Today, while on my break at work, I followed the Marion Elizabeth Flora lead.  William Flora married Marian E. Heinmarch on October 9, 1872 in Floyd County, Indiana.

Floyd County, Indiana Marriages, Vol. 7, p.118, Stuart Barth Wrege Indiana History Room

She isn’t the Elizabeth Rakestraw I’ve been searching for, so I’m guessing that her relation to the Rakestraws is through William Flora.  The search continues for Elizabeth Rakestraw, and a search for the connection between William Flora and my other Floras begins.