Rackley, Rev.  Joseph of  Vershire, (Orange Co.) Vt.


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"Free Baptist Cyclopaedia"  Historical & Biographical  
by  Rev G. A. Burgess. A. M. & Rev. J. T. Ward, A.M.   
Free Baptist Cyclopaedia Co. 1889, page 554

Rackley, Rev.  Joseph, was born Nov. 3, 1806, at Vershire, (Orange Co.) Vt., where
his parents, Pelatiah and Sarah (Avers) Rackley, resided.  Ile was led to Christ
in Oct, 1820, was married to Polly R. Howe Dec. 18, 1828, and after her death to Elizabeth 
Innis.  He served for a time as captain in the Vermont militia.  He received license to 
preach in 1838, and Oct. 23, 1840, was ordained by Rev. N. Brown and others, being con-
nected with the Genesee Q. M., New York.  His active ministry, which was cornpar-
atively successful, was spent with the churches of that Q. M.  He has resided for a time in 
Illinois, and later  at Hillsdale, Mich., wbere he died July 2, 1889.  His four children have 
been teachers, occupying good positions, in society.