This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Kelley Kelly Farrell Ferrall Wakefield Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Yl.2ADE/2414.1 Message Board Post: For Rachel M. Wakefield-Farrell-Kelley born 1848 Illis. died about 1876 Boone Co., Iowa. She was orphaned at 11 years old. Then she had two children and two men the first died in war. Next she dies at a tender age of 28. I have always found it very easy to feel the intensity of her first love. Caught up in the turbulence of the times. What sorrow they felt in parting. The intensity as he fought for life. The coldness of his death. The loneliness of his grave today. Rachel Wakefield is not remembered any were on stone just in the hearts of a few... Who have read of her live. Ferrel's or Farrel's of the 1850>1860 in Henry County, Iowa. Rachel M. Wakefield-Farrell-Kelley born 1848 Illis. George Ferrel father is Peter and Mother was Martha thia family can be found in Clinton County, Iowa. George was b. 1841Dundas, Ontario, Canada died. Near Young's Point Cannel, In The Batt. for Vicksburg Mississippi. His first love was Rachel Wakefield the were married just months before his death due to sickness. Rachel A. Wakefield born in 1948 at Rock Island City & County Illinois. Her father Samuel Wakefield is shown in the 1850 fedral census records of Rock Island City & County Illinois. Rachel is shown as the first born Wakefield child and is just two years old. Her younger brother is called at first, Thomas later known as Morton T. Wakefield he is shown as just 9-month-old baby. Morton is the writers' great grand father. George Ferral was the first marriage of Rachel A. Wakefield her second marriage was to William Niles Kelley. George Ferral joined in the military in Clinton Co. Iowa Sept. of 1862, Iowa's 26 Inf. Co. B.. George Ferral was helping build a cannel through the in side of the elbow of the Mississippi River at Vicksburg. There is a large bluff over looking the Mississippi River in this long swimming elbow of the Mississippi River. There was need was for a passage way for down river of this elbows the bluff. The bluff was covered with Southern Artillery fortifications that held The Unions forces from moving great stores of food and supplies down river during the early days of the Civil War. The victory at Vicksburg was one of Gen. Grant's early wins. George Ferrall died due to sickness in a union field hospital. At Young's Point, Vicksburg, Mississippi. The Iowa National Guard tells us George was buried in the family graveyard in New London Henry Co. Iowa. Sec. 13 has the F! erral Cemetery I have a photo George a stone and he is buried only with his name. George Ferral was fine young Irish man from a large family in Clinton Co. Iowa. He married Rachel Wakefield just after interning the Iowa's 26 Inf.. They are married in Scott County records with a note from Rachel's mother because Rachel was not older than 16. Joe C. Cameron and his wife Lucinda M. Wakefield - Cameron witness the marriage. The obituary for Lucinda M. Wakefield in the November 09, 1880 Rock Island, Argus. Said Thomas Wakefield is her dad. Lucinda M. Wakefield was married about one year before Samuel M. Wakefield was married in Rock Islands County records. Thomas Wakefield is found in the 1840 federal census records in Mercer County, Pennsylvania in the federal census record of 1840, Joe Cox Cameron's November 10, 1909 Rock Island Argus obituary said that he was born in New Castle Township. At that time New Castle Township was in Mercer County, Pennsylvania. For Rachel M. Wakefield-Farrell-Kelley born 1848 Illis. died about 1876 Boone Co., Iowa. She was orphaned at 11 years old. Then she had two children and two men the first died in war. Next she dies at a tender age of 28. I have always found it very easy to feel the intensity of her first love. Caught up in the turbulence of the times. What sorrow they felt in parting. The intensity as he fought for life. The coldness of his death. The loneliness of his grave today. Rachel Wakefield is not remembered any were on stone just in the hearts of a few... Who have read of her live. Email >[email protected] Mark Wakefield George Ferrel father is Peter and Mother was Martha thia family can be found in Clinton County, Iowa. George was b. 1841Dundas, Ontario, Canada died. Near Young's Point Cannel, In The Batt. for Vicksburg Mississippi. His first love was Rachel Wakefield the were married just months before his death due to sickness. For Rachel M. Wakefield-Farrell-Kelley born 1848 Illis. died about 1876 Boone Co., Iowa. She was orphaned at 11 years old. Then she had two children and two men the first died in war. Next she dies at a tender age of 28. I have always found it very easy to feel the intensity of her first love. Caught up in the turbulence of the times. What sorrow they felt in parting. The intensity as he fought for life. The coldness of his death. The loneliness of his grave today. Rachel Wakefield is not remembered any were on stone just in the hearts of a few... Who have read of her live. Rachel A. Wakefield born in 1948 at Rock Island City & County Illinois. Her father Samuel Wakefield is shown in the 1850 federal census records of Rock Island City & County Illinois. Rachel is shown as the first born Wakefield child and is just two years old. Her younger brother is called at first, Thomas later known as Morton T. Wakefield he is shown as just 9-month-old baby. Morton is the writers' great grand father. George Ferral was the first marriage of Rachel A. Wakefield her second marriage was to William Niles Kelley. George Ferral joined in the military in Clinton Co. Iowa Sept. of 1862, Iowa's 26 Inf. Co. B.. George Ferral was helping build a cannel through the in side of the elbow of the Mississippi River at Vicksburg. There is a large bluff over looking the Mississippi River in this long swimming elbow of the Mississippi River. There was need was for a passage way for down river of this elbows the bluff. The bluff was covered with Southern Artillery fortifications that held The Unions forces from moving great stores of food and supplies down river during the early days of the Civil War. The victory at Vicksburg was one of Gen. Grant's early wins. George Ferrall died due to sickness in a union field hospital. At Young's Point, Vicksburg, Mississippi. The Iowa National Guard tells us George was buried in the family graveyard in New London Henry Co. Iowa. Sec. 13 has the! Ferral Cemetery I have a photo George a stone and he is buried only with his name. George Ferral was fine young Irish man from a large family in Clinton Co. Iowa. He married Rachel Wakefield just after interning the Iowa's 26 Inf.. They are married in Scott County records with a note from Rachel's mother because Rachel was not older than 16. Joe C. Cameron and his wife Lucinda M. Wakefield - Cameron witness the marriage. The obituary for Lucinda M. Wakefield in the November 09, 1880 Rock Island, Argus. Said Thomas Wakefield is her dad. Lucinda M. Wakefield was married about one year before Samuel M. Wakefield was married in Rock Islands County records. Thomas Wakefield is found in the 1840 federal census records in Mercer County, Pennsylvania in the federal census record of 1840, Joe Cox Cameron's November 10, 1909 Rock Island Argus obituary said that he was born in New Castle Township. At that time New Castle Township was in Mercer County, Pennsylvania. For Rachel M. Wakefield-Farrell-Kelley born 1848 Illis. died about 1876 Boone Co., Iowa. She was orphaned at 11 years old. Then she had two children and two men the first died in war. Next she dies at a tender age of 28. I have always found it very easy to feel the intensity of her first love. Caught up in the turbulence of the times. What sorrow they felt in parting. The intensity as he fought for life. The coldness of his death. The loneliness of his grave today. Rachel Wakefield is not remembered any were on stone just in the hearts of a few... Who have read of her live. Email >[email protected] Mark Wakefield