Elisha Price Raikes 1823
Elisha Price Raikes 1823
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SON OF: John Raikes and Nancy Saunders
BORN: 10 Sep 1823 Washington, Kentucky MARRIED: 25 May 184 Liberty, Casey, Kentucky
FATHER OF:
James Perry Raikes 25 Jul 1847 Taylor, KY
George Webster Raikes Jul 1850 Bradfordsville, Marion, KY
Sarah Elizabeth Raikes 6 Dec 1851 Bradfordsville, Marion, KY
Martha Jane Erman Raikes 13 Dec 1853 Bradfordsville, Marion, KY
Nancy Jane Frances Raikes 16 Jan 1856 Bradfordsville, Marion, KY
Mary Louise Jemima Clellan Pruitt Raikes 16 Oct 1858
Bradfordsville, Marion, KY
James Raikes 1860 Bradfordsville, Marion, KY
Mattie Susan Raikes 5 Mar 1865 Bradfordsville, Marion, KY
Ann Eliza Raikes 5 Mar 1865 Bradfordsville, Marion, KY
Albert Raikes 1866 Bradfordsville, Marion, KY
Margaret Mildred Raikes 11 Nov 1867 Bradfordsville, Marion, KY
DIED: 13 Jan 1893 Bradfordsville, Marion, Kentucky
Wayman Family Newsletter
The Wayman World March 1982
Elisha Price Raikes
By Pauline Irene Wayman Robinson
Can you imagine what it would be like to have fourteen brothers and sisters? Elisha Price Raikes, one of our great-great grandfathers, found himself in just this situation! He was the thirteenth child of John Raikes and Nancy Sanders Raikes and was born on 10 Sep 1823 in Bradfordsville, Marion County, Kentucky. His mother, Nancy Sanders, was a niece of Daniel Boone.
When the time came to marry, Elisha chose Elizabeth Rebecca Mason, a woman who was part (1/4) Natchez Indian, also known as Creeks. They were married on 22 May 1849 in Liberty, Casey County, Kentucky. They became the parents of nine children - seven girls and two boys. Their second child was Sarah Elizabeth Raikes, who married Edward Wayman. [Their sixth child was Mary Louisa Ellen Jemima Cllelan Pruitt Raikes who married John Logan Tungate. Three Raikes siblings married three Tungates.]
Elisha owned a farm of several acres and was a shoemaker by trade. He was also considered a well-educated man for his time. He was a lover of sports and liked to hunt and fish. The sport that he liked best was running fox with his hound dogs, of which he always owned quite a few. He loved pets and liked to tame wild animals such as raccoons. [Mary Louise also had this gift.]
“A friend to everyone and everyone was his friend” and “always jolly” are the ways that he is remembered. It is said that all who knew him loved him tenderly. His grandchildren all loved to visit with him because he could tell so many interesting stories. Since our Grandpa Wayman was nine at the time of Elisha’s death, it can be assumed that he was one of the grandchildren who had the opportunity to visit with him and hear his stories.
We have no record of the exact location of his death, but we do know that he died at the age of 69 on 13 Jan 1893 in Kentucky. He was buried in Taylor County, Kentucky.
This information was taken from a history written by Pauline Irene Wayman Robinson. She was one of Grandpa’s older sisters. [ Records from Paul Tungate show her as a granddaughter.]
Burial info from “The Descendants of John Raikes and Nancy Saunders”, Page 19
It is interesting to note that Elisha was born Wednesday, 10 September 1823. At the dMarie website, under Headlines of the Week, this headline appeared in the newspapers, "Sep 21 - Moroni 1st appears to Joseph Smith, according to Smith."
A RAIKES FAMILY OVERVIEW
PEDIGREE OF RAIKES BY ROBIN RAIKES, MAJORLY PAUL TUNGATE RECORDS, OLIVER WAYMAN RECORDS, AND BIOGRAPHIES FROM THE WAYMAN NEWSLETTER:
Raikes is a sufficiently unusual name for it to be likely that all its holders are related. It is possible that all are descended from a small family of yeoman farmers in the East Riding of Yorkshire. They became involved in the merchant venturing of the Elizabethan age and then, for over a century, enjoyed a prominent position in the civil and mercantile life of the city of Hull. In the early 18th century, a move to the south was followed within a generation by branches of the family exploding into the world of national affairs and high society.
Thereafter the Raikes family spilled out into the conventional 19th century activities, the law, the church, the army, the Indian Civil Service, the possession of landed estates. By the present day, its members are to be found in all parts of the world and in all walks of life. Most of them are aware that their family has an interesting past. If not aware of the interesting details Pedigree of the Raikes, first published in 1870 and now updated in 1930 by Phillimore, has been their only history. Now fifty years later, a completely new edition has been published in the "Pedigree of the Raikes" by Robin Duncan Raikes.
Thanks again to Paul Tungate, we know that our first Raikes Descendant in America was Henry Rakes born about 1729. He lived in Buckingham, Virginia for many years. We know only three of his children Henry Jr., William, and David. Henry died in Buckingham in 1799. He was buried at Oakland Cemetery.
William Rakes, son of Henry Rakes, was born about 1760 in Virginia - probably near Buckingham County. William had five children - John, William Jr., Elizabeth, Polly or Mary, and James. They were probably born near Buckingham, Virginia also.
John Rakes was probably born about 1775 in Virginia. This information is taken from Census and land grants. There is a Rakes family tale of John avoiding the British Army and hiding him when they came looking for him. The soldiers said that they saw a red coat on the property. The Rakes told them that it was something red being washed and put on the line. There is also a tale that John came to America as an adult as a stowaway. John came into ,Washington, Kentucky about 1815. Relatives say that John died in 1860. He was buried in Old Drye School Yard on the south fork a few miles south of Bradfordsville, Marion, Kentucky.
