R/RFHA Newsletter, September 2000                                                 P.31

From Wilma Rawlings, NBU 4615, Prague, OK           74864

WILLIAM STITH RAWLINGS, b. Mar.4, 1827, Harrison Co., KY; death date unknown.

Wife: Anna Fatima Walker from Fayetteville, No. Carolina, birth and death date unknown- Also marriage date.

WILLIAM's parents: MICHAEL RAWLINGS (1795-1861) Harrison Co., KY and Adams Co., Ill. Margaret Wilson (Stith) (1800-1864) Harrison Co., KY & Adams Co., Ill.

Children: MARGARET WILSON RAWLINGS, b. Feb. 18, 1867, Chariton Co., MO; died Dec. 16, 1856, Milan, MO. Never married, Methodist, Operated RAWLINGS Hotel and Milliner. Buried Oakwood Cemetery, Milan.

MARY CATHERINE "Mollie" RAWLINGS, B. June 12, 1868, Chariton Co., Mo. died Mar.19, 1946, Milan, MO. Never married. Also operated RAWLINGS Hotel, Methodist, buried Oakwood Cemetery, Milan.

ELLA REBECCA RAWLINGS (twin), b. Sept.15,1874, Chariton, MO. died Dec. 31, 1951, Milan, Mo. Md. Edward N. Dobson of Kinsley, Kansas Sept- 15, 1904, Kansas City, Mo. Member of Christian Church, buried Oakwood.

ELMER R. RAWLINGS (twin), b. Sept. 15, 1874, Chariton, MO; died Apr.8,1840 Kansas City, Kansas. Md. Loda Noel Nov.12,1905 in Milan. Buried Oakwood Cemetery, Milan. Lola died July 13, 1961, Kansas City, Kansas. Her father was Shelby Noel, her mother was Hannah Lapin.

Ella and Edward Dobson had one son, Harold R. Dobson, of Newark, NJ and three grandchildren: Thomas Edward, John Richard and James Harold. The family was living in St- Louis, MO in 1956.

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From Robert Forsythe Wright's Family Bible

Mr Wright had 13 children by his first wife Sarah Jane Newell (1819-1846)

His 5th child was Henry Colvin, b. May 3, 1848, Pendleton Co., KY; died 1914 at Campbellsburg, Henry Co., KY. He was a Methodist Minister.

He md. (1) MARY E. (Betty) RAWLINGS, June 23, 1870 and (2) MARGARET ANN (MAGGIE) RAWLINGS on Sept. 7, 1885 Mr. Wright's 6th child was Alfred Forsythe WRight, b. July 15, 1850; died Oct.28,1893 in Pendleton Co., KY. He married MARTHA (MATTIE) RAWLINGS March 11, 1873, Pendleton Co, Kentucky.

The above MARY, MARGARET & MARTHA RAWLINGS were sisters.

Mr. Wright's 8th. child was Hasassah Laughlin Wright, b. March 1, 1855; died Apr.10,1931 Cantrill, Ill. She married ALEXANDER NEWTON RAWLINGS Nov. 2, 1871, Pendleton Co., KY

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The parents of the 3 female RAWLINGS children who married into the Wright family were: ANDREW JACKSON RAWLINGS, b. 1834, Pendleton Co., KY; death date unknown. He married Elizabeth Margaret Miles (1836-1916). His father was ROBERT RAWLINGS and his mother was Elizabeth Forsythe. His wife's parents were William Miles and a lady, name unknown. ANDREW JACKSON RAWLINGS died in the War Between the States and his wife moved with their daughters to Henry County, KY.

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