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Margaret Isabella “Belle” Lea Ratekin

Birth: 1851
Knox County, Illinois, USA
Death: 10 Feb 1869 (aged 17–18)
USA
Burial: Oakwood Cemetery

Macomb, McDonough County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
Plot: Block 3 Lot 164
Memorial ID: 85271483 View Source

Belle was born in Cherry Grove, Illinois, one of eleven children for parents Albert Gallatin Lea and Jane Rhea. About 1848 the family moved to Warren County, Illinois. About 1850 the family moved to Abingdon, Knox, Illinois. In 1857 the family moved to Macomb, Illinois. Her father died three months after the move.

Belle married Silas E. Ratekin on Feruary 13, 1868 in McDonough County, Illinois. She died from complications of childbirth. Her child also died.

Belle was born in Cherry Grove, Illinois, one of eleven children for parents Albert Gallatin Lea and Jane Rhea. About 1848 the family moved to Warren County, Illinois. About 1850 the family moved to Abingdon, Knox, Illinois. In 1857 the family moved to Macomb, Illinois. Her father died three months after the move.

Belle married Silas E. Ratekin on Feruary 13, 1868 in McDonough County, Illinois. She died from complications of childbirth. Her child also died.

Family Members

Parents

Spouse

Silas Ephraim Ratekin

1846–1908 (m. 1868)

Siblings

Children

Oren F. Ratekin

1869–1869

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Created by: Michelle Shreve
Added: Feb 21, 2012
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/85271483/margaret_isabella-ratekin: accessed ), memorial page for Margaret Isabella “Belle” Lea Ratekin (1851–10 Feb 1869), Find a Grave Memorial ID 85271483, citing Oakwood Cemetery, Macomb, McDonough County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Michelle Shreve (contributor 46790346).

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