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    Generation: 1

    1. 1.  Living

      Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


    Generation: 2

    1. 2.  Victor Clair RASMUSSEN was born on 26 Dec 1877 in Bennett, NE; died in Sep 1946 in Oakland, CA.

      Notes:

      He was an only child. His father came from Denmark and took the name Rasmussen (according to Mrs. M.S. Deats notes). They lived near Bennett, NE and later moved to Lincoln, NE

      Victor married Zella Emma DEATS on 7 May 1907 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Zella (daughter of Henry Clay DEATS and Margaret Elizabeth WELLER) was born on 6 Aug 1889 in Deatsville, KY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


    2. 3.  Zella Emma DEATS was born on 6 Aug 1889 in Deatsville, KY (daughter of Henry Clay DEATS and Margaret Elizabeth WELLER).
      Children:
      1. 1. Living
      2. Mearle Warren RASMUSSEN was born on 30 Sep 1911 in Cheny, NE; died on 25 Jan 1960.
      3. Emma Lois RASMUSSEN was born on 13 Feb 1913; died in 1994.
      4. Living


    Generation: 3

    1. 6.  Henry Clay DEATS was born on 25 Apr 1855 in Rail Road Junction, Kentucky (son of Richard William DEATS and Mary Ann SHAWLER); died on 25 Sep 1932 in Lincoln, NE; was buried in Wyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, NE, Lot 1084, space #3.

      Henry married Margaret Elizabeth WELLER on 10 Jan 1882. Margaret (daughter of William Washington Weller and Mary E. Hefley) was born on 3 Feb 1854 in Deatsville, KY; died on 13 Aug 1895 in Deatsville, KY; was buried in New Salem Baptist Church Cemetery , Bardstown, Nelson County, KY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


    2. 7.  Margaret Elizabeth WELLER was born on 3 Feb 1854 in Deatsville, KY (daughter of William Washington Weller and Mary E. Hefley); died on 13 Aug 1895 in Deatsville, KY; was buried in New Salem Baptist Church Cemetery , Bardstown, Nelson County, KY.

      Notes:

      Kentucky Birth Records:

      Name: Margaret E Weller
      Birth Date: 3 Feb 1854
      Birth County: Nelson
      Ethnicity: White
      Gender: Female
      Father's Name: William Weller
      Mother's Name: Mary E Hefley
      County of Residence: Nelson

      Children:
      1. Mary Jennetta DEATS was born on 5 Oct 1882 in Deatsville, KY; died on 12 Oct 1965.
      2. Spencer Russell (Russell) DEATS was born on 23 Nov 1884 in Deatsvile, KY; died on 6 Feb 1962.
      3. Claudius Guy (Guy) DEATS was born on 7 Mar 1887 in Deatsville, KY.
      4. 3. Zella Emma DEATS was born on 6 Aug 1889 in Deatsville, KY.
      5. Elmer Ried DEATS was born on 26 Jan 1892; died on 4 Mar 1893.
      6. Melvin Edward DEATS was born on 23 Mar 1893 in Deatsville, KY; died on 1 May 1950 in Los Angeles, CA.


    Generation: 4

    1. 12.  Richard William DEATS was born on 10 Jan 1809 in KY (son of John DEATS and Anna SHAIN); died on 5 Jan 1899 in Deatsville, KY; was buried in New Salem Baptist Church, Deatsville, Kentucky.

      Notes:

      Tillie Deats Biggs said that Deatsville was named after Richard William Deats.

      This information was posted on GenWeb by Anne Livingston. It appears that RW Deats left Bullitt Co. and moved to Nelson Co. in 1967:

      LIST OF PATRONS for the ATLAS OF NELSON AND SPENCER COS., KY.

      PUBLISHED BY D.J.LAKE & CO. 1882

      NELSON COUNTY
      SAMUELS' DEPOT PRECINCT No.5

      Name:Deats, R.W.
      Occupation: Farmer & Ex-Sheriff, & J.P. of Bullitt Co.
      Nativity: Bullitt Co., KY
      Date of Settlement: 1867


      New Salem Baptist Church Cemetery, Deatsville, Kentucky
      10 miles N.W. of Bardstown on Hwy 523

      Richard married Mary Ann SHAWLER on 11 Apr 1850 in Bullitt Co, KY. Mary (daughter of Anthony SHAWLER and Elizabeth JOHNSON) was born on 13 Feb 1829 in Lebanon Junction, Bullitt Co., Kentucky; died on 5 Nov 1906 in Deatsville, Kentucky; was buried in New Salem Baptist Church, Deatsville, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


    2. 13.  Mary Ann SHAWLER was born on 13 Feb 1829 in Lebanon Junction, Bullitt Co., Kentucky (daughter of Anthony SHAWLER and Elizabeth JOHNSON); died on 5 Nov 1906 in Deatsville, Kentucky; was buried in New Salem Baptist Church, Deatsville, Kentucky.
      Children:
      1. Lovina DEATS was born on 27 Sep 1857 in Rolling Fork, Bullitt Co., Kentucky.
      2. 6. Henry Clay DEATS was born on 25 Apr 1855 in Rail Road Junction, Kentucky; died on 25 Sep 1932 in Lincoln, NE; was buried in Wyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, NE, Lot 1084, space #3.
      3. Dr Richard Warren DEATS was born on 28 Aug 1862; died on 05 Sep 1939; was buried in New Salem Baptist Church Cemetery , Bardstown, Nelson County, KY.
      4. Benjamin Franklin DEATS was born on 13 Nov 1864 in Deatsville, KY / or / Lebanon Juction, Bullitt, Kentucky; died on 11 Apr 1929; was buried in New Salem Baptist Church, Deatsville, Kentucky.

    3. 14.  William Washington Weller

      Notes:

      Birth: Sep. 20, 1818
      Death: Jul. 22, 1881


      Note: son of Jonathan & Elizabeth (?) Weller

      Burial:
      Lutheran Church Cemetery
      Nelson County
      Kentucky, USA
      Plot: Row 4

      William married Mary E. Hefley. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


    4. 15.  Mary E. Hefley
      Children:
      1. 7. Margaret Elizabeth WELLER was born on 3 Feb 1854 in Deatsville, KY; died on 13 Aug 1895 in Deatsville, KY; was buried in New Salem Baptist Church Cemetery , Bardstown, Nelson County, KY.