Rebecca Stuart (Ash) Lionberger (1803 - 1873)

Born 4 Jan 1803 in Nelson county, Kentucky

Ancestors

Wife of Phillip Wyman Shrake — married 8 May 1823 in Harrison, Indiana, United States

Descendants

Died 7 Dec 1873 at age 70 in Hancock county, Illinois

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Biography

Rebecca was born in 1803. She was the daughter of Reuben Ash and Elizabeth McGrew.

Rebecca married Phillip Shrake on 08 May 1823 in Harrison county, Indiana.^[1]

In 1850, Rebecca, Phillip and their children were in Washington, Putnam county, Indiana.^[2]

Phillip died in 1851 in Putnam county, Indiana. Some of Rebecca's children went to Hancock county, Illinois. Although the birthplace is listed as Indiana, this may be her in St. Marys, Hancock county, Illinois, living with the family of Duncan Edge.^[3]

She married widower Jacob Lionberger on 15 Mar 1864 in Hancock county, Illinois.^[4] His first wife was Elizabeth Edge.

In 1870, Jacob's household listed an "?abun Lionberger, born 1803-1804 in Kentucky, listing her "with son." ^[5] This may have been Rebecca. Perhaps she was living with or visiting one of her sons at the time.

She passed away in 1873 and was buried in Providence cemetery in Hancock county, Illinois. Although the listing gives her date of death as 1883, the tombstone photo on the site lists 1873 and death at age 70.^[6] Her birth and date of death is listed as 1803 and 1873 on a Providence cemetery transcription hosted at the Hancock county Illinois genweb site.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ "Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XF6T-6Y3 : accessed 22 February 2016), Philip Shrake and Rebecca Ash, 08 May 1823; citing reference 126; FHL microfilm 549,383.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHVS-1BL : accessed 22 February 2016), Rebecca Shrake in household of Philip Shrake, Washington, Putnam, Indiana, United States; citing family 43, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXHM-H11 : accessed 22 February 2016), Rebecca Shrake in entry for Duncan Edge, 1860.
4. ↑ "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1934", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VXGQ-X75 : accessed 22 February 2016), Jacob Lionberger and Rebecca Shrake, 1864.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M64Q-T9B : accessed 22 February 2016), ?Abun Lionberger in household of Jacob Lionberger, Illinois, United States; citing p. 36, family 283, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,726.
6. ↑ www.findagrave.com, Click here for Memorial page for Rebecca Shrake Lionberger, Accessed 22 Feb 2016, Memorial # 33550727; tombstone photo on site shows date of death, age in years at death.
7. ↑ http://hancock.illinoisgenweb.org/providence.html