Rankin D. Smith who would have been born around 1871 and lived in or around Loraine, Adams County, Illinois. Do you know by chance if Rankin D. Smith was in any way related to Elmer and Almon Smith? Both Elmer and Almon married Josephine Loraine Rust. Josephine's brother George Rust married Anna Littleton, daughter of Hugh and Elizabeth Littleton. They were all in the Loraine, Adams County area. Bud Caudle