Box From the Attic: Lavinia Elizabeth Rahn

April 23, 2021      
Happy Birthday, Lavinia !
Today, April 23, is the birthday of my Great Aunt Lavinia Elizabeth Rahn McLeod.
When Lavinia Elizabeth Rahn was born on April 23, 1885, in Effingham, Georgia, her father, Lewis, was 43,
 and her mother, Emily, was 37. 
According to church records, she was baptized by a "Brother Lowe" August 18, 1899 at the age of 14. 
Oak Grove Church of Christ church records.
She married Jasper Newton McLeod on April 28, 1921. She was 36 years old.
Together they  had four children :. 
Their first born was  a son who was born April 6, 1922. He was born premature and passed away the next day.
He was buried the 8th in Springfield Cemetery.
So much heartbreak.
A year later, her daughter, Myrtice Elizabeth was born in 1923. Lavinia was 38.
Then came Jasper Newton in 1926. 
and two years later, Effie Eldora was born in 1928. 
She and Jasper owned a farm in the area of Rincon , now called McCall Road
When she and Jasper had been married,20 years, he passed away. 
She died on January 27, 1966, in her hometown at the age of 80, and was buried in Springfield, Georgia.
She would be 136.
 Her story may be short and sweet in print, but a lifetime happened in between those words.
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