Rachel Colyar

25 April 1815–3 May 1881 (Age 66)
Ohio, United States

The Life Summary of Rachel

When Rachel Colyar was born on 25 April 1815, in Ohio, United States, her father, John Collier or Colyar, 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 Wayne Township, Kosciusko, Indiana, United States for about 10 years and Indiana, United States in 1870. 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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Family Time Line

Ephraim Jackson McCleary
1808–1880
Rachel Colyar
1815–1881
Marriage: 3 May 1832
Rachel Mc Cleary
1833–1879
Mary Mc Cleary
1835–1868
Joseph Paden McCleary
1839–1912
Margaret McCleary
1840–1879
Matilda McCleary
1842–1920
George Washington Mc Cleary
1845–1910
Adelia Mc Cleary
1846–1927
Ephraim Johnson Mc Cleary
1848–1913
Elizabeth Catharine Mc Cleary
1851–1937

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    3 May 1832Cass, Michigan, United States
    • Children

    (9)

    +4 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (10)

    +5 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1816
    Age 1
    Indiana is the 19th state.
    1819 · Panic! of 1819
    Age 4
    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
    Age 21
    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.

    Possible Related Names

    Collier

    Sources (10)

    • Rachael Mcclary in household of Ephriam Mcclary, "United States Census, 1850"
    • Rachel Colyer, "Michigan, County Marriages, 1820-1940"
    • Rachel Mc Clery in household of Ephraim Mc Clery, "United States Census, 1860"

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