Mary Rasey

Mary Ann Rasey (1853-1923) was the daughter of Edward Rasey Sr. and Mary Lamb, the sister of Norval, Francis, Edward Jr., Rossalyndia, Archibald, and Dora, the wife of Charles Yeomans, and the mother of Blanche, David, Chauncey, Lucille, John, and Grace.

Biography
Mary was born in Cattaraugus, New York on October 13, 1853 to Edward Rasey Sr. and Mary Lucy. She had two older brothers named Norval and Francis, and four younger siblings named Edward Jr., Rossalyndia, Archibald, and Dora. The family moved from New York to Missouri sometime between 1861 and 1871. Her father died in 1871 when Mary was eighteen years old in Carthage, Jasper, Missouri.

She married Charles Yeomans in 1872 in Carthage, Missouri at the age of eighteen. Charles was 23 at the time. After their marriage, they moved to Halstead, Kansas, where they raised their family. Their first child, Blanche, was born in 1877 when Mary was twenty-three years old. The couple had five more children, including David (b. 1879), Chauncey (b. 1881), Lucille (b. 1883), John (b. 1887), and Grace (b. 1894). Unfortunately, David died when he was thirteen months old.

Charles died in 1914 at age 65. Mary died on April 8, 1923 in Halstead, Kansas at the age of 69.

Trivia

 * She was likely named after her mother.