Rachel Margaret Pickens

  Noted events in her life were:

• census, 1880, Ward 3, Union Parish, LA. Name: Rachel Elkins
Home in 1880: 3rd Ward, Union, Louisiana
Age: 19
Estimated birth year: abt 1861
Birthplace: Alabama
Relation to Head of Household: Wife
Spouse's name: Jasper N.
Father's birthplace: GA.
Mother's birthplace: GA.
Occupation: Keeping House
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Female

• census, 1900, Ward 3, Union Parish, LA. Name: Rachel Elkins
Home in 1900: Police Jury Ward 3, Union, Louisiana
Age: 40
Birth Date: Aug 1859
Birthplace: Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relationship to Head of House: Wife
Father's Birthplace: South Carolina
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother: number of living children: 7
Mother: How many children: 8
Spouse's name: Jasper
Marriage Year: 1880
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 20

• census, 1910, Ward 3, Union Parish, LA. Name: Rachel Elkins
Age in 1910: 50
Estimated birth year: abt 1860
Birthplace: Alabama
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Father's Birth Place: Georgia
Mother's Birth Place: Mississippi
Spouse's name: Jasper
Home in 1910: Police Jury Ward 3, Union, Louisiana
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Female

Rachel married Jasper Newton Elkins, son of Harmon Kinsley Elkins and Nancy Caroline Campbell. (Jasper Newton Elkins was born on 8 Jul 1854 in Union, LA, died on 14 Sep 1923 and was buried in Mt Union Cemetery, Spearsville, Union Parish, LA.)