Individual Details
Melissa Rakestraw
(14 Jul 1854 - 12 Oct 1895)
Events
| Birth | 14 Jul 1854 | Fulton, Illinois | |||
| Residence | 1870 | Illinois | |||
| Residence | 1880 | Pleasant View, Schuyler, Illinois | |||
| Death | 12 Oct 1895 | Fulton, Illinois | |||
| Burial | Astoria, Fulton, Illinois |
Families
| Spouse | John Theodore Sowers Jr (1850 - 1917) |
| Child | William Sowers (1875 - 1949) |
| Child | Henry Sowers (1877 - ) |
| Child | Elmer Sowers (1880 - 1924) |
| Child | Bertha Barnes Sowers (1883 - 1971) |
| Child | Goldie Alverta Sowers (1886 - 1975) |
| Father | Wilson B. Rakestraw (1828 - 1902) |
| Mother | Phoebe Elizabeth Smith (1833 - 1907) |
| Sibling | Rakestraw (1855 - 1857) |
| Sibling | Wilson William Rakestraw (1856 - 1940) |
| Sibling | Thomas Wilson Rakestraw (1858 - 1942) |
| Sibling | William Kimble Rakestraw (1861 - 1942) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Jane Rakestraw (1863 - 1935) |
| Sibling | Mary S. Rakestraw (1865 - 1926) |
| Sibling | Sarah Ellen Rakestraw (1868 - 1872) |
| Sibling | Marshall Meredith Rakestraw (1871 - 1932) |
| Sibling | Silva Rakestraw (1873 - 1943) |
| Sibling | Lewis O. Rakestraw (1884 - 1884) |
| Sibling | Phoebe M. Rakestraw (1893 - 1894) |