Rachel WHITEAKER

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CENSUS RECORDS

1850 Census
Name: Rachael Hyde
Age: 23
Birth Year: abt 1827
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1850: Linn, Oregon Territory
Gender: Female
Family Number: 142
Household Members:
Aaron T Hyde 29
Rachael Hyde 23
Reuben Streethoff 29
John Streethoff 24
Louis Streethoff 26

1860 Census
Name: Rachel Mcgee [McGhee]
Age in 1860: 32
Birth Year: abt 1828
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1860: Touchet, Walla Walla, Washington
Gender: Female
Post Office: Walla Walla
Household Members:
John W Mcghee 39
Rachel Mcghee 32
Joanna Mcghee 12 [stepdaughter]

1870 Census
Name: Rachel Mc Gee [McGhee]
Age in 1870: 43
Birth Year: abt 1827
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1870: Waitsburg, Walla Walla, Washington Territory
Race: White
Gender: Female
Post Office: Waitsburg
Household Members:
J W McGhee 49
Rachel McGhee 43
Wm McGhee 2
Frank McGhee 7
John McGhee 3

1880 Census
Name: Rachel Mc Ghee
Age: 52
Birth Year: abt 1828
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1880: Waitsburgh, Walla Walla, Washington
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: John W. Mc Ghee
Father's Birthplace: North Carolina
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Occupation: Keeps House
Household Members:
John W. Mc Ghee 59
Rachel Mc Ghee 52
Frank Mc Ghee 16
John Mc Ghee 13

1900 Census
Name: Rachael Mc Ghee [Rachael Mcghee]
Age: 71
Birth Date: Jul 1828
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1900: Walla Walla Ward 2, Walla Walla, Washington
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: John W Mc Ghee
Marriage Year: 1859
Years Married: 41
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother: number of living children: 3
Mother: How many children: 3
Household Members:
John W Mc Ghee 79
Rachael Mc Ghee 71
John W Mc Ghee 33

Early Oregonians Database Index. Oregon State Archives, Salem, Oregon

Name: Rachel Whiteaker
Birth Date: 1830
Birth Place: Russell [County], Virginia
Death Date: 10 Jun 1901
Death Place: Walla Walla, Washington

Early Oregonian Search

Whiteaker, Rachel
Date of Birth 1830
Place of Birth Russell Co., VA
Date of Death 10 Jun 1901
Place of Death Walla Walla Co., WA
Mother Hayter, Virginia Mary
Father Whiteaker, Benjamin

Marriage Information
Spouse Date Location
Hyde, Aaron J 29 Apr 1849 Polk Co., OR
McGee, John Westley

Associated Records
Land Claim Donation Linn Co., OR OC 2408

Associated Persons
Hayter, Virginia Mary Mother
Hyde, Aaron J Male 1820 Spouse
McGee, John Westley Spouse
Whiteaker, Benjamin Father

Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=MCG&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GSst=50&GScntry=4&GSsr=721&GRid=98044204&
Plot: WALLA-OF-9-14-10


Died:
Washington, Deaths, 1883-1960
Name: Rachel McGhee
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: abt 1829
Birth Place: Virginia
Death Date: 10 Jun 1901
Age at Death: 72
Death Location: Walla Walla, Washington
Residence: 132 Chestnut

Rachel married Aaron HYDE 29 Apr 1849, Polk Co. OR. Aaron was born 1820, Greene Co. PA; died 06 Feb 1857, Linn Co. OR. [Group Sheet]

Rachel married John Wesley MCGHEE, Sr.. John was born 29 Apr 1821, Washington Co. VA; died 02 Aug 1908, Walla Walla Co. WA; was buried , Mountain View Cemetery, Walla Walla, Walla Walla Co. WA. [Group Sheet]

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CENSUS RECORDS

1870 Census
Name: Frank Mc Gee [McGhee]
Age in 1870: 7
Birth Year: abt 1863
Birthplace: Wt
Home in 1870: Waitsburg, Walla Walla, Washington Territory
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Waitsburg
Household Members:
J W McGhee 49
Rachel McGhee 43
Wm McGhee 2
Frank McGhee 7
John McGhee 3

1880 Census
Name: Frank Mc Ghee
Age: 16
Birth Year: abt 1864
Birthplace: Washington Territory
Home in 1880: Waitsburgh, Walla Walla, Washington
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Married
Father's name: John W. Mc Ghee
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's name: Rachel Mc Ghee
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Occupation: At Home
Household Members:
John W. Mc Ghee 59
Rachel Mc Ghee 52
Frank Mc Ghee 16
John Mc Ghee 13

