John C. Rainbow and Esther Marshall

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Husband John C. Rainbow ^{1 2}

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           Born:  - England
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       Marriage: 

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   Other Spouse: [Unk] Mitchell (      -      ) 3

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Wife Esther Marshall ¹

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           Born:  - Ireland
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           Died: Bef 1883 - New Brighton, Pulaski Twp, Beaver Co, PA
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         Father: James Marshall (Abt 1768-1854) 1 4 5
         Mother: Jean Peebles (Abt 1778-1863) 1

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Children

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1 M Capt. Frederick Lee Rainbow ^{3 6}

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           Born: 8 Feb 1842 - New Brighton, Pulaski Twp, Beaver Co, PA 3
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         Spouse: Jane "Jennie" Wiley (      -1871) 6 7
           Marr: 5 May 1866 7

         Spouse: Sarah Coulson (      -      ) 7
           Marr: 1873 7

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General Notes: Husband - John C. Rainbow

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Born in England, he came to the United States about 1822, located at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and later became a merchant and the owner of a saw and grist mill. He and his brother-in-law owned a mill at Crows Run, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, and Mr. Rainbow afterward moved to New Brighton, Beaver County, his home being on the site later occupied by the Masonic Temple. In his new home he operated a grist mill and conducted dealings in feed, then became a hardware merchant and still later the proprietor of a general store, finally engaging in the sale of flour and feed.

1 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 194.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 191.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 192.

4 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 909.

5 Addams S. McAllister, The Descendants of John Thomson, Pioneer Scotch Covenanter (Easton, PA: The Chemical Publishing Company, 1917), Pg 192.

6 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 346.

7 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 193.