Some Descendants of CARL ROHRIG (CHARLES RAREY) of Germany & Franklin Co OH 1 CARL ROHRIG (CHARLES RAREY) was born about 1744 in Germany, died 03 Jan 1826 in Madison Township, Franklin County, OH, and was buried in Rarey Family Cemetery (abt 2mi S of Groveport), Madison Township, Franklin County, OH. CHARLES married MARGARET WOLFE in 1778 in PA. She was born about 1768, died 20 Oct 1839, and was buried in Rarey Family Cemetery (abt 2mi S of Groveport), Madison Township, Franklin County, OH. "The Rarey family in America is traced back to Charles Rarey, who was born in Nord Ottensin, Hamburg, in 1744, and came, when a young man, to America as a trader in dry goods. Losing his fortune through the repudiation of Continental money, he turned to farming and, in 1778, married Margaret Wolfe who, though of English descent, was of American birth. He was a tenant farmer in Maryland and later in Virginia. Of the eleven children born of this union, one, Nicholas, died. The others came with their parents, in 1806, to Ohio, the family settling on a purchased farm in Franklin county, on Walnut creek. ... Charles Rarey died at the Walnut creek homestead, January 3, 1826, aged 82 years; his wife, Margaret Wolfe, died at the same place, October 10, 1839, aged 74 years; their remains are buried in the little cemetery near by." http://www.serve.com/thompsonrarey/jsrarey/jsrarey01.htm [From: The Thompson-Rarey Home Page http://www.serve.com/thompsonrarey/thompsonrarey.htm] SEE: Graves of Charles and Margaret Rarey in the Cemetery on Little Walnut http://www.serve.com/thompsonrarey/jsrarey/rareycemetary.jpg From: Rarey, The Horse's Master and Friend, by Sara Lowe Brown. 1916 [The Thompson-Rarey Home Page http://www.serve.com/thompsonrarey/thompsonrarey.htm] Ohio Gravestones http://www.ohiogravestones.org Rarey Cemetery, Madison Township, Franklin County, Ohio Charles Rarey c1744 - 1/3/1826 Margaret (Wolf) Rarey d. 10/20/1839 "74y" Google Book Search History of Madison Township including Groveport and Canal Winchester, Franklin County, Ohio. Compiled by Geo. F. Bareis. Canal Winchester, Ohio. Geo. F. Bareis, Publisher. 1902. "Groveport Methodist Episcopal. This class is an offspring of the Hopewell and Asbury classes, and was organized in 1835 or 1836, and in the same year a brick church was erected on the site of the present one. .... In 1839 Rev. Jacob Young ... was sent here to form a new circuit. Previous to this Groveport was in the Circleville circuit. This circuit included White Chapel, Reynoldsburg, Pickerington, Asbury, Lithopolis, Hopewell, Walnut Hill and Groveport. Among the first members were: Charles Rarey and wife, Mrs. Adam Rarey, ... Wm. H. Rarey, Parker Rarey, Sr., ..." .... 2 CATHERINE RAREY was born 25 Dec 1778, died 02 Nov 1854 in OH, and was buried in Hopewell Cemetery, Groveport, Franklin County, OH. She married PHILIP PONTIUS, son of FREDERICK PONTIUS and ________ ________. PHILIP was born 24 Jan 1784 in PA, died in May 1845 in OH, and was buried in Hopewell Cemetery, Groveport, Franklin County, OH. .... 2 JOHN RAREY. .... 2 ADAM RAREY was born in 1786, died 02 Feb 1839 in Franklin County, OH, and was buried in Groveport Cemetery, Franklin County, OH. ADAM married MARY CATHERINE PONTIUS about 1812, daughter of FREDERICK PONTIUS and ________ ________. MARY was born about 1790 in PA, died 25 Oct 1868, and was buried in Groveport Cemetery, Franklin County, OH. From: Rarey, The Horse's Master and Friend, by Sara Lowe Brown. 