Rachel Wilson McClung Mackey
BIRTH 21 Oct 1810
Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA
DEATH 12 Oct 1853 (aged 42)
Fulton County, Indiana, USA
BURIAL
Rochester IOOF Cemetery
Rochester, Fulton County, Indiana, USA
Rachel's mother died when she was about three years old in 1813 and her father married Esther in September 1814.
Marriage record revealed William Mackey and Rachel W. McClung married on August 12, 1831 in Rockbridge County, Virginia.
William was twenty-four and Rachel was twenty when they married.
Land Office Record of August 10, 1837 revealed William Mackey was granted 240 acres of land located at 31-N, 2-E section 29 and 256.69 acres of land located at 31-N, 4-E section 30 in Fulton County, Indiana.
The 1850 census revealed William was a farmer and their real estate value was $3000. They were living in Rochester, Fulton County, Indiana. They were born in Virginia and had moved to Indiana before their daughter, Mary was born in 1838. Household members: William McEy (40), Rachel (39), Joseph (17), Elizabeth (15), Mary (13), John H. (11), Hester A. (8), Horace (6) and James W. (4).
Their children:
Joseph Mackey (b.1833 d.1887)
Elizabeth Mackey (Simonton)(b.1835 d.1893)
Mary E. Mackey (Loomis)(b.1838 d.1920)
John H. Mackey (b.1839 d.1887)
Hester Ann Mackey (Wilder)(b.1842 d.1906)
Horace C. Mackey (b.1844 d.1930)
William James Mackey Jr. (b.1846 d.1880)
They had been married twenty-two years and their son, William was about seven years old when Rachel died in 1853.
Rachel lived to age 42.
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