Rebecca McKee (Gray) McKinstry (abt. 1816 - 1860)

Born about 11 Sep 1816 in Tennessee, USA

Wife of William McKinstry — married 15 Dec 1836 in Preble Co., Ohio, USA

Descendants

Died 13 Jul 1860 at about age 43 in Preble Co., Ohio, USA

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Biography

Rebecca M Gray was born in September 1816 in Tennessee.

She is the daughter of ____ Gray and Ann _____.

She married William McKinstry 15 December 1836 in Butler Co., Ohio.^[1]

1840 census -- Dixon Twnp., Preble Co., Ohio, USA

Name: William Mckimstey

Home in 1840: Twin, Preble, Ohio

Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1 (William)

Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 2 (Cynthia, Ann)

Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1 (Rebecca)

Persons Employed in Agriculture: 1

Free White Persons - Under 20: 2

Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2

Total Free White Persons: 4

Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 4^[2]

1850 census - Dixon Twnp., Preble Co., Ohio, USA

William McKinstry, age 39, male, , farmer, born Ohio; Rebecca McKinstry, age 34, female, , born Tennessee; Cynthia McKinstry, age 13, female, , born Ohio, attended school; Cynthia McKinstry, age 11, female, , born Ohio, attended school; John McKinstry, age 10, male, , born Ohio, attended school; Hugh McKinstry, age 8, male, , born Ohio, attended school; Charity McKinstry, age 6, female, , born Ohio, attended school; Amanda McKinstry, age 3, female, , born Ohio; Sarah McKinstry, age 1, female, , born Ohio^[3]

1860 census -- Dixon Twnp., Preble Co., Ohio, USA

Wm Mckinster, age 46, male, , farmer, $3200 real estate, $200 personal property, born Ohio; Rebecca Mckinster, age 43, female, , born Tennessee; John Mckinster, age 19, male, , farmer, born Ohio; Hugh Mckinster, age 18, male, , farmer, born Ohio; Catherine Mckinster, age 13, female, , born Ohio, attended school; Sarah Mckinster, age 11, female, , born Ohio, attended school; Isrilda Mckinster, age 6, female, , born Ohio, attended school; Sanford Mckinster, age 3, male, , born Ohio; Charity Mckinster, age 16, female, , born Ohio,^[4]

She died 13 July 1860 in Preble Co., Ohio. She is buried in Concord Cemetery in Eaton, Ohio.^[5][6]

Sources

1. ↑ "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/2QHJ-7XD : 8 December 2014), William Mckinstray and Rebecca M Kee Gray, 15 Dec 1836; citing Preble, Ohio, United States, reference ; county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 564,963.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1840," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XHRT-9M1 : accessed 13 Oct 2014), William Mckimstey, Twin, Preble, Ohio; citing p. 101, NARA microfilm publication M704, roll 421, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.; FHL microfilm 0020174.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MX7M-K7T : 9 November 2014), Rebecca Mckinstry in household of William Mckinstry, Dixon, Preble, Ohio, United States; citing family 1900, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MCLD-SLG : 30 December 2015), Rebecca Mc Kinster in entry for Wm Mc Kinster, 1860.
5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30957167/rebecca_mckee-mckinstry: accessed April 28, 2024), memorial page for Rebecca McKee Gray McKinstry (11 Sep 1816–13 Jul 1860), Find A Grave: Memorial #30957167, citing Concord Cemetery, Eaton, Preble County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by Meghan Conroy gedmatch #A794565 (contributor 46861492).
6. ↑ Concord Church Cemetery Tombstone Inscriptions, Dixon Twp, Preble Co, OH, by Nancy J.CROWELL, 1999; Rebecca McKINSTRY, wife of William, d. 13 July 1860, age 43 y 10 m 2 d (s-20); calculated birth date 11 Sept 181_;