CRAGUN FAMILY

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Tradition in the family of Jean (Cragun) Tombaugh, tells that our ancestor was originally of Scotland and the name was McCRAGUN. Also, that Caleb Cragun moved from England to Ireland where he married and had children, one of whom was a son PATRICK, who came to America about the time of the Revolutionary War.[1], [2]. So, right or wrong, we will begin with the Craguns of Scotland.

"CRAIGEN - Local. In 1272 the church of Cragyn (now Craigie) in Kyle was confirmed to the Monks of Paisley by THOMAS de CRAGYN son and heir of JOHN HOSE, who had assumed his surname from his lands (RMP., p.232). He may be the THOMAS de CREGEYN del counte de ARC who rendered homage in 1296 (Bain 11, p.206). ADE CRAGYNE who held a tenement of Irvine 1477 (Irvine, 1, p.149) most probably derived his name from the same source. A family of this name in New Pitsligo village were remarkable for their longevity. (AEI., p.47) CHRISTAIN CRAIGANE was liferenter of Readfurd, 1630 (LIM., p.110) PATRICK CRAIGEN in Burnebray of Gorthie, 1670 (Dunblane) and ROBERT CRAIGIN in the Parish of Sumbennan, 1716 (SCM., IV, p.171). WM CRAIGEN was a member of the Huntley Volunteers, 1798 (Well p.19) (a history of the volunteer movement in Strathbogie from 1798-1808) and JOHN W. CRAIGEN from King Edward served in the first Great War (Turriff) of Craigie.[3]

LETTER. Written by Charles Hartwell Cragun, A.M.M.D., 16 Feb 1862, at Georgetown, D.C. Copy made by Ella M. Cragun wife of Edmund Cragun, in 1935, and made available to Jean Cragun Tombaugh (Rochester, Ind.) by Eva Cragun Heiner of Salt Lake City, in August 1964.[4]

"Tradition in all branches of this family points to Scotland as the original home of its head. In my father's family it was handed down by him that three brothers had originally come to this country, one of them settled in Maine, one went to the south and the third settled at Acton, Mass. I have always had a curiosity to learn our early and true history and on a visit north in 1857, I visited my cousin FRANCIS KIMBALL CRAGIN, who resides in Woburn, Mass., and there saw the result of his investigation, which was a very complete genealogy of his branch of the family from its founder, the original and only JOHN CRAGIN, who had settled and died in that town just about two centuries ago. Availing myself of his labors, I proceeded to enlarge upon the facts thus gathered, and, by writing to every possible source of information, I have been enabled to form with a few exceptions, a complete genealogy of every descendant of this original John Cragin.

"These results show that the family originated in the south of Scotland where JOHN was born about 1634. When about 16 he was pressed into the services of Charles who was terribly defeated by Cromwell in the battle of Dunbar, 5 Sept 1650, where he (John) was captured, and exported in the year 1652 as a prisoner of war with 270 other prisoners in the ship "John & Sarah," Capt. John Green, Master (see Vol.1, No.4, for Oct.1847, of the New England Historical & Gen. Register, for the list of the passengers, where his name appears as "JOHN CRAGON"), arrived at Charleston, Mass., (their?) labor was sold to defray expenses, they working three days for their masters to pay for their houses and land and money expended for them, and the other three days for themselves. Tradition says that JOHN was attacked with 'smallpox' on board ship, and would have been thrown overboard but for the earnest interference of an English woman named SARAH DAWES, who thus saved his life, and to whom he was afterwards married.

"There are a few CRAGINS in the city of New York, who are not his descendants, but have come recently from the north of Ireland and they write me that their ancestors came originally into Ireland from the south of Scotland. They are Protestants.

"Furthermore, there is an old Virginia family now in Hampshire Co., but originally from Hardy Co., who spell their name CRAIGEN, and whose ancestors originated in Scotland, but left there about a century later than John. Very probably all these sprang from the same neighborhood in Scotland.

