Norval Rasey

Norval Adelbert Rasey (1850-1899) was the oldest child of Edward Arnold Rasey Sr. and Mary Lucy Lamb, as well as the older brother of Francis, Mary, Edward, Rossalyndia, Archibald, and Dora. He was also the husband of Ellen B. Harding, and the father of William, Charles, Isaac, May, Ellen, and Clyde.

Biography
Norval was born on June 10, 1850 in New York as the oldest child of Edward Rasey and Mary Lucy Lamb. Edward died in 1871 in Jasper, Missouri. It is likely that the family moved to Missouri sometime between Dora's birth in 1861 and Edward's death. Norval married Ellen B. Harding on March 23, 1874 at age 23 in Buchanan, Missouri.

Norval and Ellen then moved to Sequoyah, Oklahoma, and they had six children together, including William (b. 1877), Charles (b. 1879), Isaac (b. 1889), May (b. 1890), Ellen (b. 1893), and Clyde (b. 1897). However, Clyde was raised by Hiram Hatfield and Delila Toler, who lived in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Ironically, May would go on to marry Hiram and Delila's son, Charles.

Both Ellen and Norval died in 1899 in Sequoyah, Oklahoma. Norval was 49, while Ellen was 42. It is likely that the reason Clyde was adopted by Hiram and Delila was due to Ellen and Norval's deaths; Clyde was only two years old at the time.

Timeline

 * 1850: Norval was born on June 10, 1850 in Cattaraugus, New York.
 * 1851: His brother Francis was born on October 17, 1851 in Cattaraugus, New York. Norval was 1.
 * 1853: His sister Mary Ann was born on October 13, 1853 in Cattaraugus, New York. Norval was 3.
 * 1855: His brother Edward was born on July 31, 1855 in Cattaraugus, New York. Norval was 5.
 * 1857: His sister Rossalyndia was born on April 14, 1857 in Cattaraugus, New York. Norval was 6.
 * 1858: His brother Archibald was born on March 28, 1858 in Cattaraugus, New York. Norval was 7.
 * 1860: Census reports stated that he lived in Mansfield, Cattaraugus, New York.
 * 1861: His sister Dora was born in on July 1, 1861 in Cattaraugus, New York. Norval was 11.
 * 1871: His father, Edward Rasey Sr., died in 1871 in Carthage, Jasper, Missouri when Norval was 21.
 * 1874: He married Ellen B. Harding on March 23, 1874 in Buchanan, Missouri at age 23. Ellen was only 17.
 * 1877: His son William was born on May 17, 1877 in Sequoyah, Oklahoma when Norval was 26 years old.
 * 1879: His son Charles was born on May 12, 1879 in Muskogee, Oklahoma when Norval was 28.
 * 1889: His son Isaac was born in July 1889 in Sequoyah, Oklahoma when Norval was 39.
 * 1890: His daughter May was born on October 10, 1890 in Sequoyah, Oklahoma when Norval was 40.
 * 1890: His younger brother Francis died in 1890.
 * 1893: His daughter Ellen was born on October 15, 1893 in Sequoyah, Oklahoma when Norval was 43.
 * 1894: His mother Mary Lamb died on October 22, 1894 when Norval was 44 years old.
 * 1897: His son Clyde was born on October 20, 1897 in Indiana.
 * 1899: Both Norval and his wife Ellen died in 1899 in Sequoyah, Oklahoma. Norval was 49, while Ellen was 42.