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Rachel Plake

Rachel Plake

Female 1837 - 1913  (75 years)


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  • Name Rachel Plake 
    Birth 10 Feb 1837  Connersville Township, Fayette, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    • The Book, History of Marshall County gives her parents as John and Nancy Plake
      1880 census: father born in KY, mother born in OH
      1900 census: father born in KY, mother born in OH
      1910 census: father born in KY, mother born in OH
    Christening Aft 10 Feb 1837  Plymouth, Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • into the Society of Adventists
    Gender Female 
    Ω Census daughter 1 Jun 1850  Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    • John Plake with 2nd wife Rosanna Vinnedge
      9 children from his first marriage to Nancy Hardy
      4 children from her first marriage to John Kilgore
      1 child of this new marriage
      Witness Role: Principal: [I859] John Isaac PLEAK
      Witness Role: head of household: [I859] John Isaac PLEAK
      Witness Role: wife: [I3780] Rosanna VINNEDGE
      Witness Role: daughter: [I3779] Mary A. PLAKE
      Witness Role: daughter: [I797] Rachel PLAKE
      Witness Role: son: [I3778] Benjamin PLAKE
      Witness Role: son: [I3776] William PLAKE
      Witness Role: daughter: [I3774] Julia Ann PLAKE
      Witness Role: daughter: [I3773] Nancy Jane PLAKE
      Witness Role: step-son: [I3786] George W. KILGORE
      Witness Role: daughter: [I3772] Chas H PLAKE
      Witness Role: step-son: [I3788] William Vinnedge KILGORE
      Witness Role: step-son: [I3787] Fred KILGORE
      Witness Role: daughter: [I3771] Sarah Elizabeth PLAKE
      Witness Role: step-son: [I3790] Jamison KILGORE
      Witness Role: daughter: [I3777] Martha PLEAK
      Witness Role: son: [I3784] Thomas Jefferson PLAKE
    Name Aft 3 Dec 1854 
    Rachel Taber 
    Ω Census wife 1 Jun 1860  Center Township, Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    • Witness Role: Principal: [I796] Cyrus TABER
      Witness Role: head of household: [I796] Cyrus TABER
      Witness Role: wife: [I797] Rachel PLAKE
      Witness Role: son: [I844] Samuel Dennis TABER
      Witness Role: son: [I798] Thomas Oliver TABER
      Witness Role: daughter: [I846] Mary Alice TABER
      Witness Role: Resident: Name: R. Wilson
      Witness Role: 20 year old male, living in the house, listed as a laborer.
    Ω Census wife 1 Jun 1870  Center Township, Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    • Witness Role: Principal: [I796] Cyrus TABER
      Witness Role: head of household: [I796] Cyrus TABER
      Witness Role: wife: [I797] Rachel PLAKE
      Witness Role: son: [I844] Samuel Dennis TABER
      Witness Role: son: [I798] Thomas Oliver TABER
      Witness Role: daughter: [I846] Mary Alice TABER
      Witness Role: son: [I845] John Heenan TABER
      Witness Role: brother-in-law: [I5867] George W MARSH
      Witness Role: George is the husband of Cyrus' wife Rachel's sister Mary.
      Witness Role: sister-in-law: [I3779] Mary A. PLAKE
      Witness Role: Mary is Cyrus' wife's sister.
    Ω Will Executor 10 Oct 1877  [8, 9] 
    • His will begins with a detailed description of his land holdings, and an itemization of his estate, which he estimated to be worth $16,393. He designated that $2000 was to be given to each of his children, and the property and home be given to his wife.
      Witness Role: Principal: [I796] Cyrus TABER
      Witness Role: Executor: [I797] Rachel PLAKE
      Witness Role: Also an heir.
      Witness Role: Heir: [I848] Israel S. TABER
      Witness Role: Heir: [I845] John Heenan TABER
      Witness Role: Heir: [I846] Mary Alice TABER
      Witness Role: Heir: [I844] Samuel Dennis TABER
      Witness Role: Heir: [I798] Thomas Oliver TABER
    Census 1 Jun 1880  Center Township, Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    • Witness Role: head of household: [I797] Rachel PLAKE
      Witness Role: daughter: [I846] Mary Alice TABER
      Witness Role: son: [I845] John Heenan TABER
      Witness Role: son: [I848] Israel S. TABER
    Family Search ID 2ZV5-SFY 
    Ω Probate Witness Dec 1883  Plymouth, Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    • with Israel Roberts acting as co-administrator
      Witness Role: Principal: [I796] Cyrus TABER
      Witness Role: Witness: [I797] Rachel PLAKE
    Name Aft 18 Aug 1895 
    Rachel Miller 
    Ω Census wife 1 Jun 1900  Center Township, Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    • Witness Role: Principal: [I858] Jonas C. MILLER
      Witness Role: head of household: [I858] Jonas C. MILLER
      Witness Role: wife: [I797] Rachel PLAKE
    Ω Census wife 15 Apr 1910  Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    • Witness Role: Principal: [I858] Jonas C. MILLER
      Witness Role: head of household: [I858] Jonas C. MILLER
      Witness Role: wife: [I797] Rachel PLAKE
      Witness Role: son: [I3767] Cord W. MILLER
      Witness Role: daughter-in-law: [I3768] Winifred S
      Witness Role: grandson: [I3769] Louis B MILLER
    _UID 6492E086A11A4676BD32FD308CBAA1B187DD 
    Death 3 Jan 1913  Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 6] 
    Burial Aft 3 Jan 1913  Oak Hill Cemetery, Plymouth, Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 6] 
    gravestones\PLAKE Rachel d1913    		 gravestones\PLAKE Rachel d1913
    Person ID I797  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 18 Sep 2023 

