John RAWLES was born on 17 Jan 1813 in Pickaway Co, Ohio. On 27 Nov 1834 when John was 21, he married Mary Matilda NEWELL, daughter of William NEWELL & Ann STB BALDWIN, probably in Tippecanoe Co, Indiana. She was born on 6 Nov 1817 in Brown Co, Ohio.
Mary Matilda died in Tippecanoe Co, Indiana, on 3 Aug 1885; she was 67. John died in Tippecanoe Co, Indiana, on 27 Apr 1889; he was 76. They are both buried in Hebron Cemetery, Tippecanoe County, Indiana.
They had the following children:
2 i. Lycurgus (1835-1873)
3 ii. Zelina (1837-1839)
4 iii. William Newell (1839-1908)
5 iv. Marcellus (1841-1914)
6 v. David (1844->1900)
7 vi. Sarah Ann (1846-1867)
8 vii. John R (1849-1864)
9 viii. Mary Matilda (1851-1939)
10 ix. Joseph Paul (1853-1943)
11 x. Edward (Edwin) (1856-1930)
12 xi. George Headly (1859-1947)