"The following letter from the present head of this Virginia family will be read with interest. It is very curious that he speaks of his grandfather fighting loyally for Charles, being captured and sent to this country about the same time that JOHN CRAGIN settled in Acton. The writer's son is a young physician in Washington and has decided Cragin features. In this letter, MR. JACOB J. CRAIGEN speaks of ROBERT CRAIGEN, his grandfather, who had but two children, ROBERT and JOHN. John Craigen his father, was for some years High Sheriff of Hardy Co., and had but two sons, JACOB L. and GEORGE SEE (Craigen). The latter had no sons, left on a tour to Ohio and other western states about 1825, and never returned, being probably dead. Mr. Jacob J. Craigen has two sons, Dr. WM. J. of Washington City, and JOHN, a younger brother at home. Besides these two sons he has, I think, six daughters.

'Dear Sir: I received yours of the 7th inst., and am compelled to say my knowledge of my father's connections is very small. My grandfather died before I was born, and my father before I was old enough to take any interest in the matter. My mother said my grandfather was taken in some battle fighting (I judge for Charles Edward of Scotland, styled by English History as the Pretender) and sent to America. He first settled in Maryland, somewhere on or near the Patuxent, afterwards moved to Winchester, in Virginia. His name was ROBERT, he left several brothers in Scotland, and I think he was not aware of any of them ever coming to this country. My mother also said he had a large number of letters he had received from his friends, which he and also my father kept carefully locked in a chest. But sometime after my father's death, when she went to show them to me, they were gone, and I believe they were never heard of after. ROBERT CRAIGEN had but two children, ROBERT, his eldest who died without issue, and JOHN who was my father. You will see he came to this country near a century after Cromwell's time.'

"With these exceptions all of the Cragins in this country are descendants of the John Cragin who settled in Woburn, Mass. about 200 years ago, and there lived and died.

"Generally at the North the name is pronounced with the 'a' as in Crag and the 'g' hard as in the same word as if written Crag-in. The Virginia family spell and pronounce the name softer as in Craigen. By the advice of an old Scotch Schoolmaster in Mendon, Mass., the Branch of the family in that neighborhood were induced to spell the name CRAGGIN, as is still incorrectly done by some there. For myself I prefer the softer pronounciation.

"JOHN (Cragin) had but one son to bear his name and that son died at the age of 26 leaving his family to the guardianship of a Mr. BARKER. His son, JOHN, the grandson of the first JOHN, married JUDITH dau. of his guardian, and settled on a farm about a quarter of a mile south of the middle of Acton. There he had a large family of sons and daughters; when about 1766, they mostly removed to Temple, N.H., where they were among its first settlers, and from which place as a center most of the younger branches have emmigrated. This third John had an only brother who went south from Acton and settled in Mendon, Mass., and became the center of another branch of the family, who still reside mostly in that neighborhood. Before the removal to Temple, N.H. one son of the third John, named JOSEPH, had married and removed with two of his sisters (also married), to Maine, on the Kennibeck river. Here we have probably the foundation of the tradition above alluded to of three brothers, one settling in Maine, one going South, and one settling in Acton, Mass.

"In a very interesting letter from Miss HATTIE B. DINGLEY, the grand-daughter of ABIGAIL NEWELL, who is still living, and is herself the grand-daughter of JOSEPH CRAGIN, I received the following incidental information. Grandmother Newell related an incident connected with the origin of the name Cragin, which I will write you, although you may be aware of it. DOROTHY (Joseph's sister) gave it to her years ago:

'After a thirty years war in Scotland the Irish took posession permitting any of the Scotch to remain that would join their party, and many, rather than desert their cattle and lands, remained and intermarried with the Irish nobility. The greater part fled to the mountains, and lived there until they were a powerful army, and then came down and retook their lands. The name was then a combination of Irish and Scotch, being McCRAGIN.'

"This completes all that I have been able to learn of the Mendon branch of the Cragin family and the entire genealogy of JOHN CRAGIN of Woburn, Mass. I am very grateful to all those of my numerous kinsmen and kinswomen who have so promptly and kindly aided me in my work of love, for such it has been to me, and beg them to accept my very cordial thanks, and also that they will continue their kindness by sending me notice of my mistakes found in the preceding pages, and all future dates and names of births, marriages, and deaths that may occur in their several families. If the family continues to be as expansive, and, I may truly add, 'as faithful' for the coming two centuries, as it has proved itself since 1652, about which date John first arrived in Charleston, Mass., our genealogist A.D. 2052 will find here the roots and main branches of the goodly tree truly presented from which he can trace out its growth to some thousands of Cragin twigs and leaves and blossoms also, that with God's help may bless and make beautiful our country."

