Rachel Davies (Rahel o Fôn) (1846 - 1915) was a Welsh born lecturer and evangelist preacher who emigrated to the USA. She was the first woman minister ordained in the state of Wisconsin. Rahel o Fôn is the Welsh name for “Rachel of Anglesey”. She started preaching with the Baptists at the age of 20. She was later invited on a preaching tour of the United States and when living in Ixonia she joined the Calvinistic Methodists.

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  • Rachel Evans Paynter
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  • Rachel Davies (Rahel o Fôn) (1846 - 1915) was a Welsh born lecturer and evangelist preacher who emigrated to the USA. She was the first woman minister ordained in the state of Wisconsin. Rahel o Fôn is the Welsh name for “Rachel of Anglesey”. She started preaching with the Baptists at the age of 20. She was later invited on a preaching tour of the United States and when living in Ixonia she joined the Calvinistic Methodists. While in Wisconsin, she met and married Edward Davies a prosperous wagon maker who had emigrated to Watertown, Wisconsin from Tregaron, Wales. After her husband died she was ordained a minister at the age of 44 and carried on preaching all her life. She returned to Wales for a period and lived at her sister's home Cfen Derwen, Anglesey across from Caernarfon Castle. At one time she gave some assistance to David Lloyd George in his electoral campaign. She died 29 November 1915 in Washington, DC at her son's home and was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Watertown, Wisconsin. A 50 ft stained glass window given in her memory by her son, Joseph E. Davies, can be seen at the Washington National Cathedral.
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  • Rachel Evans Paynter
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  • Born most likely near Brynsiencyn, Anglesey, Wales
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  • Rahel o Fôn (Rachel Evans Paynter Davies) circa 1890
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  • Annie Davies (10 March 1874 - 22 June 1889 -- Buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Watertown, Wisconsin); Joseph E. Davies (29 Nov. 1876 - 9 May 1958 buried in the National Cathedral, Washington, DC)
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  • 25 August 1846
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  • First woman minister ordained in the state of Wisconsin
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  • Rachel Davies
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  • Edward Davies (Born Tregaron, Wales 18 April 1830 - died 17 January, 1888 buried in the Llanidan Church Yard, Brynsiencyn, Anglesey, Wales)
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  • Rachel Davies (Rahel o Fôn) (1846 - 1915) was a Welsh born lecturer and evangelist preacher who emigrated to the USA. She was the first woman minister ordained in the state of Wisconsin. Rahel o Fôn is the Welsh name for “Rachel of Anglesey”. She started preaching with the Baptists at the age of 20. She was later invited on a preaching tour of the United States and when living in Ixonia she joined the Calvinistic Methodists.
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