Rachel married Benjamin Dunnaway Vassar June 25, 1829 in Clay County, Missouri. Nine of their children were born in Northwest Missouri, three in California. They were: Mary Polly Vassar (1833 - ); Rebecca Vassar (1835 - ); Samuel Vassar; James Vassar (1841 - ); William Jasper Vassar; Nicholas Simpson Vassar (1845 - 1874); Jarratt McCracken Vassar; Andrew Jackson Vassar; and Nancy Vassar. The family came to the City of Sonoma, then Marin County, California before the Civil War, then moved north to Healdsburg, Sanel (Hopland), and Cloverdale in Sonoma and Mendocino Counties by the 1870's.
An alternate biography for spouse Benjamin Dunnaway Vassar:
Benjamin was the seventh son of Samuel Harris Vassar and Mary Ann "Polly" Gossey. His ancestors came from Gravesend, England to Virginia in 1635, then Kentucky by his birth. By 1819, he was in Missouri where he operated a horse-powered grist mill with his father, and also was employed as Clinton County road surveyor and superintendent of public buildings. In 1852, they left that state for Sonoma, California, where they were found in 1853. They bought land south of Geyserville in 1861, and parcels in Cloverdale in the 1880's. He and Rachel had twelve children, ten of whom came to California. It is of interest that the family has numerous conflicting vital records with his apparently good education.
An alternate biography for spouse Benjamin Dunnaway Vassar:
Benjamin was the seventh son of Samuel Harris Vassar and Mary Ann "Polly" Gossey. His ancestors came from Gravesend, England to Virginia in 1635, then Kentucky by his birth. By 1819, he was in Missouri where he operated a horse-powered grist mill with his father, and also was employed as Clinton County road surveyor and superintendent of public buildings. In 1852, they left that state for Sonoma, California, where they were found in 1853. They bought land south of Geyserville in 1861, and parcels in Cloverdale in the 1880's. He and Rachel had twelve children, ten of whom came to California. It is of interest that the family has numerous conflicting vital records with his apparently good education.
Rachel married Benjamin Dunnaway Vassar June 25, 1829 in Clay County, Missouri. Nine of their children were born in Northwest Missouri, three in California. They were: Mary Polly Vassar (1833 - ); Rebecca Vassar (1835 - ); Samuel Vassar; James Vassar (1841 - ); William Jasper Vassar; Nicholas Simpson Vassar (1845 - 1874); Jarratt McCracken Vassar; Andrew Jackson Vassar; and Nancy Vassar. The family came to the City of Sonoma, then Marin County, California before the Civil War, then moved north to Healdsburg, Sanel (Hopland), and Cloverdale in Sonoma and Mendocino Counties by the 1870's.
An alternate biography for spouse Benjamin Dunnaway Vassar:
Benjamin was the seventh son of Samuel Harris Vassar and Mary Ann "Polly" Gossey. His ancestors came from Gravesend, England to Virginia in 1635, then Kentucky by his birth. By 1819, he was in Missouri where he operated a horse-powered grist mill with his father, and also was employed as Clinton County road surveyor and superintendent of public buildings. In 1852, they left that state for Sonoma, California, where they were found in 1853. They bought land south of Geyserville in 1861, and parcels in Cloverdale in the 1880's. He and Rachel had twelve children, ten of whom came to California. It is of interest that the family has numerous conflicting vital records with his apparently good education.
An alternate biography for spouse Benjamin Dunnaway Vassar:
Benjamin was the seventh son of Samuel Harris Vassar and Mary Ann "Polly" Gossey. His ancestors came from Gravesend, England to Virginia in 1635, then Kentucky by his birth. By 1819, he was in Missouri where he operated a horse-powered grist mill with his father, and also was employed as Clinton County road surveyor and superintendent of public buildings. In 1852, they left that state for Sonoma, California, where they were found in 1853. They bought land south of Geyserville in 1861, and parcels in Cloverdale in the 1880's. He and Rachel had twelve children, ten of whom came to California. It is of interest that the family has numerous conflicting vital records with his apparently good education.
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Rachel does not have a stone or marker within the plot; however, burial confirmed via Cloverdale Cemetery burial records.
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