Brief Life History of Rachel
When Rachel Colyar was born on 25 April 1815, in Ohio, United States, her father, John Collier, was 34 and her mother, Rhoda Pearson, was 36. She married Ephraim Jackson McCleary on 3 May 1832, in Cass, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Indiana, United States in 1870 and Wayne Township, Kosciusko, Indiana, United States in 1880. She died on 3 May 1881, in Warsaw, Wayne Township, Kosciusko, Indiana, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Warsaw, Wayne Township, Kosciusko, Indiana, United States.
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- Rachael McCleary, "United States Census, 1880"
- Rachel Colyer, "Michigan, County Marriages, 1820-1940"
- Rachel Colyar McCleary, "Find A Grave Index"
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1816
Indiana is the 19th state.
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Collier .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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