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• Name: Rachel MARRS
• Sex: F
• Birth: 23 Jun 1783 in Rockbridge Co, Virginia ^b
• Death: 7 Aug 1858 in Miami Co, Ohio ^d
• Burial: Bethel Twp Cemetery, Miami Co, Ohio ^u


Parents:

• Father:
  
• Alexander MARRS Birth: 22 Feb 1750 in Pennsylvania Death: 30 Apr 1834 in Shelby Co, Kentucky
Mother:

• Jane SHANNON Birth: 1754 in Montgomery Co, Virginia Death: 1833 in Shelbyville, Shelby Co, Kentucky

Family:
Marriage:

• James General FERGUS on 15 Jan 1807 at Montgomery Co, Virginia .^m1
  
• James General FERGUS Birth: 18 Nov 1783 in McClure's Gap, Cumberland Co, Pennsylvania Death: 27 Sep 1855 in Miami Co, Ohio

Children:

1. Jane FERGUS Birth: 18 Nov 1807 in Miami Co, Ohio Death: 29 Aug 1863 in Wells Co, Indiana
2. Mary Margaret FERGUS Birth: 11 Apr 1809 in Miami Co, Ohio Death: 11 Sep 1833 in Miami Co, Ohio
3. Eviline FERGUS Birth: 2 Oct 1810 in Miami Co, Ohio Death: 2 Oct 1890
4. James McCormick FERGUS Birth: 30 May 1812 in Miami Co, Ohio Death: Before 1857
5. Harriet FERGUS Birth: 10 Apr 1815 in Miami Co, Ohio Death: 2 Feb 1816 in Miami Co, Ohio
6. Rachel Amanda FERGUS Birth: 3 Jul 1817 in Miami Co, Ohio Death: 7 Aug 1858
7. John Shannon FERGUS Birth: 4 Dec 1819 in Bethel Twp, Miami Co, Ohio Death: 15 Dec 1888 in Tippecanoe, Miami Co, Ohio
8. Alexander Marrs FERGUS Birth: 25 Nov 1821 in Bethel Twp, Miami Co, Ohio Death: 23 Jan 1909 in Hastings, Adams Co, Nebraska
9. Elizabeth FERGUS Birth: 13 Apr 1824 in Miami Co, Ohio Death: 11 Jun 1902 in Harlan Co, Nebraska
10. Samuel FERGUS Birth: 14 Feb 1826 in Miami Co, Ohio Death: 5 Aug 1908

Bibliography

Sources for birth and parent Information

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[Ref: Cynthia Russell 9/2/2008],

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[Ref: Cynthia Russell 9/2/2008],

parents:

[Ref: Cynthia Russell 9/2/2008]

Sources for death Information

date:

[Ref: Cynthia Russell 9/2/2008],

place:

[Ref: Cynthia Russell 9/2/2008]

Sources for burial Information

place:

[Ref: Cynthia Russell 9/2/2008]

Sources with Information about marriage to James General FERGUS

date:

bond 6 Jan 1807, marriage 15 Jan 1807 [Ref: Cynthia Russell 9/2/2008],

place:

[Ref: Cynthia Russell 9/2/2008],

child:

[Ref: Cynthia Russell 9/2/2008]

Research Notes:
in the Register of Marriages for Montgomery Co, Virginia, listed as Rachel MEARS, with Security and Witnesses Alexander MEARE and Samuel S MARRE [Ref: Cynthia Russell 9/2/2008]

will dated 15 Oct 1855, recorded in Book 2 p297, estate #2692 [Ref: Cynthia Russell 9/2/2008]



Pedigree of Rachel MARRS
          /-----Hugh MARRS
 /-----Alexander MARRS
Rachel MARRS
|                                             /-----John SHANNON
|                                    /-----John SHANNON
|                           /-----Robert SHANNON
|                  /-----Thomas SHANNON
|                 |         \-----Annal (SHANNON)
|         /-----Samuel SHANNON
|        |         \-----Agnes (SHANNON)
 \-----Jane SHANNON
         |                  /-----Thomas REID
         |         /-----John Col REID
         |        |         \-----Mary McKEAN
          \-----Jane REID
                   \-----Jane STUART



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