Rachel was the daughter of Martha (Campbell) and George Washington Collins who migrated to Missouri from Virginia. She was married and widowed twice, the mother of four children. Both marriages took place in Cass Co., Missouri before the Civil War; Marriage 1: John Riley Hunt, October 5, 1856; Marriage 2: Johnathan Mulkey Slaughter, October 11, 1862.
Rachel and John Riley Hunt were early pioneers to Kansas Territory before Statehood. After John's death on the prairie Rachel returned to Cass Co., Missouri for the birth of their 2nd child. Later she became the fourth wife of Jonathan Mulkey Slaughter. They pioneered to the newly formed Sate of Kansas, settling permanently in Centerville Township, near Galesburg, in Neosho County. That is where they reared Rachel's two sons by the late John Riley Hunt, two daughters from the second marriage and two daughters from Jonathan's previous marriages.
After Jonathan's death Rachel went to the boom town, Cripple Creek, Colorado, to live with her younger son, Wesley Thomas Hunt. There she survived only one harsh winter before dying of pneumonia in March 1901. Her body was transported back to Galesburg by train and buried next to her second husband, Rev./Dr. Jonathan Mulkey Slaughter. Her son, Rev. Wesley Thomas Hunt, is buried on the other side of Rachel.
Rachel and John Riley Hunt were early pioneers to Kansas Territory before Statehood. After John's death on the prairie Rachel returned to Cass Co., Missouri for the birth of their 2nd child. Later she became the fourth wife of Jonathan Mulkey Slaughter. They pioneered to the newly formed Sate of Kansas, settling permanently in Centerville Township, near Galesburg, in Neosho County. That is where they reared Rachel's two sons by the late John Riley Hunt, two daughters from the second marriage and two daughters from Jonathan's previous marriages.
After Jonathan's death Rachel went to the boom town, Cripple Creek, Colorado, to live with her younger son, Wesley Thomas Hunt. There she survived only one harsh winter before dying of pneumonia in March 1901. Her body was transported back to Galesburg by train and buried next to her second husband, Rev./Dr. Jonathan Mulkey Slaughter. Her son, Rev. Wesley Thomas Hunt, is buried on the other side of Rachel.
Rachel was the daughter of Martha (Campbell) and George Washington Collins who migrated to Missouri from Virginia. She was married and widowed twice, the mother of four children. Both marriages took place in Cass Co., Missouri before the Civil War; Marriage 1: John Riley Hunt, October 5, 1856; Marriage 2: Johnathan Mulkey Slaughter, October 11, 1862.
Rachel and John Riley Hunt were early pioneers to Kansas Territory before Statehood. After John's death on the prairie Rachel returned to Cass Co., Missouri for the birth of their 2nd child. Later she became the fourth wife of Jonathan Mulkey Slaughter. They pioneered to the newly formed Sate of Kansas, settling permanently in Centerville Township, near Galesburg, in Neosho County. That is where they reared Rachel's two sons by the late John Riley Hunt, two daughters from the second marriage and two daughters from Jonathan's previous marriages.
After Jonathan's death Rachel went to the boom town, Cripple Creek, Colorado, to live with her younger son, Wesley Thomas Hunt. There she survived only one harsh winter before dying of pneumonia in March 1901. Her body was transported back to Galesburg by train and buried next to her second husband, Rev./Dr. Jonathan Mulkey Slaughter. Her son, Rev. Wesley Thomas Hunt, is buried on the other side of Rachel.
Rachel and John Riley Hunt were early pioneers to Kansas Territory before Statehood. After John's death on the prairie Rachel returned to Cass Co., Missouri for the birth of their 2nd child. Later she became the fourth wife of Jonathan Mulkey Slaughter. They pioneered to the newly formed Sate of Kansas, settling permanently in Centerville Township, near Galesburg, in Neosho County. That is where they reared Rachel's two sons by the late John Riley Hunt, two daughters from the second marriage and two daughters from Jonathan's previous marriages.
After Jonathan's death Rachel went to the boom town, Cripple Creek, Colorado, to live with her younger son, Wesley Thomas Hunt. There she survived only one harsh winter before dying of pneumonia in March 1901. Her body was transported back to Galesburg by train and buried next to her second husband, Rev./Dr. Jonathan Mulkey Slaughter. Her son, Rev. Wesley Thomas Hunt, is buried on the other side of Rachel.
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