Rachel (Kissinger) Wilmot (1824 - 1904)

Born 27 Mar 1824 in Knox, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Wife of William Elliot Wilmot — married 6 Aug 1846 in Rockcastle, Kentucky, United States

Descendants

Died 11 Jun 1904 at age 80 in Fall Creek, Lane, Oregon, United States

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Biography

Daughter of Mathias Kissinger and Sarah Ryland Cox.

Wife of Rev. William E. Wilmot. Married 6 Aug 1846.

Mother of John Bruce Wilmot, Laura Clay Wilmot Luckey, Sophia Wilmot Egli, Arlie Wilmot (died in infancy) and infant male (died in infancy; name unknown).

Obituary, Eugene Morning Register, Thurs., 16 Jun, 1904. "Rachael Wilmot, daughter of Matthias and Sarah Kissinger, was born in Knox county, Tenn., March 27, 1824; emigrated with her parents to Kentucky in 1845; was married to her now bereaved husband, the Rev. W. E. Wilmot, August 6, 1846. She died at her home, Fall Creek, Oregon, June 11, 1904, aged 80 years, 2 months and 15 days. Deceased united with the Methodist Episcopal church in the year 1840, lived a consistent Christian life up the time of her death."

"She was the mother of five children, two of whom died in infancy. Her only son died in Springfield, Oregon, 1890. She leaves two daughters, Mrs. Lucy C. Luckey and Mrs. Sophi B. Egli, a number of grandchildren, one brother, John Kissinger of Fall Creek, and many friends to mourn her death. {Editor's note: surviving daughter Lucy C. Luckey is Laura Clay WILMOT Luckey}"

"Sister Wilmot traveled multiplied thousands of miles with her husband in Kentucky, Oregon and California where he preached the Gospel; but her journey is ended. She is gone to a better world, where there is no more sorrow, pain or death." ^[1]

1850 Census, Rockcastle, KY: William Parsons age 22 b VA; Jane Parsons age 17 b KY; Wm Wilsmith age 26 M. preacher b N C; Wm Kissinger age 27 farmer b Tenn; Rachael Wilsmith age 24 b TN; (next household) Miles Wilsmith age 24 b NC; Harriet Welsmith age 23 b KY; Margarett Wilsmith age 4 b KY; Martha Jane Wilsmith age 2 b KY. (next page) Miles G Wilsmith ^[2]

1860 Census, Rockcastle, KY: Will Wilmoth age 37 b NC; Racail Wilmoth age 35 b TN; John Wilmoth age 6 b KY; Loura Wilmoth age 3 b KY. ^[3]

1870 Census, Rockcastle, KY: William E Wilmot age 47 b NC; Rachel Wilmot age 46 b TN; John B Wilmot age 15 b KY; Laura C Wilmot age 13 b KY; Sophira B Wilmot age 3 b KY; Wylie D Bridges age 18 b NC. ^[4]

She and her brother John Kissinger came to Lane County, Oregon between 1870 and 1880.

1880 Census, Fall Creek, Lane, Oregon: W E Wilmot age 55 b NC parents b NC, preacher and farmer; Rachel Wilmot age 50 b TN parents b TN; Sophia Wilmot dau age 13 b KY. ^[5]

1900 Census, Lane County, OR: William E Wilmot, post master, b Sep 1822 age 77, married 54 yrs b NC father b VA mother b NC; Rachel Wilmot wife age 76 b Mar 1824 married 54 yrs mother of 5, 2 now living; b TN father b VA mother b TN; ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVK4-4Y3K : 11 July 2016), Rachel Kissinger Wilmot, 1904; Burial, Eugene, Lane, Oregon, United States of America, Masonic Cemetery; citing record ID 33429584, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33429584
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M65K-DC3 : 12 April 2016), Wm Kissinger in household of William Parsons, Rockcastle county, Rockcastle, Kentucky, United States; citing family 266, 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:MZB8-N6D : 14 December 2017), Rachail Wilmoth in entry for Will Wilmoth, 1860.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX49-7PS : 12 April 2016), Rachel Wilmot in household of William E Wilmot, Kentucky, United States; citing p. 11, family 84, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,996.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNCL-9JG : 16 July 2017), Rachel Wilmot in household of W E Wilmot, Fall Creek, Lane, Oregon, United States; citing enumeration district ED 68, sheet 304C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1082; FHL microfilm 1,255,082.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSDX-B8S : accessed 23 November 2018), Rachael Wilmot in household of William E Wilmot, Fall Creek, Jasper, and Thurston Precincts, Lane, Oregon, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 116, sheet 9B, family 118, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,348.