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Rachel Olivine Ollie Waters 1847–1917 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 20 Sep 1847

Birth Location: Rutherford Co., NC, USA

Death Date: 22 Dec 1917

Death Location: Rutherford, North Carolina, United States

Father: Aaron Waters

Mother: Elizabeth Hunt

Spouse(s): Abram Buff

Children(s): Lucy Buff-Pruitt

Rachel Olivine Ollie Waters was born in 1847 in Rutherford Co., NC, USA, the child of Aaron Devinney Waters And Elizabeth Bets Hunt. Rachel Olivine Ollie Waters married Abram Madison Buff, and had children including Lucy Carrie Jane Buff Pruitt. Rachel Olivine Ollie Waters passed away in 1917 in Rutherford, North Carolina, United States.

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Biography

  • Rachel Olivine Ollie Waters was born in 1847 in Rutherford Co., NC, USA, the child of Aaron Devinney Waters And Elizabeth Bets Hunt.
  • Rachel Olivine Ollie Waters married Abram Madison Buff, and had children including Lucy Carrie Jane Buff Pruitt.
  • Rachel Olivine Ollie Waters passed away in 1917 in Rutherford, North Carolina, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

Aaron Waters
1810–1870
Birth Location: Rutherford, North Carolina, USA
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Elizabeth Hunt
1816–1883
Birth Location: Cleveland, North Carolina, USA
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Spouses(s)

Abram Buff
1844–1919
Birth Location: Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
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Children(s)

Lucy Buff-Pruitt
1886–1981
Birth Location: Burke County, North Carolina, USA
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Rachel Waters's Ancestors

Self
Rachel Waters
1847–1917
Birth Place: Rutherford Co., NC, USA
Parents
Aaron Devinney Waters
1810–1870
Rutherford, North Carolina, USA
Elizabeth (Bets) Hunt
1816–1883
Cleveland, North Carolina, USA
Grandparents
John (York) Waters
1781–1864
Rutherford County, North Carolina
Rachel (Devinney) Waters
1782–1861
Golden Valley, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
William (Kenchen) Hunt
1778–1843
Rutherford County, North Carolina
Rebecca (Catherine) Simmons
1794–1866
Rowan, North Carolina, USA
Great-Grandparents
John Hunt
1725–1789
Elizabeth Tyus
1736–1782
William 36
1765–1801
Phebe 80
1748–1828
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Frances Harper
1706–1758
John 2nd
1705–1763
Hannah Tyus
1705–1782
William I
1722–1796
Elizabeth Ledford
1727–1810

Rachel Waters's Descendants

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Rachel (Olivine Ollie) Waters (20 Sep 1847–22 Dec 1917) m. Abram (Madison) Buff (09 May 1844–19 May 1919)
  1. 1. Lucy (Carrie Jane) Buff-Pruitt 1886–1981 m. John (Ellis) Fredell 1886–1961
    1. 1. Samuel (Edgar) Fredell 1906–1970 m. Mae (Willard) York 1925–2002

Rachel Waters's Timeline

2 Records

1847
20 Sep 1847
Birth of Rachel Olivine Ollie Waters in Rutherford Co., NC, USA
Rutherford Co., NC, USA
1917
22 Dec 1917
Age 70
Death of Rachel Olivine Ollie Waters in Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
Rutherford, North Carolina, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 20 Sep 1847
    Event Place: Rutherford Co., NC, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 Dec 1917
    Event Place: Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
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