From south of Scotland in the "John & Mary" 1652, to Charlestown, Mass., as a prisoner of Cromwell, and sold as a slave to Thomas Kimble.

Mass. While enroute to America, he was about to be thrown overboard because he had smallpox. Because of the earnest interference of Sarah Dawes, an English woman, his life was saved. He later married her.

Settled on a farm about a quarter of a mile south of the middle of the town of Acton, where a large family of sons and daughters were born. Then, about 1766/69, they mostly removed to Temple, N.H., where they were among its first settlers, and from which place most of the younger branches emigrated. Before the move to Temple, N.H., JOSEPH CRAGIN, son of John and Judith (Barker) Cragin, had married and removed with two of his sisters (also married) to Maine on the Kennibeck river.

Dea. John selectman; signer of the Assoc. test in Temple, N.H.; served as private in N.H. troops in American Rev.; town treas., 1778-92, 1797; del. to N.H. convention, to ratify the U. S. Constitution, 1778; he was already 48 years old when the war began in 1775.

dau. of: Maj. Ephraim HEALD (1734-1815, Temple N.H.; Amer. Rev.; m. 1757 Sarah CONANT [1738-1825, John (6) m. Sarah, dau. of Jacob FARRAR; Lot Conant (7), John Conant (8), Lot Conant (9), Roger Conant (10) ].);

gr-grandau. of Lt. John HEALD (1666-1721, comd. the Concord Co. which marched to Boston to capture Gov. Andross, 1689; m. 1690, Mary CHANDLER [1671-1757, Roger Chandler (8), m. Mary SIMONDS].);

gr-gr-grandau. of John HEALD (d. 1687; m. Sarah DANE [or DEAN] 1642-1689; Thomas Dane (or Dean) (9);

(1838 - 1892, son of Arthur Starr Williamson [1797-1870, planter, York Co., S.C., Panola Co., Miss. and Memphis Tenn.] m.(1), ca. 1824 Caroline McNEIL who d. 1844;

gr-son of Samuel Williamson (1759-1815) York Co., So.Car.; m. 1783-85 Anne STARR (1759-1806);

gr-grson of James Williamson (1713-1806), from Ulster Ire. ca. 1720, to York & Chester Cos., Pa.; to Chester & York Cos., SC; elder Bull Run (later Purity) ch., on Bull Run Creek;

Grad. Jefferson Medical College, Phila.; plantation owner, nr Sardis, Miss.; Phys., Panola Co., Miss. and Fort Smith, Ark; Capt. 12th Miss. Regt., CSA;

Joseph Cragin, a son of John & Judith (Barker) Cragin married some time prior to ca. 1766-69 (when the family moved to Temple, N.H.) and he, his wife & two sisters (who were also married) moved to Maine, settling on the Kennibeck river.

Charles Hartwell Cragin, A.M. M.D., of Georgetown, D.C., writes a letter 16 Feb 1862, in which he mentions a letter from Miss Hattie B. DINGLEY granddau. of Abigail NEWELL "who is still living, and is herself the granddau. of JOSEPH CRAGIN." She also mentions "DOROTHY (Joseph's sister)" giving her information.

John Cragin (1701-1794) is said to have had an only brother, who went south from Acton and settled in Mendon, Mass., and became the center of another branch of the family, who still reside mostly in that neighborhood.[4]

dau. of BENJ. CRAGIN (s/o AMOS CRAGIN 1741-1777, and Ruth STAPLES), & Azubah HILL (d/o Moses Hill, & wife Sinah Robinson 1759-1851)

CRAGGIN, John 16 & over (b.1774 & bef.), with 2 fem. (including hd of fam.);2 w/m 16 & over;

CRAGGIN, Benja 16 & over (b.1774 & bef.), with 2 fem. (including hd of fam.); 1 w/m 16 & over; 2 w/m

CRAGGIN, Francis 16 & over (b.1774 & bef.), with 3 fem. (includ. hd of fam.); 2 w/m 16 & over;

Benjamin Cragin responded to the Lexington Alarm from Temple, N.H., and served as lieutenant in Capt. Parker's Co. at the Battle of Bennington.

