John Franklin Rakestraw

1862 - 1928  (66 years)

• Name	John Franklin Rakestraw  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	2 May 1862	Georgia, USA   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Family Search ID	MMX4-9J3
  Residence	1900	Ashville, St Clair, Alabama, USA   [1]
  Residence	1910	Ashville, St Clair, Alabama, USA   [2]
  Residence	1920	Gadsden, Etowah, Alabama, USA   [3]
  	Ward 4
  Death	22 Nov 1928	Ashville, St Clair, Alabama, USA
  Person ID	I15075	MontyHistNotes_III | William Alexander Montgomery and Agnes _____
  Last Modified	19 Jan 2026

  
  

  Family	Emma Cox,   b. 1870, St Clair County, Alabama, USA d. 18 Apr 1951, St Clair County, Alabama, USA (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	31 Dec 1893	Alabama, USA   [1]
  Children	1. Herman Bass Rakestraw,   b. 11 Oct 1894, Ashville, St Clair, Alabama, USA d. 13 Apr 1933, Etowah County, Alabama, USA (Age 38 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Gelene Rakestraw,   b. Oct 1898, Alabama, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Abbie Rakestraw,   b. Abt 1903, Alabama, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. James Rakestraw,   b. Abt 1915, Alabama, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F7003	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Jan 2026

  
  

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  Birth - 2 May 1862 - Georgia, USA Marriage - 31 Dec 1893 - Alabama, USA Residence - 1900 - Ashville, St Clair, Alabama, USA Residence - 1910 - Ashville, St Clair, Alabama, USA Residence - Ward 4 - 1920 - Gadsden, Etowah, Alabama, USA Death - 22 Nov 1928 - Ashville, St Clair, Alabama, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  [S266] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2004;;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Ashville, St Clair, Alabama; Roll: 38; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 0099; FHL microfilm: 1240038. Record for John F Rakestraw http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1900usfedcen&h=1362007&indiv=try [S70] Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Year: 1910; Census Place: Ashville, Saint Clair, Alabama; Roll: T624_32; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 0113; FHL microfilm: 1374045. Record for John F Rakestraw http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1910uscenindex&h=204337&indiv=try [S44] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1920; Census Place: Gadsden Ward 4, Etowah, Alabama; Roll: T625_15; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 94. Record for J F Rake-Traw https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=6061&h=836253&indiv=try