Rachel Young
Rachel Young was born on February 22, 1855, in Ripley County, Indiana, to Amaziah and Mary Young. His father was a farmer who owned $4,500 of real estate and $500 of personal property. She grew up and attended school in Brown, Indiana. By 1870, the family was living in Shelby, Indiana. She married Wheeler Webster on March 2, 1873, in Lincolnville, Indiana, and they had at least five children: Carl, born around 1874; George, born around 1876; Herbert, born around 1878; Nellie, born around 1880; and Chester, born around 1886. They moved to Gibbon, Nebraska, around 1884, and her husband worked as a farmer there. Her husband died on January 3, 1928. She remained in Gibbon, and she died in Kearney, Nebraska, on July 22, 1932, “following a surgical operation.”
DATABASE CONTENT
| (1985) | Young, Rachel ~ Webster, Rachel | 1855-02-22 | 1932-07-27 |
- Conflict Side: Union
- Role: Civilian
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- Gender: Female
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 6
- (6321) [recipient] ~ George W. Young to Amaziah Young et al., 31 May 1861
- (6325) [recipient] ~ George W. Young to Amaziah Young et al., 13 July 1861
- (6334) [recipient] ~ George W. Young to Rebecca B. Young, 5 August 1861
- (6358) [recipient] ~ George W. Young to Mary Young et al., 29 December 1861
- (6366) [associated with] ~ George W. Young to Mary Young, 5 March 1862
- (6371) [associated with] ~ George W. Young to Mary Young, 11 August 1862
People - Records: 6
Places - Records: 2
SOURCES
1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; The Gibbon Reporter, 4 August 1932.