    Father John Isaac Pleak,   b. 17 Sep 1811, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Oct 1876, Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years) 
    Mother Nancy Hardy,   b. 1810, Virginia Township, Coshocton, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Apr 1849, Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 39 years) 
    Marriage 2 Dec 1834  Bartholomew, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Family ID F273  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Husband 1 Cyrus Taber,   b. 26 Jun 1833, Plymouth, Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Dec 1877, Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 44 years) 
    Marriage 3 Dec 1854  Smith's Tavern, Argos, Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 13] 
    • ceremony performed by Mack Smith
    Children 
    +1. Samuel Dennis Taber,   b. 25 Apr 1855, Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Feb 1882 (Age 26 years)
    +2. Thomas Oliver Taber,   b. 25 Nov 1856, Center Township, Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Dec 1906, Plymouth, Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years)
     3. Mary Alice Taber,   b. 9 Apr 1858, Plymouth, Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Dec 1894 (Age 36 years)
    >4. John Heenan Taber,   b. 1860, Plymouth, Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Feb 1936, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
     5. Stephen Taber,   b. 5 Aug 1865, Plymouth, Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 May 1866, Plymouth, Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     6. Israel S. Taber,   b. 1870, Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1888, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 18 years)
    Family ID F271  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 5 Jun 2022 

    Husband 2 Jonas C. Miller,   b. Mar 1841, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Sep 1921, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Marriage 25 Sep 1894  Argos, Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 12, 14] 
    Family ID F272  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 31 May 2023 

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    gravestones\PLAKE Rachel d1913    		gravestones\PLAKE Rachel d1913

  • Sources 
    1. [S73] Letter - Listenberger Rosemary to Brown Barbara 1993, Handwritten family group sheets, unknown original source.

    2. [S831] Bio - Taber Thomas O., Vol II, pp 589-591.

    3. [S689] Cens1900 - IN Marshall Center p6a.

    4. [S696] Cens1870 - IN Marshall Center p91.

    5. [S697] Cens1860 - IN Marshall Center p50.

    6. [S1276] Find a Grave: Rachel Plake Taber Miller.

    7. [S703] Cens1850 - IN Marshall p188.

    8. [S73] Letter - Listenberger Rosemary to Brown Barbara 1993.

    9. [S817] Will - Taber Cyrus.

    10. [S688] Cens1880 - IN Marshall Center p7.

    11. [S73] Letter - Listenberger Rosemary to Brown Barbara 1993, from Indiana Plymouth Courthouse-Decedent Estates.pdf.

    12. [S686] Cens1910 - CA Los Angeles ed87 p7a.

    13. [S73] Letter - Listenberger Rosemary to Brown Barbara 1993, Brief biographical sketch of Cyrus Taber, unknown source document though it is likely some sort of historical summary of the origins of Marshall County.

    14. [S831] Bio - Taber Thomas O.