After John died many of the Rakes still lived on the Raikes Creek or Branch. I (Paul Tungate) remember going up that creek several times as a child and teen. The creek was no more than a little stream. I can remember six or seven houses that were close to the creek and all were Rakes or Raikes related. I believe the people began moving away from the creek in the 1940's and in the 1960's and 1970's.
John was on the 1850 ,Marion, Kentucky Census living with his son William and his name appears on ,Marion, Kentucky tax records up and including 1856. If he died in 1860 he probably sold or gave his land to the children or sold it for taxes.
Military records states he entered the service in 1814 in Buckingham, Virginia and was discharged in 1815. Tax records show he was in ,Washington, Kentucky in 1815 or 1816. John bought 50 acres by 1823 on Specks Branch and joined it with the 50 acres that he already owned. Later Specks or Speaks Creek was renamed Rakes Branch. This is where John probably made his home for several years until he went to live with William.
In 1802 John married Nancy Sanders in North Carolina or Virginia. Nancy Sanders was a daughter of John and Sarah (Grant) Sanders and the grand niece of Daniel Boone. Every record I have seen has Nancy Sanders or Saunders as his wife. There were Sanders living in Washington, Kentucky in the early 1800's. John and Nancy had 14 known children and maybe 16. There are many Rakes families in this country that is not of our family and Rakes were here prior to our family. The Rakes/Raikes Families are all over the country, but looks like every Rakes in Marion and Taylor Counties, Kentucky came from John. Many of this family moved into Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa. (Paul Tungate)
Elisha Price Raikes was the thirteenth child of John and Nancy (Sanders) Raikes. He was born on 10 Sep 1823 in Bradfordsville, Marion County, Kentucky. His mother, Nancy Sanders, was a niece of Daniel Boone. Elisha married Elizabeth Rebecca Mason, a woman who was part to full Indian - known to have at least (1/4) Natchez Indian (Creek). They were married on 22 May 1849 in Liberty, Casey County, Kentucky. They became the parents of nine children - seven girls and two boys.
Elisha owned a farm of several acres and was a shoemaker by trade. He was also considered a well-educated man for his time. He was a lover of sports and liked to hunt and fish. The sport that he liked best was running fox with his hound dogs, of which he always owned quite a few. He loved pets and liked to tame wild animals such as raccoons. “A friend to everyone and everyone was his friend” and “always jolly” are the ways that he is remembered. It is said that all who knew him loved him tenderly. His grandchildren all loved to visit with him because he could tell so many interesting stories.
We have no record of the exact location of his death, but we do know that he died at the age of 69 on 13 Jan 1893 in Kentucky. He was buried in Taylor County, Kentucky. . (a history written by Pauline Irene Wayman Robinson)
Elizabeth Rebecca Mason, wife of Elisha Price Raikes, was thought by the Tungate Family to be a quarter to full blooded Indian - Creek. Yet some descendants have a telling characteristic of Cherokee ancestry. The fifth or little fingers bent inward is a Cherokee characteristic. History says the Cherokees went to war and defeated the Creek when their was a Creek uprising against the United States.
Elizabeth was born on 13 September 1827 in Taylor County, Kentucky. Her parents were James and Sally (Butler) Mason was born in Virginia. There are indications that she was ¼ Creek Indian. She married Elisha Price Rakes on 25 May 1847; she was almost twenty years old at the time. Elizabeth married Elisha Price Raikes. They were the parents of nine children. Elizabeth Rebecca Mason was a loving mother and grandmother. She was beloved of her children, grandchildren, friends, and neighbors. Elizabeth worked hard to do all the tasks of a mom with large family. She wove the cloth for their clothes, cooked, cleaned, and could knit a pair of socks in a day. Her family says that she had a great capacity to withstand pain and suffering. Elizabeth’s philosophy of life was “The Lord giveth and He taketh away”.
Paul Tungate states that a local man angered Elizabeth. It is believed that she walked several miles through the night to slit the necks of his two fine horses. There was no more trouble from this man. Looking at the picture of Elizabeth in her braids and feather earrings and knowing the terrible acts of hatred toward Indians in those times, it is probable that Elizabeth must have had to defend herself or her family. This information comes from Paul Tungate in his book, “My and Your Tungate-Tongate-Tunget Families”.
In the last years of her life, Elizabeth attended the Mormon Church with several of her children. According to the history we have, it is stated that she joined the Church, and enjoyed it very much. Elizabeth was a widow for 6 ½ years before she died on 27July 1899. She was almost 72 years old at the time of her death.
We can’t leave the Raikes Record without talking a little more about Nancy Sanders, wife of John Raikes. Nancy Sanders was the daughter of John and Sarah (Grant) Sanders. Sarah Grant was the daughter of William and Elizabeth (Boone) Grant. Elizabeth Boone was the sister of the famous Daniel Boone.
There is con diversity over the correct mother of Elisha. There is excellent research done by Roger Wells. However Elijah was living on his father’s property. He would probably know his parents. “ The Boone Family A Genealogical History of the George and Mary Boone Who Came To America in 1717” by Hazel Atterbury Spaker lists Elisha’s mother as Nancy Sanders/Saunders. An uncle who was a judge states that his niece Nancy was a niece of Daniel Boone. Nancy Daughters and granddaughters write stories and give information of Elisha and his parents.
Elizabeth was two years older than her brother Daniel. Daniel was an explorer, fought in the French and Indian War, fought in the Revolutionary War, and served in Congress.