".... This mill was at a later day given up as a cloth mill, and was changed to a grist mill and a door knob factory. Mr. JOHN NEWELL, born in Brookline 30 Aug 1824, bought it, probably about 1845. He took it down and built, a few rods south of the old foundation, the mill which is now owned by Mr. Colburn. Mr. Newell carried on a cabinet shop there for several years. MR. DANIEL CRAGIN, now of Wilton, served about three years there as Mr. Newell's apprentice, after which he bought the shop, about the year 1857, and Mr. Newell removed to Hancock. Mr. Cragin engaged in the business but a little more than a year, and then sold out and removed to Wilton."

Called "Sergt Francis Cragin", and gr-gr-gr-Grandfa. of Mrs. Grace Greenhalgh Eversman. (DAR Lineage Vol.59, p.185, Nat.#13641 & 20918)

Francis "Craggin" was a householder of Hillsborough Co., N.H., in 1790. He was 16 years or older (b. on or before 1774), with a wife & 2 other females, 2 males 16 or older, and 4 males under 16 yrs (b.1774-90)

Two other householders in the same area, who might be relatives, were a JOHN CRAGGIN, and BENJA CRAGGIN. These two were in the same age grouping as Francis Cragin (Craggin).

Note: Amos Partridge (1758-1844) was placed on a pension roll 1832, for svc. as private in the Mass. and N.H. troops.

He was born in Menden, Mass., and died in Ogdensburg, N.Y. (Probably this Amos was the father of Amos S. Partridge?)

This is an old Virginia family, now in Hampshire Co. (formed originally from Hardy Co.), who spell their name "CRAIGEN." Their ancestors came originally from Scotland, but left there about a century later than JOHN CRAGIN (1st), or ca. 1750. The present head of the family (1862) is JACOB J. CRAIGEN, who gives the following information on his family: (see letter from Green Spring Run, Hampshire Co., Va.)

Fought for Charles (prob. Edward of Scotland), was captured and sent to this country about the same time that JOHN CRAGIN settled in Acton. He came from Scotland in the Johnson, from Liverpool, England, to Port Oxford, Md., arriving 17 July 1747.

He first settled in Maryland, somewhere on or near the Patuxent, and then he moved on to Winchester, in Virginia. He left several brothers in Scotland, and had a large number of letters he had received from his friends, which he kept carefully locked in a chest. He had two children.

Robert Craigen is included in the 1790 census, Frederick Co., Va., with four whites.

Jacob Craigen, of Hardy Co., Va., and Eliza S. PARSONS, of this city, were married in Hampshire Co., Va., 3 April 1833, by the Rev. Mr. Martin.[6]

(i) William J. Craigen, Dr.,

of Washington, D.C.

(ii) John Craigen "the younger",

at home.

(iii) dau.

(iv) dau.

(v) dau.

(vi) dau.

(vii) dau.

(viii) dau.

(2) George See Craigen, b. (unkn)

d. (unkn)

He left on a tour to Ohio ca. 1825, and never returned.

Census records for Ohio (1820 thru 1850) reveal the name (or variations of the name) of CRAGUN. Although there were others, the following are perhaps the ones of most interest to this family:

(1820) CRAIGHOEN, Andrew Butler Co., Ric. tp

CREAIN, Jeremiah " , Ham. tp

CREGIN, Eleanor Miami Co., SC. tp

(1830) CRAUGHAN, Isaac Franklin Co., Mad. tp

" Abraham " "

(1840) CARAGIN, Susannah Adams Co., Fra. tp

CIRGAN, J. Athens Co., Lee tp

CARIGAN, James Brown Co., Hun. tp

" John " "

CREAGEN, Joseph Brown Co., Ste. tp

CRACKEN, John Carroll Co., Per. tp

CROCKEN, William Clark Co., Per. tp

CACKEN, Eliza Delaware Co., Con. tp

CRAGLAN, Jas. Fairfield Co., Ber. tp

CREGLAN, Solomon " Per. tp

CRAIGLONE, David " Hoc. tp.

