Debbie,
I have some RATTS in my genealogy files. This is from "Washington County,
Indiana Pierce Township Cemeteries."
BLUE RIVER CEMETERY (SW Qtr. Sec. 4)
RATTS, Sarah J. b: 5 May 1826 d: ??? wife of Thomas RATTS.
RATTS, Jacob R. b: 9 Aug. 1858 d: 6 Oct. 1862, son of Thomas & Sarah RATTS.
RATTS, Ransom d: 6 June 1853(63) age 3y 3m 21d; son of J. & M. A. RATTS.
RATTS, Barbary d: 8 Jan. 1849 age 80y; wife of Henry RATTS.
RATTS, Henry d: 30 Dec. 1883 age 63y 2m 16d; died of palsy.
RATTS, Celia b: 3 April 1813 d: 3 April 1893; wife of Andrew RATTS; dau of
Philburd & Mary Sears Wright.
RATTS, Andrew b: 16 Feb. 1810 d: 13 March 1847; son of Henry T. & Barbara
Winkler RATTS.
RATTS, Susan b: 13 March 1829 d: 24 Aug. 1844; dau of Rhinehart & Susannah.
RATTS, Sarah b: 12 Feb. 1843 d: 5 Nov. 1843(49); dau of Rhinehart &
Susannah.
RATTS, Charles P. b: 18(13) Nov. 1845 d: 23(26) June 1846; son of Rhinehart
& Susannah.
RATTS, Infant dau of T. & S. b&d: 3 Dec. 1861.
RATTS, Dau of J. & M. A. d: 1863 age 36 2m 21d.
RATTS, John Henry b: 22 April 1824 d: 2 May 1863; son of Rhinehart &
Susannah Yarborough RATTS; hus of Mary Ann Hinds.
RATTS, Mary Ann b: 14 July 1824 d; 17 May 1914; dau of Samuel & Catherine
Hinds; 2nd hus was George Phillips.
RATTS, Infant dau of Jacob and Mary RATTS b&d: 28 March 1868.
RATTS, Francis b: 27 Dec. 1837 d: 23 May 1868; son of Rhinehart & Susannah.
RATTS, Infant son of J. & M. A. RATTS, b&d: 18 April 1869.
RATTS, Mary Ann b: 4 Sept. 1822 d: 16 May 1871.
RATTS, Jacob W. b: 27 Aug. 1830 d: 7 Oct. 1895.
RATTS, Susannah b: 16 March 1800 d : 2 May 1884; wife of Rhinehart.
RATTS, Rhinehart b: 9 May 1800 d: 24(21) Jan. 1876; hus of Susannah
Yarborough.
ENOCH MARTIN CEMETERY (SE Quarter Section 32)
RATTS, Godfrey d: 9 July 1854 - Cholera; age 62y 11m 11d.
RATTS, Margaret d: 4 July 1854 - Cholera; wife of Godfrey, age 62 yr.
BIG SPRINGS CEMETERY (Section 31 T 1 N, R 4 E)
Row 5
RATTS, America J. b: 8 July 1851 d: 11 May 1927; dau. of Anderson & Lucinda
GOSS Martin.
Row 3
RATTS, Thomas b: 14 Dec. 1825 d: 27 March 1898.
RATTS, Susan b: 20 Oct. 1839 d: 5 May 1923; married 1865 to Thomas; dau. of
Macomb & Margaret Leach.
RATTS, Elmer d: 21 Nov. 1882 age 9y 10m, son of Thomas & Susan.
RATTS, Hattie M. b: 12 Dec. 1875 d: 23 April 1894 dau. of Thomas & Susan.
OLD BLUE RIVER CEMETERY (adjoining the church)
Lot 27
Grave 1 RATTS, Francis M. b: 10 July 1844 d: 3 Nov. 1927; son of
Rhinehart & Susannah RATTS.
Grave 2 RATTS, Martha Ann b: 31 Dec. 1845 d: 6 March 1911; dau of Jacob
Hamilton & Elizabeth Bringle Short; wife of Francis.
