Rachel Smith1

F, (6 May 1800 - 25 June 1846)
Charts
Herman Op Den Graeff descendants (Aldekerk, Rheinland, Duchy of Prussia)
Isaac Hermans Op Den Graeff and Greietjen Pieters descendants
     Rachel Smith was born on 6 May 1800.2 She was the daughter of Alexander Smith and Rebecca Ackman.1 Rachel Smith married, at age 26, William Updegraff, age 27, son of Thomas Updegraff and Elizabeth Rothrock, on Thursday, 18 May 1826.1 Rachel Smith died on 25 June 1846 at age 46 years, 1 month and 19 days.3
     She and William Updegraff left Lycoming County, Pennsylvania and moved to Rensselaer, Jasper County, Indiana and are buried in a very small private cemetery located 2 1/2 miles west of Rensselaer, on State Route 114, on the south side of the road in a pasture of the farm now (1984) owned by Miss Nellie Grant, formerly owned by the Updegraffs, now no longer used for burials. Rachel is found listed in the 1850 Census - Newton Township, Jasper County, Indiana.2

Children of Rachel Smith and William Updegraff

Last Edited=25 Aug 2008

Citations

  1. [S14] John F Meginness, History of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania (Baltimore, Maryland: prepared by Lycoming Historical Society; Gateway Press, Inc., 1990 reprint of 1892 original), p. 724.
  2. [S15] June (Shaull) Lutz, History of the Op Den Graef / Updegraff Family (Grand Rapids, Michigan; 1433 Elderwood Ct. N.W.: J. S. Lutz, 1988), p. U-123.
  3. [S15] June (Shaull) Lutz, History of the Op Den Graef / Updegraff Family, p. U-123, shows her date of death as 25 June 1836.
  4. [S15] June (Shaull) Lutz, History of the Op Den Graef / Updegraff Family, p. U-125.
  5. [S15] June (Shaull) Lutz, History of the Op Den Graef / Updegraff Family, p. U-126.