Martha
Ellen
(Martha Ellen)
Janney
aka Rice
Born in Franklin County, Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Franklin (Swinney) Janney
and Malinda (Hale) Janney
Sister of
James Robert Janney [half], Evaline (Janney) Mullins, Francis Marion Janney, Harriett Janney [half], Priscilla Janney, Mary Ann (Janney) Rakes, Robert Lee Janney, Nancy Janney, Noah Austin Janney, Sallie Lee (Janney) Craighead, Lelia Gj. (Janney) Craighead, Peter Thomas Jackson Janney and Isaac H. Janney
Wife of
David Rakes
— married
31 May 1884 (to about 1904) in Franklin County, Virginia, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Aribelle Rakes
Died
at about age 58
in Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 20 May 2015
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Biography
Martha (age 23) married David Rakes on 31 May 1884 in Virginia, United States.[1]
Birth date is per Commonwealth of Virginia marriage license where Martha Ellen Janney married my g-grandfather David Rakes and her sister, Mary Ann Rakes, married David's brother Charles Rakes Jr. on 05-31-1884, Reverend Asa N. Short presiding. Charles H. and Julia Ann [Jones' Rakes are listed as the parents of the grooms, John and Malinda [Hale] Janney are listed as the parents of the brides.
Died from pneumonia after a hiatal hernia operation. Married David Rakes, son of Charles H. Rakes Jr. and Julia Ann Jones Rakes on 05-31-1884. David Rakes was killed in a mining accident in about 1904 and she married Edward Rice in about 1908. By the Monroe County Census of 1920 she had either separated from or had divorced Edward Rice.
Sources
- ↑
Marriage:
"Virginia, U.S., Marriage Registers, 1853-1935"
Library of Virginia; Richmond, VA; Virginia Marriages, 1853-1935
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 62154 #90173178 (accessed 6 November 2022)
Martha E Jannney (23) marriage to David Rakes on 31 May 1884 in Virginia, USA.
- Commonwealth of VA Bureau of Vital Statistics and obituary for Martha Ellen Janney Rakes-Rice in the Monroe County WV Democrat, 04-23-1921
- WV Bureau of Vital Statistics, family knowledge.
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David Molnar 
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~6.25%
~12.50%
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~0.78%
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~0.78%
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~0.78%
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