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Author: sbhutson
Surnames: Haslet/Hazelett, Stewart, Tedrick/Tidrick, Lacey
Classification: queries
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I have worked on Rachel Haslet (aka Hazelett, Hazlett) of Carrol Co, IN for years and
finally figured her/them out. As everyone discovers, there were 2 William Haslets each
married to a Rachel in Carrol Co, Indiana in the 1850 and 1860 census. Which Rachel was
which? Read on.
The first Rachel Haslet was Rachel Stewart, the younger sister of Mary Stewart
(1812-1849), w/o William 'Haslett' (c1805-1866). Mary and Wm Haslet had children:
James, Wm, and Robert then moved from Butler, OH to Democrat, Carroll, IN, and had
children: John, Isaac, Mary and Joseph.
When Mary died in Aug 1849, William married her younger sister Rachel Stewart, b. c1832.
This history from a biography of Wm and Mary's son Isaac N. Haslett, in 'History
Of Carroll County Indiana, Its People, Industries and Instititions' by John C
O'Dell. Wm and Rachel had children: Hannah, Martha, S.E., Fretta and Phebe.
By the 1870 census, Rachel was the w/o Jacob Miller of Carroll, IN with 2 older Miller
children and her Hannah, Martha, Fretta and Phebe 'Hazlett' and infant Ira J.
Miller.
Many of the Haslets are buried in Ball Hill Cemetery (see pic of Mary Haslet's
(correct spelling) grave on the webpage).
The census records have, for years, confused me about which Rachel married which William
Haslett.
The 1850 census shows Rachel Stewart age 18 (umarried in Wm's household), the 1860
census shows Rachel Hazelett age 54! and the 1870 census shows Rachel Miller age 38.
I have concluded that her age in 1860 was a simple enumerator error - William's age
(54) was inadvertantly written twice, and thereafter the ages of Rachel (shown as 54 when
she was 28) and all the children are correctly found on the next line below their names!
My theory is supported by correlating their ages in the 1850 and 1870 census records.
The other Rachel Haslett of Carroll Co, IN was Rachel Tidrick b 1837, d/o Lawrence
Tedrick/Tidrick and Eliz. Whitacre. Rachel Tidrick married Christian Lacey (marriage
record in Carrol Co history center). Then widow Rachel Lacy married William Haslett (Jr),
s/o the Wm and Mary listed above. Rachel lived to quite old, dying in 1926 - Ther children
were Adda D., William L., Mary A., infant, Charles E., and Lillie B.
The youngest son of William and Rachel Tidrick ,Charlie, was my children's
great-grandfather, who died at age 90 in 1963. His obituary lists his mother as Rachel
Tedrick.
Hope this helps.
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