Benjamin RAIL (RIEGLE)

                   1840 census Benton, Yates, NY
1850 census listed as Saml Rail Dansville, Livingston,new YOrk
1860 Caneadea,Alleghany, New York  George Vandergrift age 20 miller from Ohio living with them
1870 Caneadea, Alleghany, New York Libbie Sharp age 19,  maybe Elizabeth Rail,  living with them
1880  16th ward, Rochester, Monroe, New York  pg 429D  Louis G. Vandgrift G son  male 17 NY, Edwin Vandgrift Gson male age 8  Conn. and Addie C. Vandgrift G dau  female age 13 NY all living with him
Sources:
THE TRIBE OF RAIL by Dorothy Taylor.  Copy in possession of Ellis Charles Rail. Have not located any place called Moscow in LIvingston or any other county in New York
                  

                   NAME: Rail aka Riegle 

1841Tax  place not listed  Seth Ogg Debts Clerk  for both Adam and Joseph Rail
Dec 1844 Territorial tax  in Brimingham, Van Buren County, Iowa
15 Dec 1845 Territorial and county tax 
1846  poll and school tax
17 Dec 1846  Birmingham Van Buren, Iowa
1847  County, state and school tax
1848  county, state and school tax
1849  county, state and school tax
1850 county, state and school tax
27 Dec 1851  School house taxes  Van Buren county
24 Feb 1852 received letter from Hiram Fitsworth to Adam from Dansville, NY n Samuel is living in Allegany, NY
13 Mar 1852  received a  letter from Hiram Fitsworth from Dansville, NY
31 Dec 1852  Taxes Van Buren , Iowa
19 Dec 1853  County, state, school and road tax Van Buren County
27 Nov 1854  county, state, school and road tax Van Buren County
24 Feb 1855 letter from Samuel Rail from NY
25 Feb 1855  school house tax
18 Dec 1855  County, state, school and road tax  Van Buren County
27 Nov 1856 Collector and Treasurer's office  School and Road Tax
5 Aug 1857  one shair of stock by Birmingham Colegiet Institute
16 Dec 1858  taxes  Van Buren Co. Iowa
4 Nov 1868  taxes  Van Buren , Iowa
25 Nov 1869  taxes Van Buren County
9 Jan 1972  taxes Van Buren County
30 Nov 1872  Tax  Van Buren County
22 Nov 1973  taxes  Van Buren County, Iowa
7 Dec 1876  poll, personal property and annexed real estate tax  Van Buren county, Iowa
1 Feb 1878  Assessment  Van Buren County
28 Feb 1879 Assessment  Van Buren County
30 Nov 1880 Assessment Van Buren County
1880 census Lick Creek, Van Buren, Iowa pg 361C Ida B. Inman listed as grandaughter age 16 born in Nebraska
29 Nov 1881  Assessment Van Buren County
11 Dec 1882  Taxes  Van Buren County, Iowa
10 Dec 1883  Taxes  Van Buren County, Iowa
23 Dec 1884 Taxes Van Buren County, Iowa  Lick creek twp
9 Feb 1886  Taxes  Lick Creek, Van Buren County. Iowa
Feb 1887  Assessment Van Buren
8 Feb 1888  Taxes  Lick Creek twp  Van Buren Co.
5 Feb 1889  Taxes Van Buren County, Iowa
7 Feb 1890 Birmingham cemetery deed
Iowa Pioneer Certificate application of Jane Murrow Atherstone, descendant of
Benjamin Rail (Reigle) gives Adam's birthdate as 1 Feb 1815, and death date as
2 June 1890. This probably came from place where dates expressed in numerals
only.  Tombstone noted above in Maple Hill Cemetery says ADAM RAIL, DIED FEB 6,
1890, AGED 75 YRS 15 DAYS.
6 Feb 1890 Adam Rail sells land to Rebecca his wife.
                  

                   Sources:
THE TRIBE OF RAIL by Dorothy Taylor.  Copy in possession of Ellis Charles Rail.
Daughter of Benjamin Riegle, but family changed name to Rail at some point in
time.
                  

                   Sources:
THE TRIBE OF RAIL by Dorothy Taylor.  Copy in possession of Ellis Charles Rail.

" from Directory of Van Buren County, Iowa (1878) Lick Creek Township.

Rail, Joseph, farmer, Sec. 24, P.O. Birmingham; born in Dauphin Co., Penn.,
Nov. 12, 1817; when 5 years old, moved with his parents to Seneca Co., N.Y., in
1826, moved to Yates Co., N.Y.; September 1838, to Fort Madison, Iowa; the
following spring to Van Buren Co., and settled in Lick Creek Twp. farming has
been his principal occupation; worked six months in 1841 as a tanner in
Keosauqua; moved to Birmingham; followed that business alone about four years,
Married Sarah Hootman Nov. 23, 1843; she was born in Harrison Co., Ohio, Feb.
10,1824;  have had twelve children, eight living---George H., Mary S., Jay,
Sarah C., Margaret A., John B., Adam G. and Martha E.  Members of M.E. Church.
He has 160 acres of land valued at $5,000.

submitted by Mertis Clark, dau. of Ethelyn Skinner Gilbert, dau. of Dick
Skinner, son of Catharine Rail Skinner."

Some clue as to the birth date of the two oldest children may be found in the
following information from the 1847 Iowa census--Van Buren Co.
            Head of Family               # in Family
            Joseph Rail                       4
Tombstone is in Maple Hill Cemetery, Birmingham, Van Buren County, Iowa.
                  

                   Sources:
THE TRIBE OF RAIL by Dorothy Taylor.  Copy in possession of Ellis Charles Rail.
                  

                   Sources:
THE TRIBE OF RAIL by Dorothy Taylor.  Copy in possession of Ellis Charles Rail.

Occupation listed as shoemaker.
Name also spelled REIGLE.
May have wife Nancy in 1850 census Birmingham, Van Buren, Iowa

Ancestry.com record of Iowa State Census of 1885 shows:
Bengamine F. Rail, Township Number 71, Range 36, Age 60, Sex:M, Marital Status:M, Birth State: NY,Line Number: 9, Dwelling Number: 81, Family Number: 83, Page Number: 313, State: IA, County: Montgomery, Township Name: Jackson, Town: Villisca, Family History Film: 1021500, Volume: 237
1850 census Birmingham, Van Buren, Iowa listed as Nancy born in Ohio
1860 census Lick Creek, Van Buren, Iowa listed as Nancy born in Ohio
1870 census Lick Creek, Van Buren, Iowa listed as Nancy born in Ohio
1880 census Villisca Jackson twp, Montgomery, Iowa in Pennsylvania
1885 census Jackson, Montgomery, Iowa Agness born in Ohio
1895 Iowa state census not listed.