room and a source of news. Next door was the Ice House where Frank Smith pulled blocks of ice to the loading dock with huge tongs. Lee and Julie took an active interest in its activities. In 1918 when Walker Rankin Sr. passed on, Lee and Julia were asked by Lee's mother to come and run the rankin Ranch. On leaving Onyx, Lee sold his holdings to Jack Doyle. Lee was an agressive cattleman and good in business. He served as Director of the california Cattlemans Association and was active in and supportive of the community events, a good neighbor and a truly honorable man. He and his wife, Julia, were killed instantly in a head on collision in the Hot Springs valley 24 Dec 1929.
A Native son of the state, LeRoy Rankin was born June 17, 1873, in Walkers Basin, Kern County, and is the son of Walker Rankin, a pioneer represented elsewhere in this volume. As soon as he was old enough he began the acquisition of an education in the public schools. At eighteen he entered the Kern county High School, where he was a student for 2 years. For some years afterward, he was employed by his father, obtaining a practical knowledge of the cattle business. In 1901, in partnership with his brothers, he leased eight hundred and fifty acres, formerly a part of the old Wirth property, near Weldon on the south fork of the Kern River, and engaged in cattle raising and in the growing of grain and alfalfa. His land is irrigated by the south fork, and he had one hundred and eighty acres of alphalfa. He owns a goodly number of horses and five hundred head of cattle and his ranch is well improved and thoroughly modern. For his brand he used the capital R. Fraternally he is a member of Bakersfield Lodge #266, B.P.O.E. He married 17 May 1911 to Miss marie Wakeman, who was born in 1888 in Michigan, and they have a son named LeRoy Jr. Mr. Rankin operated successfully not only the fine property above but four hundred and twenty acres of leased land.
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Lroy married 17 May 1911 in Los Angeles to Julie Marie Wakeman and had two sons:
1.) Leroy Jr. b 26 Feb 1912 in Onyx m. Helen Cleo Cross. 2.) Charles "Bill" Woodrow, unmarried.
ee attended Walker basin School. In 1894 he went to school in Bakersfield and stayed with the Jameison family at their Cottonwood Ranch. In 1907 Lee bought the christian Worth Ranch then sold it to Jim Robertson and Will Alexander in 1913. Lee bought the Gilbony Homestead, the Scobie Homestead, Store, and Post Office in Onyx. Onyx was a community center and the store served as a meeting place, a card room and a source of news. Next door was the Ice House where Frank Smith pulled blocks of ice to the loading dock with huge tongs. Lee and Julie took an active interest in its activities. In 1918 when Walker Rankin Sr. passed on, Lee and Julia were asked by Lee's mother to come and run the rankin Ranch. On leaving Onyx, Lee sold his holdings to Jack Doyle. Lee was an agressive cattleman and good in business. He served as Director of the california Cattlemans Association and was active in and supportive of the community events, a good neighbor and a truly honorable man. He and his wife, Julia, were killed instantly in a head on collision in the Hot Springs valley 24 Dec 1929.
A Native son of the state, LeRoy Rankin was born June 17, 1873, in Walkers Basin, Kern County, and is the son of Walker Rankin, a pioneer represented elsewhere in this volume. As soon as he was old enough he began the acquisition of an education in the public schools. At eighteen he entered the Kern county High School, where he was a student for 2 years. For some years afterward, he was employed by his father, obtaining a practical knowledge of the cattle business. In 1901, in partnership with his brothers, he leased eight hundred and fifty acres, formerly a part of the old Wirth property, near Weldon on the south fork of the Kern River, and engaged in cattle raising and in the growing of grain and alfalfa. His land is irrigated by the south fork, and he had one hundred and eighty acres of alphalfa. He owns a goodly number of horses and five hundred head of cattle and his ranch is well improved and thoroughly modern. For his brand he used the capital R. Fraternally he is a member of Bakersfield Lodge #266, B.P.O.E. He married 17 May 1911 to Miss marie Wakeman, who was born in 1888 in Michigan, and they have a son named LeRoy Jr. Mr. Rankin operated successfully not only the fine property above but four hundred and twenty acres of leased land.
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1.) Leroy Jr. b 26 Feb 1912 in Onyx m. Helen Cleo Cross. 2.) Charles "Bill" Woodrow, unmarried.
ee attended Walker basin School. In 1894 he went to school in Bakersfield and stayed with the Jameison family at their Cottonwood Ranch. In 1907 Lee bought the christian Worth Ranch then sold it to Jim Robertson and Will Alexander in 1913. Lee bought the Gilbony Homestead, the Scobie Homestead, Store, and Post Office in Onyx. Onyx was a community center and the store served as a meeting place, a card room and a source of news. Next door was the Ice House where Frank Smith pulled blocks of ice to the loading dock with huge tongs. Lee and Julie took an active interest in its activities. In 1918 when Walker Rankin Sr. passed on, Lee and Julia were asked by Lee's mother to come and run the rankin Ranch. On leaving Onyx, Lee sold his holdings to Jack Doyle. Lee was an agressive cattleman and good in business. He served as Director of the california Cattlemans Association and was active in and supportive of the community events, a good neighbor and a truly honorable man. He and his wife, Julia, were killed instantly in a head on collision in the Hot Springs valley 24 Dec 1929.
A Native son of the state, LeRoy Rankin was born June 17, 1873, in Walkers Basin, Kern County, and is the son of Walker Rankin, a pioneer represented elsewhere in this volume. As soon as he was old enough he began the acquisition of an education in the public schools. At eighteen he entered the Kern county High School, where he was a student for 2 years. For some years afterward, he was employed by his father, obtaining a practical knowledge of the cattle business. In 1901, in partnership with his brothers, he leased eight hundred and fifty acres, formerly a part of the old Wirth property, near Weldon on the south fork of the Kern River, and engaged in cattle raising and in the growing of grain and alfalfa. His land is irrigated by the south fork, and he had one hundred and eighty acres of alphalfa. He owns a goodly number of horses and five hundred head of cattle and his ranch is well improved and thoroughly modern. For his brand he used the capital R. Fraternally he is a member of Bakersfield Lodge #266, B.P.O.E. He married 17 May 1911 to Miss marie Wakeman, who was born in 1888 in Michigan, and they have a son named LeRoy Jr. Mr. Rankin operated successfully not only the fine property above but four hundred and twenty acres of leased land.
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