Rachel (Smith) Everett (abt. 1865 - 1935)

Born about 1865 in United States

Died 1935 at about age 70 in Bay City, Michigan, USA

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Biography

Rachel "Raye" Smith (1864-1935)

Summary When Dr. Rachel S. Smith was born in June 1864, in Michigan, United States, her father, Henry Thomas Smith, was 33 and her mother, Caroline Smith Jones, was 27. She married John Phillip Snyder on 24 May 1890, in West Bay City, Bay, Michigan, United States. She lived in Williams Township, Bay, Michigan, United States in 1900 and Bay, Michigan, United States in 1920. She died in 1935, in Bay City, Bay, Michigan, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Bay City, Bay, Michigan, United States. -- Family Search

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Daughter of Henry Smith (1833-1867; born Poland) & Caroline Jones (1837-1907; born England)

Born, 20 Jun 1864, Bay County, Michigan.

When she was three, her father, Henry Thomas Smith, died, 27 July 1867, Bay County, Michigan.

1870 US Federal Census, Beaver, Williams, Bay co, Michigan: Caroline Smith

[On 29 Dec 1873, Wenona, Michigan, her mother re-married to Josiah Perry (1827-1889)]

[1880 US Census, Josiah and Caroline were in Williams, Michigan', Rachel was elsewhre.]

She married (1), 24 May 1890, West Bay, Michigan, to JOHN P SNYDER (1848-1922). She was 25, listed parents as Henry F Smith & Caroline.^[1]

She graduated from the Cleveland Medical College in 1896, may have been the first female physician in Bay County. She was a practioner of the homeopathic school of medicine. In later years.

1900 US Federal Census, Williams, Bay, Michigan: Earl Snyder.

On 1 Feb 1906, at Bay, Michigan, she divorced John P Snyder.

She married (2), 2 Jan 1907, Bay City, Michigan, to EDWARD SILVERTON EVERETT (1861-1952). He had a previous marriage to Anna Collver (1861-1904)

1910 US Federal Census, Bay City (Ward 8), Bay, Michigan: Edward S Everett

1920 US Federal Census, Bay (Ward 8: Edmond S Everett

1930 US Census, 210 Chilson Ave, Bay City, Michigan. She was 65, Physcian; they owned their home (valued 6000); they did not own a radio set, naturalized. Husband Edward (68), born Canada, Naturalized

1931 Bay City Directory

Husband, John, often drove her to her house calls in their Briscoe automobile.

No Issue

Died, 9 Mar 1935, Bay City, Michigan, 70 years, 8 months, 17 days. Dr E A Wittwer attended,, 15 Nov 1934 to 9 Mar 1935, cause: Chronic Myocarditis, about 4 yrs. Residence: 205 N Chilson, Bay City.^[2][3]

Buried Oak Ridge Cemetery, Bay City, Michigan with husband, Edward, and his first wife Anna.^[4]

[Her husband survived her, dying 1 Aug 1952, Hampton, Michigan.]

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry.com. Michigan, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1822-1940 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
2. ↑ Ancestry, image of Death Certificate
3. ↑ Ancestry.com. Michigan, U.S., Death Records, 1867-1952 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
4. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50043602/rachel-everett

• R. Robt. Murtrie, "The Yeager Family Album", p. 87

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