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Rachel Ellen Shoemaker
1857 - 1923 (65 years)
Generation: 1
1. Rachel Ellen Shoemaker was born on 21 Oct 1857 in Harrison, Wells, Indiana, USA (daughter of John Shoemaker and Rachel Johnson); died on 30 Jun 1923 in Wells Co., IN; was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Bluffton, Wells, IN. Rachel married Benjamin Franklin Heckathorn on 9 Sep 1877 in Bluffton, Wells, Indiana, USA. Benjamin (son of George Washington Heckathorn and Mary Ann Weist) was born on 9 Mar 1854 in Wells Co., IN; died on 4 Sep 1928 in Bluffton, Wells, Indiana, USA; was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Bluffton, Wells, IN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Lizzie W. Heckathorn was born on 9 Jul 1878 in Bluffton, Wells, Indiana, USA; died on 8 Oct 1903 in Bluffton, Wells, Indiana, USA.
- John Shoemaker Heckathorn was born on 20 May 1880 in Wells Co., IN; died on 30 Jun 1953 in Moscow, Latah, Idaho, USA.
- Ethel M. Heckathorn was born on 14 Oct 1889 in Wells Co., IN; died on 14 Dec 1972 in Greenwood, Johnson, IN, USA; was buried on 16 Dec 1973 in Fairview Cemetery, Bluffton, Wells, IN.
2. John Shoemaker was born on 22 Oct 1819 in Columbiana County, Ohio, USA; died on 1 Feb 1896 in Bluffton, Wells, Indiana, USA. John married Rachel Johnson on 17 Mar 1842. Rachel was born on 18 Apr 1823 in Beaver, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 22 May 1906 in Wells Co., IN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Rachel Johnson was born on 18 Apr 1823 in Beaver, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 22 May 1906 in Wells Co., IN. Children:
- Warren Kelley Shoemaker was born in Dec 1842 in Milton, Mahoning, Ohio; died on 18 Mar 1917 in Veterans Home, Marion, Grant, Indiana, USA; was buried in Marion National Cemetery, Marion, Indiana.
- 1. Rachel Ellen Shoemaker was born on 21 Oct 1857 in Harrison, Wells, Indiana, USA; died on 30 Jun 1923 in Wells Co., IN; was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Bluffton, Wells, IN.