Crawford County IL Archives Biographies.....Rackerby, M. P. 1846 - 
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Author: William Henry Perrin (1883)

  M. P. RACKERBY, Postmaster and druggist, Hutsonville. This gentleman is a
native of Princeton, Caldwell County, Ky., born December 30, 1846. He was
educated from the High Schools of Dubuque, Iowa, where he took a complete
English course; at twenty-one years of age, he left his home and embarked on his
life's career, engaging in the drug business at Hutsonville, Ill.; in 1873, he
sold his stock of goods and went to Lincoln County, Kan., where he engaged in a
general merchandising business; in 1875, he returned to Hutsonville and again
engaged in the drug business; in 1877, he removed to Ellsworth County, Kan., and
engaged in agricultural pursuits; in 1879, he again returned to Hutsonville,
where he has since remained engaged in the drug business with Mr. C. V. Newton;
they are also interested in the "Hutson Mill." Mr. Rackerby was appointed
Postmaster in 1878, which office he is now filling. He was married October 17,
1873, to Miss Anna L. McCutcheon, a native of Indiana, and a daughter of Samuel
and Pine McCutcheon. Mr. and Mrs. R. have one child-Louisa Maud, who is
attending school at Hutsonville. Mr. Rackerby enjoys the highest esteem of the
community in which he lives: is a member of the orders A., F. & A. M and K of
H., and an active worker of the order. In politics, is a Republican. John H.
Rackerby, the father of our subject, was born in Virginia February 28, 1799, was
brought to Kentucky by his mother and brother; here he married, and in 1856
removed to Grant County, Wis.; in 1859, to Dubuque, Iowa; in 1872, to Pearce
City, Mo., where he is now living a retired life, enjoying the fruits of his
past labors. The mother of our subject was Georgiana Dudley, born near Bowling
Green, Ky., in 1812; she is now living. They have ten children living, five boys
and five girls. John H. Rackerby was a very prominent man of Kentucky, and in
his younger days held many responsible positions and many of the county offices.

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HISTORY OF CRAWFORD AND CLARK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS.
EDITED BY WILLIAM HENRY PERRIN.

ILLUSTRATED

CHICAGO: O. L. BASKIN & CO., HISTORICAL PUBLISHERS,
LAKESIDE BUILDING.
1883.


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