Household in 1860 census:
Name | Sex | Age | Occupation | Birth Place |
Reuben Raney | M | 31 | Farmer | Indiana |
Charlotte Raney | F | 28 | New York | |
Geo Raney | M | 7 | Illinois | |
Andrew Raney | M | 5 | Illinois | |
Julia A Raney | F | Illinois | ||
Adam Housh | M | 21 | Farm Laborer | Illinois |
Household in 1880 census:
Name | Sex | Age | Status | Relation | Occupation | Birth Place |
Ruben Raney | M | 52 | Married | Head | Farmer | Indiana |
Ann Raney | F | 33 | Married | Wife | Keeping House | Ohio |
Ruben Raney | M | 19 | Single | Son | Laborer | Iowa |
Ollie Raney | F | 17 | Single | Daughter | At Home | Iowa |
John Raney | M | 15 | Single | Son | Farming | Iowa |
Henry W. Raney | M | 11 | Single | Son | At School | Iowa |
Halla Raney | F | 4 | Single | Daughter | Iowa | |
Linnie Raney | F | 2 | Single | Daughter | Iowa |
Despite references to “Reuben” in census and marriage records, "Ruben" is how he refers to himself in his 1908 will[1], and it is “Ruben” cited in his 1896 land ownership[2] and carved on his gravestone[3].
Ruben Raney en familia, Centerville, Iowa 1894 |
Numbered identifications made by Margaret Keith Raney in the 1950s with consultation from then-living family members in Iowa.
1. Ruben Raney. 2. Ann (Comerford) Raney, 2nd wife of Ruben Raney. 3. George Washington Raney, eldest son of Ruben and 1st wife Charlotte (Wise) Raney. 4. John “Yank” Raney, 4th son of Ruben and Charlotte Wise. 5. Reuben Jack “Link” Raney, 3rd son of Ruben and Charlotte Wise. 6. Henry Martin “Mart” Raney, youngest son of Ruben and Charlotte Wise. 7. Olive “Ollie” (Raney) Gordon, 2nd daughter of Ruben and Charlotte Wise. 8. James Gordon, husband of Olive. 9. Etta Jane (Hyatt) Raney, wife of “Link” Raney. 10. Clemma Russell Raney. 11. Curtis Gordon, son of Ollie and James Gordon. 12. Ruben Everett “Ruby” Raney, only son of Ruben and Ann Comerford. 13. Della Raney, daughter of George and Phoebe Raney. 14. Alice Graham Raney, wife of “Mart” Raney. 15. Phoebe Tucker Raney, wife of George Raney. 16. Linnie (Raney) Morris, 2nd daughter of Ruben and Ann Comerford. 17. Hallie (Raney) Workman, eldest daughter of Ruben and Ann Comerford. 18. Ida Workman Raney, wife of “Yank” Raney. 19. Clara Raney, daughter of “Yank” and Ida Raney. 20. Chloe Raney, daughter of “Yank” and Ida Raney. 21. Lottie Raney, daughter of George and Phoebe Raney. 22. Callie (Raney) Thomasson, youngest daughter of Ruben and Ann Comerford. 23. “Ruebie” Raney, son of George and Phoebe Raney. 24. Nellie Edna Gordon, daughter of Ollie and James Gordon. 25. Bertha Raney, daughter of “Yank” and Ida Raney. 26. Frank Raney, eldest son of “Yank” and Ida Raney. 27. Lloyd Raney, 2nd son of “Yank” and Ida Raney. 28. Gladys (Raney) Bloomer, daughter of “Mart” and Alice Raney.
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Categories: Haines Cemetery, Rathbun, Iowa
edited by Gail (Raney) Fleischaker
edited by Gail (Raney) Fleischaker
edited by Gail (Raney) Fleischaker