They had one child: Clara Merriss who was raised in her maternal grandparents household, according to census records.
According to information received from Dennis Fabian, a Find A Grave Contributor, who obtained information from a Clutter family historian, Kensel Clutter, Joseph and Rachel had a baby in Dec. 1858, Clara, in Van Wert OH. Rachel died 2 days later. Unable to care for the child, Joseph took the baby back to Rachel's mother to raise in Marion County.
They had one child: Clara Merriss who was raised in her maternal grandparents household, according to census records.
According to information received from Dennis Fabian, a Find A Grave Contributor, who obtained information from a Clutter family historian, Kensel Clutter, Joseph and Rachel had a baby in Dec. 1858, Clara, in Van Wert OH. Rachel died 2 days later. Unable to care for the child, Joseph took the baby back to Rachel's mother to raise in Marion County.
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