MT. WASHINGTON CEMETERY (Sec. 26 T1N R4E)
RATTS, John Nelson b: 14 Sept. 1852 d: 14 Aug. 1928; hus of Jane Turner;
son of Thomas & Sarah Jane RATTS.
RATTS, Jane b: 6 March 1847 d: 3 Nov. 1902; wife of John; dau of Edmund
David & Amelia Crotts Turner.
The following is the family of Susan Ratts who married Franklin Strain.
Franklin was the brother of my gg-grandmother, Evaline Strain Jack.
Descendants of John Henry Ratts
1 John Henry Ratts 1824 - 1863
.. +Mary Ann Hinds 1825 - 1914
......... 2 Francis Marion Ratts 1844 - 1927
............. +Martha Ann Short
......... 2 Elizabeth Clementine Ratts 1847 - 1930
............. +William Oliver Hooker, Sr.
......... *2nd Husband of Elizabeth Clementine Ratts:
............. +Simeon Smedley
......... 2 Delilah Jane Ratts 1848 -
............. +Samuel Nuckles
......... 2 Susan Catherine Ratts 1850 - 1938
............. +Franklin Strain 1843 - 1924
.................... 3 Robert Oscar Strain 1868 - 1951
........................ +Alma Althena Prentice
............................... 4 Vera Gertrude Strain 1896 - 1968
................................... +Harold Leigh Baum
............................... 4 Ava Strain 1894 -
................................... +Walker N. Moore 1895 - 1963
............................... 4 Asa Strain 1894 - 1894
............................... 4 Laurel Strain 1900 - 1950
................................... +William Poling 1897 -
............................... 4 Florence Strain 1903 - 1976
................................... +Eldon Jacobs 1901 -
.................... 3 Minnie Strain 1871 - 1871
.................... 3 Elmer Franklin Strain 1871 - 1956
........................ +Inez Prentiss
.................... 3 John Edwin Strain 1873 - 1955
........................ +Kate Barnes
.................... 3 William Oren Strain 1875 - 1963
........................ +Lillian May Button 1880 - 1963
............................... 4 Helen Irville Strain 1902 -
................................... +Carl Edward Meyer 1892 -
............................... 4 Wilma Adelaide Strain 1906 -
.................... 3 Mary Edith Strain 1877 - 1882
.................... 3 Melvin Eli Strain 1880 - 1968
........................ +Lucretia Toland
.................... 3 Walter Lee Strain 1882 - 1905
.................... 3 Anna May Strain 1884 - 1934
........................ +Karl Smith
.................... 3 Alice Evaline Strain 1887 - 1968
........................ +Frank Hite
.................... 3 Stella Kate Strain 1889 - 1978
........................ +Raymond Roberts
.................... 3 Charles Dayton Strain 1891 - 1982
........................ +Alpha Kribbs
......... 2 Rinehart P. Ratts 1854 - 1925
............. +Fannie Matthews
......... *2nd Wife of Rinehart P. Ratts:
............. +Fannie K. Gabbard
......... 2 Samuel Elmer Ratts 1855 -
............. +Lyda
......... 2 John Charles Fremont Ratts 1858 -
............. +Susan Spratlin
......... *2nd Wife of John Charles Fremont Ratts:
............. +Mary Strain
Hope this helps.
Kay E. Armstrong
Researching: ARMSTRONG/BOSS/BREEDEN/JACK/MOORE/RAPER/WILSON/WININGER
See my webpages:
http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/a/r/m/Kay-E-Armstrong/
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http://home.swbell.net/kayarm
-----Original Message-----
From: Debbie Carter <tara37(a)comsys.net
To:
INWASHIN-L(a)rootsweb.com <INWASHIN-L(a)rootsweb.com
Date:
Tuesday, September 28, 1999 7:41 AM
Subject: Goss-Ratts
Interested in any info on the GOSS and RATTS line that settled in this
county for a time in the early 1800's