Paulding-Bartow-Chattooga County GaArchives Biographies.....Rackley, Elias B. April 13, 1843 - March 13, 1920
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Elias Bailey “Lice” Rackley was born on April 13, 1843, in Gilmer County, 
Georgia. He was the son of Andrew W. and Nancy Rackley. During the Civil War 
his father died on measles in Savannah, Georgia, and his mother died shortly 
after leaving only him, his brother Warren Benson, and a sister, Lucretia. The 
children lived with a family in Ellijay after the war and later Elias moved to 
the New Hope Community of Paulding County, Georgia.
In 1870, while in Chattanooga, Tennessee, he met and fell in love with 
Margaret E. Lyons, daughter of William C. and Susannah Lyons. She was also 
orphaned during the late war. They made their home near New Hope until 1874 
when they moved to Ooltewah, Tennessee. Elias B. Rackley was a farmer and 
seems to have had a very restless spirit, as he would move the family 
frequently in search of better farmland. In about 1886 he moved his family 
back south to Bartow County, Georgia.
In about 1890 they moved, yet again, to Polk County, Georgia, and then in the 
late 1890’s to Chattooga County, Georgia. Margaret E. Lyons Rackley died there 
on July 27, 1919, and Elias B. Rackley died there on May 13, 1920. They are 
both buried at Oak Hill Cemetery, Chattooga County, Georgia. 
The children of Elias and Margaret Rackely: Susan I. Rackley East, William D. 
Rackley, May A. Rackley, Richard G. Rackley, Ellen Rackley Blackburn, and 
Della C. Rackley Rutledge


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