Rachel Leslie PUCKETT

Living married Barbara Kay Legg. Barbara was born on 28 May 1949 in Hammond, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Maxine Leona Burnham on 07 Jun 1931 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Maxine (daughter of Rowley Church Burnham and Anna Kneisel) was born on 24 Nov 1911 in Lincoln, Nebraska; died on 12 May 1988; was buried in Fairmont Cemetery, Denver, Colorado. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

John Puckett's second wife Carrie raised his children after Adah died. Mom (Ina Wolfe ) thinks there were four boys in all.

According to Aunt Mildred Wolfe, I remember good stories about Uncle John's skill in psyching out a bargin and making money. 1) He went to visit Leonidas in San Francisco once for about a month. Couldn't find an apartment to rent so bought a house. Sold it a month or so later at a very nice profit. 2) One night after midnight someone came ringing his bell(in Lincoln). It was a farmer with a load of watermellons. He'd tried all day to sell them to some grocery and had to get going.
He knew Uncle John so came to him. Uncle John bought them and sold them the next day at a roadside stand-at a nice profit again. 3) One day he was riding in a train (from Lincoln to Indianola or something). About Grand Island he looked out the
window and there dumped along the track was a woole pile of what looked like good lumber. He got off the train at Grand Island, found out that the lumber had been dumped after a wreck or something, bought it for a pittance, and trucked it off
somewhere and sold it - nice profit again! You can see that I was greatly impressed by "nice profit."

According to Uncle John Wolfe," Uncle John Puckett was a shrewed businessman but he knew his sons could not handle his estate so Dad (Asa Wolfe) did it. Uncle John was also the village water dowser. "



Mom (Ina Mae Wolfe) says that Uncle John was thrilled when I was named Rebecca. It was his mothers name and Aunt Carrie says that he walked around the house saying "Rebecca, Rebecca". Rebecca was his mother's name and even though my parents
didn't intentionally name me after her, Uncle John was very happy.

John married Adah Elizabeth Rankin on 04 Feb 1896 in Indianola, Nebraska. Adah (daughter of Abraham Rankin and Emily T. Vaughters) was born on 21 Mar 1872 in Jackson Co., Ohio; died on 29 Mar 1922 in Indianola, Nebraska; was buried in Indianola Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Information on this family is from Nancy Pade.

Rowley married Anna Kneisel. Anna was born on 27 Nov 1911 in University Place, Lancaster County, NE; died on 12 My 1988 in Denver CO; was buried in Fairmont Cemetery, Denver CO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]