When Kimble Rakestraw was born in 1785, in Virginia, United States, his father, John Rakestraw, was 35 and his mother, Sarah Bulah Kimble, was 27. He married Sarah Belulah Willson on 10 January 1817, in Muskingum, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 14 October 1855, in Pike Township, Coshocton, Ohio, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Robinson Cemetery, Pike Township, Coshocton, Ohio, United States.
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English (Lancashire): nickname used for a scavenger from Middle English raken ‘to rake, gather by raking’ + strau(e) ‘straw’; compare rakyere ‘scavenger, street cleaner’ (see Raker ).
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