Rachel R. BALL ³

  General Notes:

PHOTO: submitted by Roger Greenough.

A twin of Flora.

BIRTH DATE: David Ball reports Rachel was born in unorganized Iowa, later Butler county. 1900 Census states she was b. Dec 1853.

IA, COUNTY MARRIAGES, 1838-1934:
Name: William A. Mccleerey
Gender: Male
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 01 Jul 1872
Event Place:, Shelby, Iowa, United States
Spouse's Name: Rachel R. Ball
Spouse's Gender: Female

1895 IA CENSUS, Monona Co, Center Twp:
William A. McCleery, 42, b. IN;
Rebecca, 41, b. "Lyon" Co, IA.
Listed next to them on the census were Ora Addington, 20, b. IN; Daisy Addington, 17, b. Monona Co, IA.

1900 IA CENSUS, Monona Co, Center Twp:
William "McCleerey", Jan 1853, 47, married 27 yrs, b. IN, father b. KY, mother b. IN, farmer;
wife "Rachael", Dec 1854, 45, married 27 yrs, 3 children, 2 living, b. IA, parents b. OH;
servant Harry "Lukeheart", Aug 1887, 12, b. IA, parnets b. IA, attended school.
(Note: Harry Lukhart later married Rachel's niece, Jessie Muckey.)

1910 IA CENSUS, Monona Co, Center Twp:
William A. McCleery, 58, 1st marriage, married 38 yrs, 3 children, 1 living, b. IN, father b. KY, mother b. IN, farmer;
wife Rachel R., 56, 1st marriage, 3 children - 1 living, b. IA, parents b. OH;
grand dau. Daisy B. Addington, 10;
grandson Orval E., 4.
Both grandchildren were b. IA, father b. IN, mother b. IA.

1915 IA CENSUS, Monona Co, Mapleton:
William A. McCleerey, 62, retired, 8th grade education, b. IN, parents b. KY, married;
Rachel R. McCleerey, 61, b. IA, parents b. OH, married;
"Bula" Addington, 15, b. IA, father b. IN, mother b. IN.

1920 IA CENSUS, Monona Co, Mapleton town:
William A. McCleerey (McCleney?), 67, b. IN, father b. KY, mother b. PA, laborer, woods;
wife "Rachael", 66, b. IA, parents b. OH.

1925 IA STATE CENSUS, Monona Co, Mapleton:
Wm. "McClearey", 72, 1st marriage, 4th grade education, b. IN, father: Wm. "McCleary" who was b. IN, mother: Mary(?) Lee(?difficult to read) who was b. OH and married IA, no occupation listed, Baptist;
wife "Rashel, 71, 1st marriage, 4th grade education, b. IA, father: Nathan Ball who was b. OH, mother: Esther Wickham who was b. OH, Christian.

1930 IA CENSUS, Monona Co, Mapleton town:
William McCleery, 78, 1st marriage age 18, b. IN, parents b. IN, no occupation;
wife "Rachael", 76, 1st marriage age 18, b. IA, parents b. OH.

1940 KS CENSUS, Shawnee Co, Topeka city:
James W. Devore, 45, 7th, b. AR, 1935: same house, stationary engineer, creamery;
"Beula" D., wife, 40, H-4, b. IA, 1935: same house;
Betty I., dau, 13, attended school, 7th, b. KS, 1935: same house;
Rachel "McCleerey", grandmother-in-law, 86, wd, 5th, b. IA, 1935: same house.

Rachel married William A. McCLEERY, son of William McCLEERY and Mary (---), on 1 Jul 1872 in Shelby Co, IA.^{1 2} (William A. McCLEERY was born in Jan 1853 in IN ⁴ and died on 22 Dec 1930 in Mapleton, Monona Co, IA ⁶.)