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- Rachel Holsten was an escaped slave. She had two children, but she determined to escape and try to recover them later. By her ability to swim she got across a river and eluded her pursuers. She found her way to Wilkes-Barre, where she was taken into the home of General Wilson, who was a friend of the John McCormick family in Turbut Township, and when the Wilsons visited that family, Rachel accompanied them to look after the children. She liked it so much there that she wanted to stay, which was permitted, and when Miss Ann McCormick married John L. Watson, Rachel came with them to Milton. She was a splendid cook and domestic. Rachel was never able to find her children. Older people remember her leading the Grand Army parades, carrying a huge bouquet. When she died, the Grand Army Post attended her funeral.
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1830 - Yes, date unknown
