Rachel Barnes (1817 - abt. 1852)

Born 15 Dec 1817 in New Castle, Henry, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Samuel Fleener — married 16 May 1836 in Johnson, Indiana, United States

Descendants

Died about 27 Jun 1852 at about age 34 in near the Platte River, on the Oregon Trail

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Biography

Rachel was born in 1817, 6 miles east of New Castle, Kentucky. She was the daughter of Thomas F Barnes and Jane Teeter. In 1832 she moved with her parents and their other children to Morgan County, Indiana; her father died later that summer. She passed away about 1852, near the Platte River, along the Oregon Trail.

Sources

• Marriage info from Title: Indiana, Compiled Marriages, 1802-1892; Author: Ancestry.com; Publisher: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Publisher Date: 2004; Publisher Location: Provo, UT, USA - shows a marriage listed on 16 May 1836 in Johnson County, Indiana. That is most likely the date of the marriage license, as family history has the marriage on 19 May 1836 in Hensley Twp, Johnson County, Indiana.
• 1850 Federal Census lists Samuel Fleaner, age 33, and wife Rachel, age 30, living in Madison County, Iowa. Children listed are Jessee N, age 10, Mary J, age 9, Nancy W, age 8, Samuel V, age 5, David B, age 2, and Rebecca, age 0