Corrections to the Jackson Rayle Story in Volume I

According to family records, William Noble Rayle was born in 1800, and died in 1867. Nancy Daringer Rayle, his wife, was born in 1807, and died in 1904.

Jackson Rayle's daughter, Jane, married Corydon Robbins, spelled with two 'b's' in all our records. They had three daughters, Florence married John Punches, Edna, and Mae who married a man named Adams. Florence died a couple years ago. Both Florence and Mae lived in Dayton in their later years. Florence had at least two daughters, and grandchildren in Dayton, Ohio. Mae may be still living.

Ellis Rayle's third child was Bessie, not Jessie.

The youngest child of Jackson Rayle was Silas Rayle, not Ellis. All the old records spell the name Silas, not Silis.

Thomas Jefferson Rayle's youngest son was Donald, not Sonald. Uncle Jeff, as he was known, lived alone in Deshler, and died at the age of ninety- six years. He was six foot and five inches tall, slim, but with broad shoulders. Silas Rayle was ninety-one when he died of cancer at Hastings, Michigan. He was six foot and three inches tall. The Ellis Rayle family stayed with Uncle Jeff when attending the reunion at Deshler, Ohio. Cecil and Ethel Rayle set up for it.

Lynn Rayle's mother and grandmother must have made the trip to northern Michigan, as he has a diary his mother kept. It tells of the trip back to Ohio by horse and wagon. His mother was a girl at the time, and ended the diary with these words: "We arrived back at Jack's and home." Jack was Jackson Rayle, whose home south of Hamler was a mecca for many a traveler. The latchstring must have always hung on the outside. Grandmother Rayle must have been a patient woman for there always seemed to be company there. The same was true during Lynn's boyhood, because if a preacher, peddler, game warden, or a traveler was in our neighborhood, he always showed up at mealtime.

See also: page 365, Book I, HENRY COUNTY, OHIO

Submitted by: Lynn T. Rayle