John married Nancy 20 Jun 1895 in 
Galion, Crawford, Ohio. Her name was listed as Mrs Nancy A. Lee on the 
license the 1900 census said she was the mother of 4 children 2 still living 
at that time. They were living at 130 Second Avenue South, Galion, Crawford, 
Ohio when the 1900 census was taken. I looked for other records for Nancy 
but so far have found none. What i don't understand is Nancy must have lived 
most of her life if not all of it in Galion, Ohio But I could find any other 
marrage or birth records for her. I also know that on Johns death 
certificate he is listed as married. Sometime between 1900 and 1909 John 
moved to Morrow County for on his death certificate it listed his place of 
residents at time of death as Peru Township, Morrow County, Ohio. Like you 
have said before records can be wrong for on Johns death certificate it has 
his father Joseph birth place as Scotland. It also did have Nancy Furgison 
(how spelled on certificate) has born in New York and Johns birthplace as 
New York. The information was supplied by Ira Rasey.
 

1.  LDS.  Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service:  IGI - International Genealogical Index (online at FamilySearch.org).

John C. RASEY Birth: 16 Oct 1835, New York; Death: 09 Sep 1909 Marriage: 25 Dec 1859 <Pitt Twp, Wyandot, Ohio> Spouse: Hannah J. BREWER Birth: 03 Sep 1837, Wyandot, Ohio Source: patron submission

2.  1860 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  can't find John & Hannah, and I really looked, including a page-by-page search of Pitt Twp., Wyandot Co., OH.

3.  1870 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #20 of 25):  Upper Sandusky P.O., Pitt Twp., Wyandot Co., OH, Roll M593_1284, p. 780B, PN 20, 147/144, enumerated 5 Jul 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Rasey John C	34	M	W	Farmer	600		Ohio
_____ Hannah	31	F	W	Keeping House			"
_____ Susannah J	9	F	W	Attending School			"
_____ Ira C	2	M	W	at Home			"
_____ Jacob A	1	M	W	"  "			"
_____ William	23	M	W	Farm Laborer			"

John has a brother, William RASEY, but he should be age 29, not 23.

4.  1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #7 of 20:  Pitt Twp., Wyandot Co., OH, Roll T9_1079 (Book 1), p. 580B [pages out of order, go by PN], PN 15, SD 1, ED 169, enumerated 5 Jun 1880, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1880 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1880:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

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15

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65

Racey Jno C

W

M

44

/

Farm work

well

/

/

OH

OH

OH

_____ Hannah

W

F

41

Wife

/

Keeping house

"

/

/

do

do

do

_____ Ira

W

M

16

Son

Farm Work

"

/

/

/

do

do

do

_____ Jacob

W

M

12

do

do  do

"

/

/

/

do

do

do

_____ Edney

W

F

9

Dau

house Work

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/

/

do

do

do

_____ Joseph

W

M

6

Son

"

/

do

do

do

_____ John

W

M

4

do

"

do

do

do

_____ Nancy

W

F

1

Dau

do

do

do

5.  1890 Census:  the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

6.  1900 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #21 of 280:  130 Second Avenue South, Galion (Ward 1), Polk Twp., Crawford Co., OH, Roll T623_1251, p. 140A, SN __, SD 12, ED 12, enumerated 2 Jul 1900, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1900 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1900:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

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Rasey John C

Head

W

M

Oct 1834

65

M

6

OH

NY

NY

Carpenter RR

Y

Y

Y

O

M

H

_____ Nancey A

Wife

W

F

Nov 1840

59

M

6

4

2

OH

OH

OH

Keeping House

Y

Y

Y

_____ William E

Son

W

M

Apr 1887

13

S

OH

OH

OH

At School

9

Y

Y

Y

_____ George W

Son

W

M

Dec 1892

7

S

OH

OH

OH

At School

9

*Second Avenue South

William and George appear to be John's children from his prior marriage, so apparently Nancy's two surviving children are grown and gone.

7a.  1910 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  John is known to be deceased; can't find Nancy, either.

7b.  1910 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #4 of 15):  Peru Twp., Morrow Co., OH, Roll T624_1120 (Book 1), p. 36B, SN 2B, SD 13, ED 159, enumerated 20 apr 1910, official enumeration date 15 Apr 1910 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤

1910:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
37	37	Rasey Ira C	Head	M	W	43	M1	21			OH	NY	OH	Eng	Laborer	Working Out	W	N	0	Y	Y		O	M	H
		[Ira's wife and children]
		_____ George G	½ Bro	M	W	19	S				OH	NY	OH	Eng	Laborer	Working Out	W	N	0	Y	Y	N

Ira doesn't say step-brother, so George must be John's son, not Nancy's.

7.  WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

8.  Messages posted to the Rasey Family Genealogy Forum (online at GenForum.com).

9.  Messages posted to the RASEY Surname Board (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

10.  Email from descendants:  The informant on our subject's death certificate was his son, Ira, who gave Nancy's surname as FERIGSON (born in NY).  Wives and children from pension application.