CROCHAN, I. Franklin Co., Mad. tp.

CROCHAN, E. Greene Co., Xen. tp

" N. " "

" Thos. " Sug. tp.

CACKINS, Vincent Guernsey Co., Spe. tp.

CAUSAN, John " "

CARRIGAN, Stephen Hamilton Co., Cincin.

CROGHAN, Benj. " "

CAUGER, Patrick " Fla. tp.

CARRAGEN, Thos. Henry Co., Nap. tp.

CROGON, ----? " "

CROUGHEN, Jas. Jefferson Co., Sal. tp.

CAGENS (?), Samuel Knox Co., Che. tp.

CAGGINS, Jonathan " But. tp.

" Jos. " "

CRAGGEN, ----? Lorain Co., Pen. tp.

CRAGIN, ----? " Lag. tp.

CARAGAN, Johnston Muskingum Co., Ada. tp

(1850) CRAGEN, Charlotte Cuyahoga Co., Cleve. Ward 1

" Lewis " Cleve. Ward 1

CRAGON, Bridget " Cleve. Ward 2

CRAGAN, Aurora Erie Co., Portland

" James " "

Guernsey Co., Cumberland, Spencer twp, 29 July 1850 (262:262)

CRAGUN, Joshua 30 "tinner" b. Ohio

Augusta 32 (f) b. ---

Mary E. 3 b. ---

Tucker, Wm 38 b. Ind.

CRAGAN, Patrick Hamilton Co., Cin. Ward 1

CRAIGLON, Solomon Hocking Co., Perry tp

CRAGIN, Priscilla Lorain Co., Carlisle

CROGAN, Larry" "

CRAGHLAN, Catherine " Elyria

CRAGGIN, Benjm N. Lorain Co., Grafton

" Charles C. " "

CRAGIN, Benjn " Lagrange

CRAGEN, Ellen Montgomery Co., Dayton, Ward 4

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ONEIDA COMMUNITY, Land Records Wouldn't Help Here!, by Eleanor Myers.

(National Genealogical Society, V.54 (1966), pp.193-210)

"In 1847 the Town of Lenox, Madison County, New York, became the home of a group of adherents to the religious creed of Perfectionism. Today all home-makers know the end result of this religious experiment as the Oneida Community Ltd., makers of fine silverware and silver tableware. John Humphrey Noyes, the acknowledged leader of this group, was born in West Brattleboro, Vermont, in 1811, the eldest son of John and Polly Noyes. ...

"There upon 386 acres this group became self-supporting in a communal type of living ... prospered from the beginning in their business operations. Preservation of fruits and vegetables for sale to the outside world, tree nurseries, trapmaking, printing, silk manufacture and machine shops were someof the activities engaged in. ..."

(1855 Census, 2 July, Town of Lenox, Co. of Madison, New York)

CRAGIN, George, ae 46, b. Mass., wid., Publisher, res. here 6 yrs.

CRAGIN, George E., ae 15, b. N.Y., farmer, res. here 6 yrs.

CRAGIN, John H., ae 10, b. Vt., res. here 6 yrs.

(1865 Census, 1 June, (same)

CRAGIN, Charles A., ae 23, b. Vt., unmd, trap Maker.

CRAGIN, John H., ae 20, b. Vt., unmd, bag maker.

(1875 Census, 18 June, (same)

CRAGIN, George E., ae 35, b. N.Y.City, unmd., Physician.

CRAGIN, Chas. (A.), ae 33, b. Vermont, unmd., Mech Engineer

CRAGIN, Viola, ae 11/12, b. Madison,

CRAGIN, John H., ae 30, b. Vermont, unmd., Book Keeper

CALEB CRAGUN FAMILY, England, Ireland, America.

CALEB CRAGUN (first gen.)

b.ca. 1700, Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England

d. (unkn)

He resided near the home of Oliver Cromwell. Caleb Cragun moved to Ireland where he married an "Irish lady". They had a son PATRICK CRAGUN.

