Quaker Cousins - Rachel Viola (DeWees) Harvey

So far, for the Hartley cousins, I posted about the son of Rebecca's oldest sister and then yesterday I posted about the daughter of one of Rebecca's brothers. Today is a daughter of Rebecca's youngest sister, Hannah who married David DeWees.

Mary Magdalene (Hockett) Albertson's 1st cousin, Rachel Viola DeWees was born 4 Apr 1860. She was the 6th child of 9. Because she was born before the census date, she appeared on the 1860 census as a child aged 5/12 in Monroe Township Morgan County Indiana. Her grandmother DeWees was also in the household. Rachel is one of the rare people who appear in 8 different U.S. Censuses. The family was still living in Morgan County in 1870 and Rachel was shown as age 11 and had attended school.

It was in Morgan County on 25 Jul 1878 when she married Albert Harvey. Her name on the marriage record was shown as Viola R. Dewees. They were living in Brown Township in Morgan County on the 1880 census. Their oldest child, Byron, was like his mother in that he was listed as age 5/12. They were still in Brown Township for the 1900 census. Both of their 2 children were still living at home, Byron age 20 and Lucile age 17. Her mother Hannah, now a widow, was living with them when she died in 1903.

Sometime before the 1910 census they had moved to the town of Mooresville, still in Brown Township. Albert was working as an inspector in the car barns and Byron was living with them and worked as a farm laborer.

Then within the next 10 years Albert and Viola moved to Hendricks County Indiana, the next county north of Morgan. They were living by themselves in Guilford Township and Albert was listed as a farmer in both the 1920 and 1930 censuses. They were living at the same place in 1940, but their daughter Lucile Dutt and her 23 year old son were living with them. The 1940 census gives the information that Rachel Viola had completed the 8th grade in school.

It was just a little over a year later when she died 2 Jul 1941, and was buried in the Mooresville Cemetery in Mooresville, Morgan County Indiana. He husband Albert died a little over a year later 14 Oct 1942 and he was also buried in the Mooresville Cemetery and they have a double gravestone.

Quaker Cousins - Thomas Clarkson Grave

Thomas Clarkson Grave was a 1st cousin of my gt-grandmother, Mary Magdalene (Hockett) Albertson. Thomas' mother Eliza (Hartley) Grave was a sister of Mary's mother, Rebecca (Hartley) Hockett. So Thomas was my 1st cousin 3 times removed.

Thomas was born 13 Sep 1840 in Indiana to David and Eliza (Hartley) Grave. He was the 7th child of a family of 11 children. He was listed in the family in the 1850 census in Wayne Township, Wayne County, Indiana, as a 9 year old who had attended school within the year.

On the 16th day of the 7th month 1855 a certificate was received at the Quaker West Union Monthly Meeting in Morgan County, Indiana, which included Thomas. For the 1860 census the family was now in Morgan County. His father was listed as a weaver.

The Find a Grave entry for Thomas states that he was a Civil War Veteran. I haven't yet found the evidence for that except he was marked as a Union veteran on the 1910 census and he was disciplined by their Quaker church in 1867 for military service, but was accepted back by them.

He married Anna Hubbard 15 Oct 1868, which was reported to the West Union Quaker Meeting.

Their first son, Caswell, was born in January of 1870 so he was included with them on the 1870 census age 4/12. Thomas was working as a farm laborer. He reported personal property valued at $3,000.

On the 1880 census, I hope the information was correct, since Thomas C. Grave was the enumerator. They were living in Monroe Township, Morgan County, Indiana. They now had a second son, Benjamin, age 2, plus a 21 year old nephew, Henry Wintermote, was living with them.

When they took the 1900 census, the two older boys had left home, but there were two more, Thomas born in 1880 and Floyd born in 1883. Thomas now owned his farm, free of mortgage. The two younger sons were gone from home by 1910 and Anna had died in 1908, so Thomas was a widower and there was a hired woman and a 14 year old niece in the household.

By 1920 Thomas was listed as head of household, age 79, with no occupation. Also in the household was a hired man, his wife and 2 daughters. It was in 1924 when Thomas died. He was buried in West Union Cemetery in Monrovia, Morgan County, Indiana. He and Anna have a double stone.