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Rayhill, Charles B.

Male 1848 - 1933  (84 years)


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  • Name Rayhill, Charles B. 
    Born 27 Nov 1848  New Salem, Washington County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • According to his death certificate, Charles was the son of George Rayhill and Mary M. Bass, both born in Kentucky.
    Gender Male 
    Census 1880  Pana Township, Christian Township, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 

    • According to the 1880 U.S. enumeration, Charles B. Rayhill, a 33 year old farmer, divorced, lived in the home of his parents, George and Ann Rayhill. Also in the home were his three siblings: William Rayhill (age 35); Alice Rayhill (age 27), and Kate Rayhill (age 18).
    Died 11 Mar 1933  Oregon, Holt County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    • According to his death certificate, Charles died of bronchial pneumonia which he had contracted a few days before his death. On the certificate, his age at death was recorded as 85 years, 3 months, 12 days, but this age is one year too much.
    Buried 13 Mar 1933  Oregon, Holt County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Person ID I7780  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 20 Apr 2015 

    Father Rayhill, George,   b. Abt 1821–1822, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother [---?---], Ann,   b. Abt 1824–1825, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Census (family) 1880  Pana Township, Christian Township, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 

    • According to the 1880 U.S. enumeration, the household consisted of George Rayhill, a 58 year old farmer; Ann Rayhill, his 55 year old wife; and four children: William Rayhill, age 35, single, a farmer; Charles B. Rayhill, age 33, divorced, a farmer; Alice Rayhill, age 27, single, a school teacher; and Kate Rayhill, age 18, single, attending school.
    Family ID F2581  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lukens, M. Edna,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 6 May 1886  Oregon, Holt County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 

    •      According to marriage records in Holt County, Missouri, "Charles B. Rayhill," of Pana, Christian County, Illinois, and "M. Edna Lukens," of Oregon, Holt County, Missouri, received a marriage license at Oregon, Missouri on 4 May 1886 and they were married on 6 May 1886 at Oregon by Thomas [initial?] Roberts, a minister of the gospel.
           Charles Rayhill's death certificate reported that he was widowed at the time of his death and had been the husband of Laura Jane Rayhill.
           According to her death certificate, Laura Jane Rayhill was born on 10 April 1858 at Brookfield, Illinois, the daughter of Char [sic] Cummings and [Mariah Cady?], both of Massachusetts. She died on 9 April 1927 at Oregon, Holt County, Missouri.
           Further research is required to answer the questions raised by this information.
    Children 
    +1. Rayhill, Jonathan Johnson,   b. 22 Mar 1889, Pana, Christian County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jun 1952, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F2502  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S237] Missouri State Archives, Missouri Death Certificates Database (https://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/Archives/ArchivesMvc/ - last confirmed in August 2017), Charles B. Rayhill; Holt County; 1933; Certificate of Death #9333.
      Accessed on April 2012.
           Missouri State Board of Health, Certificate of Death #9333. For Charles B. Rayhill. A white, male born on 27 November 1848 at New Salem, Indiana. Father's name: George Rayhill; born in Kentucky. Mother's maiden name: Mary M. Bass; born in Kentucky. Personal information was provided by Mrs. J. T. Scott of Oregon, Missouri.
           See the notes for this person's death for more details of the death certificate.

    2. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1880 U.S. census, population schedule.
      NARA microfilm T9, roll 180, image 769. Illinois, Christian County, Pana Township, Supervisor’s District 6, Enumeration District 68, census page 1A, enumerated on 1 June 1880; George Rayhill household, dwelling 4, family 4, lines 28-33. Access through Ancestry.com in April 2012.
           In the household was: 31) Rayhill, Charles B.; white; male; age 33; son; divorced; born in Indiana; father born in Indiana; mother born in Kentucky.
           By calculation from the information provided, Charles would have been born about 1846-1847. For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1880 U.S. census for this person.

