CHRISTOPHER•ALLEN•SMITH•WINTON Family Tree - Person Sheet
CHRISTOPHER•ALLEN•SMITH•WINTON Family Tree - Person Sheet
NameRachel Van HORN [1893]
Birth Date22 Jul 1812 [1873], [1893], [1894]
Birth PlaceLuzerne Co., Pennsylvania, United States
Census Date18 Sep 1850 [1880] Age: 38
Census PlaceMauch Chunk [Jim Thorpe], Carbon Co., Pennsylvania, United States
Census Date3 Jul 1860 [1873] Age: 47
Census PlaceMauch Chunk [Jim Thorpe], Carbon Co., Pennsylvania, United States
Census Date22 Jul 1870 [1874] Age: 58
Census PlaceMauch Chunk [Jim Thorpe], Carbon Co., Pennsylvania, United States
MemoDistrict No.144
Census Date13 Jun 1880 [1882] Age: 67
Census PlaceWilkes-Barre, Luzerne Co., Pennsylvania, United States
MemoDana Street, 13th Ward
Census Date1 Jun 1900 [1891] Age: 87
Census PlaceWilkes-Barre, Luzerne Co., Pennsylvania, United States
MemoDana Street, 13th Ward
Death Datebef 25 Apr 1910 [1892]
MemoBased on her absence from the 1910 census.
Alt.SpellingRachael [1874], [1880]
Alt.SpellingRachel S. ABBET [1891]
FatherIsaac Van HORN (1779-1852)
MotherElizabeth DODSON (1783-1867)
Misc. Notes
In 1898, Congress approved a pension for Rachel, based on the service of her three sons, Eli T. CONNER, William I. CONNER & Hewitt J. ABBOTT. [1872]
Spouses
1William CONNER [1773], [1781], [1871]
Birth Date1803
Memoor 1807 ?
Death Date21 Nov 1833
MemoMauch Chunk newspaper published 23-NOV-1833.
Marr Dateca 1830 [1891]
Marr Memo1900 census says she was married 70 years but that only makes sense if she was counting her years as a widow.
ChildrenEli Taylor (1832-1862)
 William Isaac (1833-1896)
2James H. ABBOTT [1872], [1873], [1874]
Birth Date21 Apr 1809 [1873], [1874], [1879]
Birth PlaceNew York or Pennsylvania
Memo1809 based on 1870 census; NY based on 1850, 1860 & 1870 census schedules
Census Date18 Sep 1850 [1880] Age: 41
Census PlaceMauch Chunk [Jim Thorpe], Carbon Co., Pennsylvania, United States
Census Date3 Jul 1860 [1873] Age: 51
Census PlaceMauch Chunk [Jim Thorpe], Carbon Co., Pennsylvania, United States
Census Date22 Jul 1870 [1874] Age: 61
Census PlaceMauch Chunk [Jim Thorpe], Carbon Co., Pennsylvania, United States
MemoDistrict No.144. Dwelling was described as a Boarding House.
Alt.SpellingABBOT [1874], [1880]
Misc. Notes
Also in this household in 1860 was a man named Merrit Van Horn, age 40. [1873]
Marr Date25 Jan 1836
Marr PlaceKingston, Luzerne Co., Pennsylvania, United States
ChildrenHewitt J. (ca1837-1862)
 Harriet (ca1840-<1880)
 Anna (ca1843-)
 Emma V. (ca1846-<1910)
 Butler (1851-)
Last Modified 8 Feb 2011Created 8 Nov 2024 using Reunion for Macintosh
First Published 22 Sep 2013. Revised 8 Nov 2024
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