Person:Rebecca Braught (1)

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Rebecca Jane BRAUGHT
b.20 Jul 1851 Lexington,Scranton,MS
d.11 Jan 1921 Chicago,Cooke,IL
m. 20 Oct 1850
  1. Rebecca Jane BRAUGHT1851 - 1921
  2. Alice Thompson Braught1853 - 1928
m. 31 Dec 1877
  1. Clara HAGER
  2. Daniel Eugene HAGER1888 - 1959
  3. Mina Catherine HAGER1891 -
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Name Rebecca Jane BRAUGHT
Gender Female
Birth? 20 Jul 1851 Lexington,Scranton,MS
Education? 1874 Indianola,Warren,IABA Simpson College
Marriage 31 Dec 1877 Indianola ,Warren,IAto Clarence E Hager
Death? 11 Jan 1921 Chicago,Cooke,IL
Other? Mitchell,Davison ,SD Graceland Cem.Cemetery
Other? Teacher,LawyerOccupations
Reference Number? 64c7c1

Warren Co., IA 1860 Census shows Rebecca, age 6, living with her father, Daniel. Notes show birth at Scranton/Lexington, MS. Notes mention that she may have been buried at Graceland Cem. in Mitchell, SD. One record shows her birth data as 20Jul1851 at Indianola,Warren, IA., but another record claims that she moved to Jackson Co., IA 1855. She was a Simpson Coll. (Indianola, IA) grad. in education, listed in History of Warren County 1908 by Martin, pg. 258 graduating from Simpson College with Arts Masters in 1874 and in History of Warren County, IA 1987 pg. 400 as a teacher at the Indianola High School. One record claims that she graduated from law school in 1875 (no Univ. named). One report listed here brother as W.S. Braucht of Mitchell, SD; and her sisters as: Kate Coacher, Mrs. R.E. Brown, Mrs. Esta Graham - all of Mitchell, SD, Mrs. J.C. Coacher and Mrs. B.F. Luce -both of White Lake, SD, Mrs. Ethel Shreeves of Cheyenne,WY and Mrs. T.J. Jones of San Jose, CA.