William Rasey

William Eugene Rasey (1877-1947) was the oldest child of Norval Rasey and Ellen B. Harding, as well as the older brother of Charles, Isaac, May, Ellen, and Clyde. He was also the husband of Katie Dixon, as well as the father of Ethel, Susan, Geneva, Claudie, Haskel, and Scharlotte.

Biography
William was born on May 17, 1877 in Sequoyah, Oklahoma as the first born child of Norval and Ellen. His parents died when he was 22 years old in 1899. His youngest brother, Clyde, was adopted by Hiram Hatfield and Delila Toler. His sister, Ellen, died in 1913 at age 19, leaving two young children with her husband.

On January 7, 1916, he married Katie Dixon at age 38. William worked as a farmer in Oklahoma, and he and Katie had six children together named Ethel (b. 1918), Susan (b. 1922), Geneva (b. 1924), Claudie (b. 1928), Haskel (b. 1932), and Scharlotte (b. 1938).

William died on January 22, 1947 in Sequoyah, Oklahoma at the age of 69. Katie would go on to live until 1988.