When Rachel Catherine Bainter was born on 30 September 1854, in Monroe Township, Muskingum, Ohio, United States, her father, John B Bainter, was 45 and her mother, Margaret C. Gaumer, was 40. She married Alexander Norman on 24 April 1873, in Muskingum, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Zearing, Story, Iowa, United States in 1920. She died on 28 January 1928, in Iowa, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Zearing Cemetery, Zearing, Story, Iowa, United States.