Rachel was born in February 1841 in Illinois. She married John Caskey by the time she was 19 (their oldest child was 9 in 1870) and they had a family.[1][2]
By 1900, her husband had died. She lived alone in Benton, Illinois.[3]
Research Notes
An unsourced family tree on Ancestry says that she died in 1921, possibly in California.
↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXJN-CY2 : 19 February 2021), Rachel P Caskey in household of John Caskey, Benton, Franklin, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district ED 15, sheet 540C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,207.
↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSWM-LCG : accessed 30 October 2021), Rachael P Caskey, Benton Township Benton village, Franklin, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 24, sheet 11A, family 229, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,301.
Acknowledgements
This person was created through the import of Shortened files.ged on 30 December 2010.
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