Person:Rachel Etherton (1)
Rachel Atherton
b.1822 Greenup County, Kentucky
d.1853
Parents and Siblings
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m. 9 Jan 1810
  1. Simon Atherton1811 - 1856
  2. David Etherton1815 - 1892
  3. Rachel Atherton1822 - 1853
Spouse and Children
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m. 27 Feb 1841
  1. Hester Osborn1842 -
  2. William Thomas Osborn1843 -
  3. Mary Elizabeth Osborn1845 - 1931
  4. John Brown Osborne1847 - 1928
  5. Esquire D. Osborn1848 - 1903
  6. Amanda Osborn1849 -
  7. Martha P. Osborn1851 -
  8. Emily Osborn1853 -
Spouse and Children
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m. 23 Sep 1856
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Facts and Events
Name Rachel Atherton
Unknown Rachel Etherton
Gender Female
Birth[1][2] 1822 Greenup County, Kentucky
Marriage 27 Feb 1841 Green Co. Kentuckyto James Osborn
Death[2] 1853
Marriage 23 Sep 1856 Green Co., Kentuckyto Alexander Hudson
Reference Number? 1266

The marriage bond for John B. Osborn's marriage to Caroline Gaddie lists Rachel Etherton's birthplace as Greenup County, KY. John Brown's Death Certificate lists her birthplace as Greensburg, Kentucky, which is in Green County, KY. I tend to trust the marriage bond more than the death certificate, as I have noticed several errors on the death certificate. According to Mr. Herb Scott (herb-scott@@mindspring.com) stated on 14 November 1999 that Rachel died in childbirth with her daughter Emily. The date of Emily's birth and the date of Rachel's death seem to corroborate this. He also states that after Rachel died, James left his children with relatives and went back to Indiana to settle affairs there. He was never heard from again. I later stumbled across a reference to Rachel Etherton marrying an Alexander Hudson in 1856. Perhaps Rachel did not die in childbirth as previously reported?

In the Akridge genealogical information sent to me by Mr. Jack Shroeder of Bloomington Illinois, John Brown Osborn's mother's maiden name is listed as "Brown", which I believe to be incorrect. It states that she was buried in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. It is more likely that Rachel Etherton was his mother. There is also some controversy as to whether she died in childbirth with her daughter Emily in 1853, as Mr. Urban Bowen of Elizabethtown, KY stated in a letter to JD Abshier in 2000. A book of Kentucky marriages shows a Rachel Etherton marrying another man, by the name of Alexander Hudson, in 1856.

To add a little more confusion to Rachel Etherton and her vital statistics, I stumbled across a Rachel Etherton (spelled 'Racel') in the 1850 census for Hart County Kentucky, no Twp. listed. She is listed as being 15 years of age and residing with what appear to be three male siblings (John 23, Stephen 19, and Harrison (sp?) 17) and her apparent mother Hannah Etherton, 58 years.

References
  1. ↑ .

    Marriage bond for the marriage of John B. Osborn (her son) and
    Caroline Gaddie, issued on 12 October 1875.

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Mr. Urban Bowen, Elizabethtown, Kentucky. Letter from Mr. Urban Bowen to Jerry D. Abshier. (Letter dated 11/2002).
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