BIO: Rachel (FIELDS) HIMES, Huntingdon County, PA

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Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley: 
Comprising the Counties of Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata and Perry, 
Pennsylvania, Containing Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens and Many of the Early Settlers.  Chambersburg, Pa.: J. M. 
Runk & Co., 1897, pages 310-311.
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  RACHEL (FIELDS) HIMES, wife of L. A. Himes, of Mill Creek, Huntingdon 
county, Pa., was born December 7, 1845, in Union township, Huntingdon 
county. Her parents were James and Leah (Dell) Fields, the former of 
Irish extraction, a mason and farmer, born in 1812, the latter five 
years younger than her husband, a daughter of Henry and Anna (Crawford) 
Dell. Their children were: William, married to Margaret Claybaugh, of 
Union township, Huntingdon county, resides in Altoona, Pa.; Margaret 
(Mrs. David Johnston), of Clay township, Huntingdon county, resides in 
Union township; Mary J., died in 1872, of inflammatory rheumatism, was 
married to David Hanawalt, of Mifflin county, where he resides; Elisha, 
married first to Sarah J. Korbin, deceased, afterwards to his present 
wife, Mary Brown, resides in Duncansville; Rachel (Mrs. L. A. Himes); 
Hannah (Mrs. Marion Robley), of Brady township, now resides in Union 
township; Robert C., married to Delena Truax, of Union township, 
Huntingdon county, resides in Mapleton, Pa.; Leah, wife of Jacob 
Edgons, of Mifflin County, Pa., where they reside; Matilda (Mrs. Thomas 
Swiler), resides in Brady township, Huntingdon county; and some who 
died in infancy. The father died in 1885; the mother in 1889.
  Rachel Fields was educated in the common schools of Union township, 
Huntingdon county, and by school and home training was prepared for the 
important position of wife and mother. She is married to Mr. L. A. 
Himes, foreman of sub-division, No. 38, Pennsylvania Railroad, and has 
a family of five children, nearly all arrived at maturity, and in 
positions of eminent service and responsibility. Mr. Himes has been a 
school director for three terms. He is a Democrat, and although not 
professionally a politician, takes an active interest in public 
affairs. Their children are: Flora A., born April 21, 1867, teaches 
during the winter in Mill Creek, where she has charge of a primary 
school of forty-five girls and boys, and in the summer conducts a 
pleasant select school; Robert Lewis, Louisiana State Institute 
conductor, married to Laura Black, resides in Natchitoches, La.; Dr. 
Edwin B., single, resides in Newton Hamilton, Pa.; Oscar R., resides in 
Natchitoches; and William D., born in 1880, resides at home, is one of 
the three hundred students of Juniata College, and is preparing himself 
for teaching. Mrs. Himes is a member of the United Brethren church, of 
Mapleton, Pa., Rev. B. J. Hummel. Her daughter is a member of the 
Baptist church, and two sons are members of the Dunkard Brethren.