Individual Details
Rachael Ann Needham
(February 23, 1863 - April 9, 1891)
Rachel Ann died when Mary Fynetta was 4 years old. Mr. Gowens remarried a widow with children, who was extremely cruel to Rachel Ann's children. She pulled them out of school to work, although the rest of the children of the family attended school. Mary Fynetta did not learn to read until after her marriage to George Albert.
Events
| Birth | February 23, 1863 | Nebraska | |||
| Marriage | May 10, 1880 | Coleman County, Texas - General Washington Gowens | |||
| Death | April 9, 1891 | Coleman County, Texas | |||
| Burial | White Chapel Cemetery, Coleman County, Texas |
Families
| Spouse | General Washington Gowens (1860 - 1945) |
| Child | Artie Mishie Gowens (1881 - 1965) |
| Child | Mary Fynetta Gowens (1884 - 1972) |
| Child | Charity Evelyn Gowens (1887 - 1983) |
| Father | Elias Wells Needham (1836 - 1913) |
| Mother | Mary Susan Jackson (1843 - 1935) |
| Sibling | Moses William Needham (1862 - ) |
| Sibling | Frances G. Needham (1866 - ) |
| Sibling | Nancy E. "Nanny" Needham (1868 - 1931) |
| Sibling | John Newton "Newt" Needham (1869 - 1961) |
| Sibling | George Washington Needham (1872 - ) |
| Sibling | Hugh Simpson Needham (1872 - 1961) |
| Sibling | Ella Dora Needham (1874 - ) |
| Sibling | Eliza Jane Needham (1874 - 1958) |
| Sibling | Delia E. Needham (1883 - ) |
| Sibling | Andrew Jackson Needham (1884 - 1942) |
| Sibling | Ennie Bulah Needham (1886 - 1901) |