Daughter of Seth Hammer & Elizabeth Janeway.

Obituary in the Enterprise newspaper, Eldora, Hardin County, Iowa, Nov 24, 1883:
Mrs. Rachel Rash, wife of Lewis Rash, residing five miles southwest of Union, died on Monday in her 58th year. She was a mother of twelve children, nine of whom, six sons and three daughters, together with her husband, survived her. Mr. and Mrs. Rash were among the earliest pioneers, having lived in this neighborhood more than thirty-eight years, and are widely known and esteemed. The surviving relatives have the warmest sympathy of the community. The funeral was held at the Miller school house on Tuesday, and internment in the Miller Cemetery.

Children of LEWIS RASH and RACHEL HAMMER are:
i. ALVA CURTIS RASH, b. December 3, 1857, Union, Hardin County, IA; d. July 21, 1921, Gordon, Neb.
ii. COLUMBUS ELLIOTT RASH, b. May 1859, Union Twp, on the old Rash homestead; d. 1943. Burial Union Cemetery.
iii. NANCY ELIZABETH RASH, b. June 16, 1861; d. October 22, 1889.
iv. FLORA ANN RASH, b. December 15, 1863, Hardin County, Iowa; d. February 1, 1936, Whitten, Hardin, Iowa. Married Lewis Thompson, both buried in Benson Cemetery, Grundy Co. IA.
v. BENJAMIN JESSE RASH, b. March 25, 1865; d. December 20, 1951, Hubbard, IA.
vi. EMMA ROSALIE RASH, b. April 16, 1867, Hardin County, Iowa; d. Aug. 11, 1942.
vii. SOLON LINCOLN RASH, b. August 28, 1869, d. May 19, 1949.
viii. HENRY THOMAS RASH, b. August 11, 1871; d. February 22, 1955.
ix. BURTON FRANCIS RASH, b. November 10, 1874; d. March 12, 1875. Burial: Miller Cemetery, Hardin County Iowa. Info.: Twin to Bertha Jane
x. BERTHA JANE RASH, b. November 10, 1874; d. April 10, 1950.
xi. ANDREW SETH RASH, b. January 12, 1878; d. September 15, 1919 in the hospital at Iowa Falls, Iowa. He had 480 acres of land in Texas. Burial: Miller Cemetery, Hardin County Iowa
xii. GERTIE MAY RASH, b. February 22, 1881; d. March 12, 1881. Burial: Miller Cemetery, Hardin County Iowa
∼~ RACHEL J. HAMMER RASH ~
Related through the Coleman Family

Married (27 Dec 1856, Bangor, Marshall County, IA): Lewis Ellis Rash