    3. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1880 U.S. census, population schedule.
      NARA microfilm T9, roll 180, image 769. Illinois, Christian County, Pana Township, Supervisor’s District 6, Enumeration District 68, census page 1A, enumerated on 1 June 1880; George Rayhill household, dwelling 4, family 4, lines 28-33. Access through Ancestry.com in April 2012.
           The household consisted of: 28) Rayhill, George; white; male; age 58; married; farmer; born in Indiana; father born in Virginia; mother born in Virginia. 29) Rayhill, Ann; white; female; age 55; wife; married; keeping house; born in Kentucky; father born in Kentucky; mother born in Kentucky. 30) Rayhill, William; white; male; age 35; son; single; farmer; born in Indiana; father born in Indiana; mother born in Kentucky. 31) Rayhill, Charles B.; white; male; age 33; son; divorced; farmer; born in Indiana; father born in Indiana; mother born in Kentucky. 32) Rayhill, Alice; white; female; age 27; daughter; single; school teacher; born in Indiana; father born in Indiana; mother born in Kentucky. 33) Rayhill, Kate; white; female; age 18; daughter; single; at school; attended school within the census year; born in Illinois; father born in Indiana; mother born in Kentucky.

    4. [S237] Missouri State Archives, Missouri Death Certificates Database (https://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/Archives/ArchivesMvc/ - last confirmed in August 2017), Charles B. Rayhill; Holt County; 1933; Certificate of Death #9333.
      Accessed on April 2012.
           Missouri State Board of Health, Certificate of Death #9333. For Charles B. Rayhill. A white, male born on 27 November 1848 at New Salem, Indiana. Father's name: George Rayhill; born in Kentucky. Mother's maiden name: Mary M. Bass; born in Kentucky. Died at 10:15 [a.m. or p.m. was not recorded] on 11 March 1933 at Oregon, Holt County, Missouri at the age of 85 years, 3 months, 12 days. His usual residence was not recorded. He was widowed at the time of death; his had been married to "Laura Jane Rayhill." His usual occupation was "retired merchant;" he had last worked at this occupation "about 20 years ago." Cause of death was "Bronchopneumonia" (onset on 7 March 1933). Contributory cause of death was "chronic neyocarditis" (onset in 1930). There was no autopsy. Diagnosis was confirmed clinically. Burial, cremation, or removal was to be on 13 March 1933 at Oregon. The funeral director was Lester Pettijohn, of Oregon, Missouri. Personal information was provided by Mrs. J. T. Scott of Oregon, Missouri. [Jno?] F. Chandler, M.D., of Oregon, Missouri, had attended the deceased from 10 March 1933 to 11 March 1933 and signed the death certificate. The certificate was received by the local registrar [who appears to have also been the attending physician] on 13 March 1933.

    5. [S237] Missouri State Archives, Missouri Death Certificates Database (https://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/Archives/ArchivesMvc/ - last confirmed in August 2017), Charles B. Rayhill; Holt County; 1933; Certificate of Death #9333.
      Accessed on April 2012.
           Missouri State Board of Health, Certificate of Death #9333. For Charles B. Rayhill. Died at 10:15 [a.m. or p.m. was not recorded] on 11 March 1933 at Oregon, Holt County, Missouri. Burial, cremation, or removal was to be on 13 March 1933 at Oregon. The funeral director was Lester Pettijohn, of Oregon, Missouri. Personal information was provided by Mrs. J. T. Scott of Oregon, Missouri.
           See the notes for this person's death for more details of the death certificate.

    6. [S181] Ancestry.com (library edition), Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002 (https://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1171 in November 2017), Rayhill-Lukens; 1886; Holt County, page 374.
      Accessed in April 2012. In the Ancestry.com index, the groom is identified as Charles S. Rayhill. A marriage license issued at Oregon, Holt County, Missouri on 4 May 1886 to Charles B. Rayhill, of Pana, Christian County, Illinois, who was over the age of 21 years and M. Edna Lukens, of Oregon, Holt County, Missouri, who was over the age of 18 years.
           The return certified that Thomas [initial?] Roberts, "Minister of the Gospel," did marry the above name persons at Oregon, Holt County, on 6 May 1886 and filed the Certificate of Marriage with the County Recorder on 11 May 1886.


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