Rachel C. Sonders

Brief Life History of Rachel C.

When Rachel C. Sonders was born about 1859, in Kentucky, United States, her father, Isaac Souders, was 36 and her mother, Ava Ann Amos, was 33. She married William Pleasant Poteet on 9 August 1876, in Butler, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Renfrow, Ohio, Kentucky, United States in 1880 and Butler, Kentucky, United States in 1880.

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Family Time Line

William Pleasant Poteet
1853–
Rachel C. Sonders
1859–
Marriage: 9 August 1876
William Sherd Poteet
1878–1955
Anna Poteet
1879–
Zueller R Poteet
1889–1910

Sources (15)

  • Rachel Souders in household of Isaac Sanders, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Rachel C Sanders, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
  • Caroline Sonders in household of Isaac Sonders, "United States Census, 1860"

World Events (8)

1861

Kentucky sided with the Union during the Civil War, even though it is a southern state.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

Name Meaning

Probably English, a variant of an unexplained Lancashire nameSudders.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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