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Rachel <I>Rollins</I> Wimp

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Rachel Rollins Wimp

Birth
Maryland, USA
Death
15 Jan 1888 (aged 87–88)
Harvey County, Kansas, USA
Burial
Patterson, Harvey County, Kansas, USA Add to Map
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Per Hardin County, Kentucky Marriages 1810-1819;
Wimp, Daniel, and Rachel Welch. September 16, 1815. Surety John Wimp, Jr. William Willett of Hill Grove, Hardin County, gave written consent for his step-daughter. The note is also signed by Susanna Willett and witnessed by John Shacklett and John Wimp. September 18, 1815, W. Hays, A12, A50.

Rachel's husband, Daniel Wimp, was born in York, Pennsylvania in 1793.

Rachel was the mother of James A. Wimp and Ann R. (Wimp) Shacklett who are buried at Star Cemetery. Noted Wimp family researcher and author Carolyn Wimp said that Rachel's great grandson Lester F. Wimp stated that Rachel Wimp was buried at Star Cemetery. The exact location of her burial in the cemetery is unknown.

Rachel traveled to Kansas from Meade County, Kentucky with her son James A., and her daughters Ann Shacklett and Margaret Fulton and their families in the spring of 1873, yet Rachel was not listed in the 1875 Kansas Census.

A January 19, 1888 newspaper article states Rachel Wimp was born Rachel Rollins in 1800 in Maryland. (Burrton Weekly Graphic)
Per Hardin County, Kentucky Marriages 1810-1819;
Wimp, Daniel, and Rachel Welch. September 16, 1815. Surety John Wimp, Jr. William Willett of Hill Grove, Hardin County, gave written consent for his step-daughter. The note is also signed by Susanna Willett and witnessed by John Shacklett and John Wimp. September 18, 1815, W. Hays, A12, A50.

Rachel's husband, Daniel Wimp, was born in York, Pennsylvania in 1793.

Rachel was the mother of James A. Wimp and Ann R. (Wimp) Shacklett who are buried at Star Cemetery. Noted Wimp family researcher and author Carolyn Wimp said that Rachel's great grandson Lester F. Wimp stated that Rachel Wimp was buried at Star Cemetery. The exact location of her burial in the cemetery is unknown.

Rachel traveled to Kansas from Meade County, Kentucky with her son James A., and her daughters Ann Shacklett and Margaret Fulton and their families in the spring of 1873, yet Rachel was not listed in the 1875 Kansas Census.

A January 19, 1888 newspaper article states Rachel Wimp was born Rachel Rollins in 1800 in Maryland. (Burrton Weekly Graphic)


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