1916. "Adam Rarey, son of Charles and Margaret and father of John, was born in 1786, and at the age of 26 married Mary Catherine Pontius, a pretty young woman of Pennsylvania birth then living in Chillicothe. The couple for four or five years lived on a farm near the paternal home, but, annoyed by the overflowing of Walnut creek and tempted by the opening of he public road from Columbus to Lancaster, moved to another tract where, because their home was a convenient stepping place for travelers between Columbus and Lancaster, they opened, soon after the declaration of peace in 1815, a house of public entertainment, maintaining it till Adam's death in 1839. ... It was in the brick house, erected by Adam Rarey (the front walls of which were retained in the Rarey mansion, now remodeled as the Hotel Elmont) that John Solomon Rarey was born, December 6, 1827." [The Thompson-Rarey Home Page http://www.serve.com/thompsonrarey/thompsonrarey.htm http://www.serve.com/thompsonrarey/jsrarey/jsrarey01.htm] Ohio Gravestones http://www.ohiogravestones.org Groveport Cemetery, Franklin County, Ohio Adam Rarey 1786 - 2/2/1839 Mary Catherine (Pontius) Rarey 1790-1868 aged 78yr 9mo 2da 3-JOHN SOLOMON RAREY was born 06 Dec 1837 in Groveport, Franklin County, OH, died 04 Oct 1866, and was buried in Groveport Cemetery, Franklin Co OH. NOTE: John Solomon Rarey was the famous horse trainer whose techniques were highlighted in the movie "The Horse Whisperer". Ohio Gravestones http://www.ohiogravestones.org Groveport Cemetery, Franklin County, Ohio John S. Rarey 12/6/1827 - 10/4/1866 "38y 8m 28d" s/o Adam & Catharine (Pontius) Rarey ........ 3 __________ RAREY ........ 3 __________ RAREY .... 2 CHARLES RAREY was born about 1784 and died 03 Sep 1847 in OH. .... 2 CHRISTINA RAREY was born about 1785, died 08 Jul 1860 in OH, and was buried in Rarey Cemetery, Madison Township, Franklin County, OH. CHRISTINA married JOHN F. SOLOMON. Ohio Gravestones http://www.ohiogravestones.org Rarey Cemetery, Madison Township, Franklin County, Ohio Christina (Rarey) Solomon d. 7/8/1860 .... 2 BENJAMIN RAREY. BENJAMIN was born ________, and died 05 Nov 1841. .... 2 PARKER RAREY was born 02 Mar 1794 in MD, died 02 Jul 1870 in OH, and was buried in Rarey Cemetery, Madison Twp, Franklin County, OH. PARKER married SARAH BURGET. SARAH was born in 1799 in VA, died 22 Apr 1875, and was buried in Rarey Cemetery, Madison Twp, Franklin County, OH. ........ 3 GAMALIEL RAREY was born about 1828 in OH. GAMALIEL married MARGARET E. MARCIE. MARGARET was born about 1837 in OH. ............ 4 JENNIE RAREY was born about 1858 in OH ............ 4 EVERETT RAREY was born about 1860 in OH ............ 4 CLAYTON RAREY was born about 1862 in OH ............ 4 HARVEY G. RAREY was born 10 Oct 1863 in Madison Twp, Franklin Co OH, died 27 Nov 1952 in Columbus, Franklin Co OH. ............ 4 PARKER RAREY was born about 1869 in OH ........ 3 CLARINDA RAREY was born about 1831 in OH ........ 3 MARTHA ANN RAREY was born 04 Jun 1835 in OH, died 06 Sep 1925 in Salem Twp, Shelby Co OH, and was buried in Rarey Cemetery. MARTHA married ALEXANDER S. SCOTT. ........ 3 HUNTER RAREY was born about 1840 in OH. HUNTER married CAROLINE ________. CAROLINE was born about 1843 in OH. ............ 4 ANNA RAREY was born about 1868 in OH .... 2 GEORGE RAREY .... 2 WILLIAM RAREY was born about 1799 and died 07 May 1848 in OH .... 2 ELIZABETH RAREY. She married THOMAS HARMON .... 2 NICHOLAS RAREY =====