Rachel was born in Williams County, Ohio to parents James Hiram Dew and Elizabeth (Weston) Dew. She was the 4th of 7 children.
At the opening of the Civil War, she married George Marshall, who was killed in the war. Rachel gave birth to their child, Georgiana after George's death.
She married Rigdon Walker in 1867 and together they crossed through Kansas into Iowa in the 1870's and were in Grundy County Iowa during the 1880 census. The children on the 1880 census were Ransom, Maud, Mabel and Oliver ("Twist").Their son Robert died prior to the 1880 census and is buried in Grundy County, Iowa.
They continued on after 1895 and eventually settled in Kremlin, Garfield County, Oklahoma They raised 5 children; Maud, Mabel, Julia, Oliver and Ransom to adulthood. The 1900 census in Garfield County OK lists Rigdon as a farmer, Mabel as a dress maker, Oliver as a farmer, Julia as a school teacher.
At the opening of the Civil War, she married George Marshall, who was killed in the war. Rachel gave birth to their child, Georgiana after George's death.
She married Rigdon Walker in 1867 and together they crossed through Kansas into Iowa in the 1870's and were in Grundy County Iowa during the 1880 census. The children on the 1880 census were Ransom, Maud, Mabel and Oliver ("Twist").Their son Robert died prior to the 1880 census and is buried in Grundy County, Iowa.
They continued on after 1895 and eventually settled in Kremlin, Garfield County, Oklahoma They raised 5 children; Maud, Mabel, Julia, Oliver and Ransom to adulthood. The 1900 census in Garfield County OK lists Rigdon as a farmer, Mabel as a dress maker, Oliver as a farmer, Julia as a school teacher.
Rachel was born in Williams County, Ohio to parents James Hiram Dew and Elizabeth (Weston) Dew. She was the 4th of 7 children.
At the opening of the Civil War, she married George Marshall, who was killed in the war. Rachel gave birth to their child, Georgiana after George's death.
She married Rigdon Walker in 1867 and together they crossed through Kansas into Iowa in the 1870's and were in Grundy County Iowa during the 1880 census. The children on the 1880 census were Ransom, Maud, Mabel and Oliver ("Twist").Their son Robert died prior to the 1880 census and is buried in Grundy County, Iowa.
They continued on after 1895 and eventually settled in Kremlin, Garfield County, Oklahoma They raised 5 children; Maud, Mabel, Julia, Oliver and Ransom to adulthood. The 1900 census in Garfield County OK lists Rigdon as a farmer, Mabel as a dress maker, Oliver as a farmer, Julia as a school teacher.
At the opening of the Civil War, she married George Marshall, who was killed in the war. Rachel gave birth to their child, Georgiana after George's death.
She married Rigdon Walker in 1867 and together they crossed through Kansas into Iowa in the 1870's and were in Grundy County Iowa during the 1880 census. The children on the 1880 census were Ransom, Maud, Mabel and Oliver ("Twist").Their son Robert died prior to the 1880 census and is buried in Grundy County, Iowa.
They continued on after 1895 and eventually settled in Kremlin, Garfield County, Oklahoma They raised 5 children; Maud, Mabel, Julia, Oliver and Ransom to adulthood. The 1900 census in Garfield County OK lists Rigdon as a farmer, Mabel as a dress maker, Oliver as a farmer, Julia as a school teacher.
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