Deborah was married to Levi Haines, who died Aug. 12, 1854 at age 32 years and 5 months, prior to marrying Joseph Rakestraw and had at least 3 children from the union with Levi. They are: Allen, William and Emma.
Deborah was born at
Ohio on 21 March 1822. She married
Levi Haines before 1850. She married
Joseph P. Rakestraw at
Greene Co., Ohio, on 26 May 1856. Deborah was listed as a household member living with
Joseph P. Rakestraw in the 1860 Census at
Green Twp., Clark Co., Ohio. Deborah was listed as a household member living with
Joseph P. Rakestraw on the 1870 Census at
Green Twp., Clark Co., Ohio. Deborah died on 21 April 1899 at
Ohio at age 77. Her body was interred in April 1899 at
Cedarville Twp., Greene Co., Ohio, at North Cemetery. Deborah shares a common tombstone with her 1st husband, Levi Haines and is buried next to two of her children by Joseph Rakestraw in North Cemetery which is just north of Cedarville, Ohio on State Road 72..