Washington. Washington Territorial Census Rolls, 1857-1892. Olympia, Washington: Washington State Archives
Name: Frank Mcghee
Census Date: 1892
Residence County: Walla Walla
Residence State: Washington
Birth Location: Washington
Marital Status: Married
Gender: Male
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1864
Race: White
LINE: 12
Roll: V228_18

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CENSUS RECORDS

1870 Census
Name: John Mc Gee [McGhee]
Age in 1870: 3
Birth Year: abt 1867
Birthplace: Wt
Home in 1870: Waitsburg, Walla Walla, Washington Territory
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Waitsburg
Household Members:
J W McGhee 49
Rachel McGhee 43
Wm McGhee 2
Frank McGhee 7
John McGhee 3

1880 Census
Name: John Mc Ghee
Age: 13
Birth Year: abt 1867
Birthplace: Washington Territory
Home in 1880: Waitsburgh, Walla Walla, Washington
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Father's name: John W. Mc Ghee
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's name: Rachel Mc Ghee
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Occupation: At Home
Household Members:
John W. Mc Ghee 59
Rachel Mc Ghee 52
Frank Mc Ghee 16
John Mc Ghee 13

1900 Census
Name: John W McGhee [John W Mcghee Jr.]
Age: 33
Birth Date: Feb 1867
Birthplace: Washington
Home in 1900: Walla Walla Ward 2, Walla Walla, Washington
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son (Child)
Marital Status: Single
Father's name: John W Mc Ghee
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's name: Rachael Mc Ghee
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Household Members:
John W Mc Ghee 79
Rachael Mc Ghee 71
John W Mc Ghee 33


HISTORICAL INFORMATION

Source: Lyman William Denison,Lyman's History of Old Walla Walla County (1918)Chicago, Ill., S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, Vol 1 Page 292

JOHN W. McGHEE, Jr. -- A son of Walla Walla county, and one whose career has been such as to reflect credit upon the valley in which he was born, the subject of this brief biographical review is especially deserving of representation in a work of this character. His parents, John W. and Rachel (Whiteaker) McGhee, were old pioneers of the valley, residing on the Coppei three miles south of Waitsburg, and on the parental farm our subject was born, the date being February 11, 1867.

He acquired his education in the local public schools, in Waitsburg Academy, in Whitman College and in the Empire Business College of Walla Walla. Upon retiring from the last named institution he entered the office of the Fidelity Abstract Company, by which he was engaged for a short time, after which he entered the employ of the Washington Loan and Trust Company, of whose bookkeeping he had charge for about three years thereafter. He resigned in 1892 to accept a position as deputy county treasurer, under H. H. Hungate.

In the Democratic convention of 1894 Mr. McGhee was one of the candidates for nomination for the office of county treasurer, and he proved to be the choice of his party, but was defeated in the Republican landslide which followed, his opponent, however, receiving a majority of only ninety-seven votes. The ensuing year he was appointed receiver of the Walla Walla Savings bank, and he continued to discharge his duties as such until the affairs of the bank were settled. In the campaign of 1898 he was again the nominee of his party for the county treasurership, and this time his candidacy was successful.

The Republicans were almost universally victorious in that election, but the fact that Mr. McGhee ran two hundred votes ahead of his ticket speaks volumes for the esteem and confidence in which he is held among the people of his native valley. He has given his entire energies to the faithful discharge of the duties of his office ever since the county's books were first placed in his hands, proving true to this, as he had to every other trust reposed in him by the people.

Mr. McGhee was also treasurer of the city of Walla Walla from 1896 to 1898. Our subject is a prominent Odd Fellow, his membership being in Washington Lodge, No. 19, of which he is recording secretary, and in Walla Walla Encampment, No. 3. He also belongs to the Royal Arcanum.


Buried:
Grave location, biography, and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=McGhee&GSiman=1&GScid=76953&GRid=70812168&
Plot: WALLA-OF-9-14-6

Grave location, biography, and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=McGhee&GSiman=1&GScid=76953&GRid=70812168&
Plot: WALLA-OF-9-14-6

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1870 Census
Name: Wm Mc Gee [McGhee]
Age in 1870: 2
Birth Year: abt 1868
Birthplace: Wt
Home in 1870: Waitsburg, Walla Walla, Washington Territory
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Waitsburg
Household Members:
J W McGhee 49
Rachel McGhee 43
Wm McGhee 2
Frank McGhee 7
John McGhee 3