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ANN TOPE

  Ann Tope, daughter of Jacob and Catherine Kail, was born 28 January 1828 [note 1], and died 11 October 1901 in Carroll Co., Ohio [note 2].  She married David Rainsberger, son of John Ranisberger and Susannah Albaugh on 18 February 1847 in Carroll Co., Ohio [note 3].  David was born 19 April 1823 in Ohio [note 4], and died 12 October 1889 in Carroll Co., Ohio [note 5]. Ann and David are buried in the Leavittsville Cemetery.

     Ann and David had one child:

 James Huston Rainsberger  was born in Carroll Co., Ohio, and died before 1896.  James married Fanny B. Springer, who was born 1865 in Ohio [note 6]. He had been a school teacher, telegrapher, pharmacist, and leader of several cornet bands. 
 James and Fanny lived in Cleveland at the time of Ann's death [note 7]. They had one child, June Rainsberger, who lived in Bowerstown, Carroll Co., Ohio, in 1896 [note 9].

1. Ancestry.com, One World Tree (sm), Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., n.d., Online publication - Ancestry.com. OneWorldTree [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc.
2. Obituary, Carroll Journal, Carrollton, Ohio, Thursday, October 17, 1901., Carroll Journal, Carrollton, Ohio, Thursday, October 17, 1901.
3. Marriage Book, Carroll Co., Ohio, 1833-1849,  Vol. I, 288.
4. Ancestry.com, One World Tree (sm).
5. Obituary, Carroll Republican, Carrollton, Ohio, Thursday, October 17, 1889.
6. Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, Provo, UT, USA.
7. Ibid.
8. History of the Tope Family, Melancthon Tope, Revised 1980 by A. D. Maddux, p. 34.
9. History.

Updated  July 23, 2009
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