Person:Charles Rakestraw (6)

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Charles Marion Rakestraw
b.22 Jan 1896 New Albany, Floyd, Indiana, United States
d.6 May 1970 Riverside, Riverside, California
Parents and Siblings
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m. 14 Apr 1894
  1. William Williams Rakestraw1894 - 1958
  2. Charles Marion Rakestraw1896 - 1970
  3. Louise Rakestraw1899 - 1986
Spouse and Children
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m. 23 Jan 1918
  1. Rosemary Rakestraw1919 - 2010
  2. Dolores Ann Rakestraw1921 - 1985
  3. Dorothy Lorena Rakestraw1923 - 2016
  4. William Lloyd Rakestraw1925 - 1945
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Facts and Events
Name Charles Marion Rakestraw
Gender Male
Birth? 22 Jan 1896 New Albany, Floyd, Indiana, United States
Marriage 23 Jan 1918 Granite City, Madison, Illinoisto Rose Mary Fortin
Death? 6 May 1970 Riverside, Riverside, California
Burial? 9 May 1970 Olivewood Cemetery, Riverside, Riverside, California
Reference Number RSNP-43 (Ancestral File)

While employed at the Ohio Falls Iron Works rolling mill, Charlie's job was to grip the white hot rods (bars of steel) with a pair of tongs and drag it out of the rolls. When he was about 14, one of the pieces curled up and pressed against the calf of his leg. There is a picture of this injury, but WHERE?!!! According to him, the leg didn't heal and he thought that he would be crippled for life. One icy day, while walking on the sidewalk, he slipped on some ice. When his leg slammed on the ice, the wound reopened, steel shards poured out. The leg then healed. He was the owner/operator of the Pedley Butane Gas Company. He was a Mason.

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