Rachel MINK[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
1800 - 1870-
Born 24 Jun 1800 Virginia, United States 
[2, 3, 5] Gender Female Buried Feb 1870 Richwood Township, Richland, Wisconsin, United States [5] Died 24 Dec 1870 Richwood Township, Richland, Wisconsin, United States [5] Notes - From the Racine Journal-Times; Monday, March 3, 1969: Family Keeps Cookie 120 Years -- Cookies usually disappear in days or less if youngsters are around, but A. LeRoy Johnson has one that's 120 years old. A Dayton, Ohio, woman baked three sweet cakes for crippled Johnnie Wey in 1849 but the 8 year old boy died before eating the cookies. The boy's mother gave each of his three sisters a cookie to keep in memory of the boy and Johnson has his today after it was passed down to him through the generations. Johnson says that to his knowledge, his cookie is the only one of the three that is left. Johnson is the grandson of one of the three sisters, Margaret Wey, who carried it on a trip by covered wagon from Ohio to what she later called "the wilds of Crawford County, Wis." She still had the cookie when she died at Lodi, Wis, in 1919, passing the cookie on to her daughter, Mrs. Alfred Johnson. Johnson acquired the cookie upon his mother's death in 1955 and says he will pass it on to a member of the family to carry on the tradition.
Could not read or write.
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Father Lawrence MINK, b. 8 Nov 1773, Fredericktown, Cecil, Maryland, United States , d. 21 May 1838, Preble, Ohio, United States Mother Mary Elizabeth LOWRY, b. Abt 1775, United States , d. 13 Aug 1841, Preble, Ohio, United States Married Abt 1795 Family ID F651 Group Sheet
Father Lawrence MINK, b. 8 Nov 1773, Fredericktown, Cecil, Maryland, United States , d. 21 May 1838, Preble, Ohio, United States Family ID F652 Group Sheet
Family Peyton H WEY, b. 31 Oct 1805, Fauquier, Virginia, United States , d. 4 May 1882, Wisconsin, United States Married 12 Nov 1829 Lovettsville, Loudoun, Virginia, United States [6, 7, 8, 9] - Sec. Lawrence Mink
Thomas H. Wey, test. as to age of groom
Children > 1. Mary Elizabeth WEY, b. Abt 1831, Ohio, United States , d. 25 Jun 1908, Richland, Wisconsin, United States 2. Thomas Peyton WEY, b. 31 Oct 1835, Virginia, United States , d. 15 Jul 1916, Illinois, United States 3. William Henry WEY, b. 22 Sep 1837, Virginia, United States , d. 18 Mar 1916, Richland, Wisconsin, United States 4. Rachel Ann WEY, b. Abt 1840, Virginia, United States , d. 9 Mar 1921, Bell Center, Crawford, Wisconsin, United States 5. John Henry WEY, b. Abt 1841, d. Abt 1849 6. Margaret Emily WEY, b. Abt 1844, Virginia, United States , d. 20 Mar 1919, Lodi, Columbia, Wisconsin, United States Family ID F648 Group Sheet
- From the Racine Journal-Times; Monday, March 3, 1969: Family Keeps Cookie 120 Years -- Cookies usually disappear in days or less if youngsters are around, but A. LeRoy Johnson has one that's 120 years old. A Dayton, Ohio, woman baked three sweet cakes for crippled Johnnie Wey in 1849 but the 8 year old boy died before eating the cookies. The boy's mother gave each of his three sisters a cookie to keep in memory of the boy and Johnson has his today after it was passed down to him through the generations. Johnson says that to his knowledge, his cookie is the only one of the three that is left. Johnson is the grandson of one of the three sisters, Margaret Wey, who carried it on a trip by covered wagon from Ohio to what she later called "the wilds of Crawford County, Wis." She still had the cookie when she died at Lodi, Wis, in 1919, passing the cookie on to her daughter, Mrs. Alfred Johnson. Johnson acquired the cookie upon his mother's death in 1955 and says he will pass it on to a member of the family to carry on the tradition.
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Born - 24 Jun 1800 - Virginia, United States 
Married - 12 Nov 1829 - Lovettsville, Loudoun, Virginia, United States 
Buried - Feb 1870 - Richwood Township, Richland, Wisconsin, United States Died - 24 Dec 1870 - Richwood Township, Richland, Wisconsin, United States 
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Sources - [S111] Severson, Sally.
- [S192] 1860 US Census, Scott Township, Crawford Co., Wisconsin; p. 165; h.1292 f.1245; Rachel Way; 14 March 2010.
- [S191] 1850 US Census, Jackson Township, Preble Co., Ohio; p. 453A; h.1007 f.1007; Rachel Wey; 14 March 2010.
- [S286] West Fork Cemetery Records, 30 March 2011; Toney, Mary Eliza Wey.
- [S286] West Fork Cemetery Records, 30 March 2011; Wey, Rachel Mink.
- [S192] 1860 US Census, Scott Township, Crawford Co., Wisconsin; p. 165; h.1292 f.1245; Peyton Way; 14 March 2010.
- [S191] 1850 US Census, Jackson Township, Preble Co., Ohio; p. 453A; h.1007 f.1007; Paton Wey; 14 March 2010.
- [S243] Loudoun County Virginia Marriage Bonds, 1762-1850, Peyton Wey & Rachel Mink; 3 November 1829; not numbered.
- [S286] West Fork Cemetery Records, 30 March 2011; Wey, Peyton H.
- [S111] Severson, Sally.