PATRICK CRAGUN (second gen.)

b.ca. 1743/45, in Northern Ireland.

d. (date unkn), in Va. Tradition tells that some years later his remains were brought to Indiana, and reburied near Whitestown in Boone Co., in a field of a farm near ENOCH CRAGUN, Sr.'s old farm.

JOHNATHAN O. Q. CRAGUN wrote (date unkn) "Our great grandfather PATRICK CRAGUN is buried near Whitestown, Ind. I saw where he was buried some five years ago while I was in Indiana."

Some descendants of Enoch Cragun (son of ELISHA CRAGUN, 1786) stated that they had visited a cemetery at Whitestown, Indiana, and had seen the graves of Patrick Cragun & his son, Elisha Cragun. They said that the cemetery had no name and is in the church yard there.[1]

A trip was made to Whitestown, Ind., in Aug. 1964, by JEAN CRAGUN TOMBAUGH of Rochester, Ind., and a search of four graveyards was made. There were many Cragun graves, but none for our Patrick Cragun. Many were found that were impossible to read, and many that were broken off and the inscription missing. Only one cemetery had no name, and appeared to be very old indeed. It was just off the road enclosed with wire fence. I believe the twp is Eagle twp, and the cemetery is located about two miles south of Whitestown, on the left (east) side after crossing a small bridge. There was no church, although there might have been one originally.

married 1st - ROSE MARY ABBEY (born ca. 1852)

(research by Homer McCarty)

married 2nd - HANNAH ---- and/or ELSEY --

The home of Patrick Cragun was on Indian Creek, about 10 miles below Bristol, Va-Tenn, and near Bluff City, Tenn. He received a grant of 170 acres from the state of Tennessee on 10 Nov. 1784. He sold 164 acres lying on Indian Creek, Tenn., to CHARLES BARNETTE, 19 Feb. 1812. This Indenture shows his name as "PATRICK CREGGAN". As "PATRICK CREGAN" he helped in building a road in 1795, in old Sullivan County, Tenn. Sullivan county was created out of the northern part of Washington county, by the N.Car. legislature in October 1779. Most of the original records of Sullivan county were destroyed 22 Sept 1863 when a shell from a Federal Battery hit the Sullivan Courthouse at Blountsville, setting it afire and destroying County Court Minutes and Marriages from 1780, and also records of Wills.

The children of Patrick Cragun appear in Franklin County in 1814, where ELISHA CRAGUN entered land. It is not known for certain when Patrick Cragun, their father, came to Indiana. Patrick Cragun had ten (maybe 11) children all certain except the last one. ISAAC CRAIGAN (1785 Vir); ELISHA CRAGUN (1786); JOHN CRAGON (1787); TYRESHA CRAGUN (1789); LYDIA CRAGAN (1791); HANNAH CRAGUN (1795); CALEB CRAGAN (1796 TN); JOSHUA CRAGUN (1796 TN); ELIZABETH CRAGUN (b. 1 May 1799); SYREN CRAGUN (13 Aug 1801); and possibly another son LUCIUS CRAGUN (res. in New York).

Of these children, Isaac Craigan & his descs settled in Cass Co., Ind. Elisha Cragun and family went west with the Mormons to Utah. John Cragon family were found to have settled in Tenn., and Caleb Cragun was in Franklin Co., Ind. in 1819, where he entered land. Joshua Cragun and his twin, Caleb Cragun, were tax payers of Brookville twp, Franklin Co., Ind., in 1828. Joshua Cragun later removed to Cass Co., Ind., and was in Howard Co., Ind. by 1860. Elizabeth Cragun and her brother Syren Cragun went west to Utah, 21 Jan 1846.

Children:

1. ISAAC CRAIGAN, b. ca. 1785, Virginia; d. ca. 1857 Cass Co., Ind.

m. ESTHER L. CORNWELL, 1817

2. ELISHA CRAGAN, b. 22 Feb 1786, Virginia/Tenn.; d. 1847, Iowa

m. MARY OSBORNE, 1811

3. JOHN CRAGAN, b. ca. 1787, Tenn.; d. ----

m. ELIZABETH (....)

4. TYRESHA CRAGUN, b. ca. 1789, Tenn.; d. ----

m. ----

5. LYDIA CRAGAN, b. ca. 1791, Tenn.; d. ----

m. JAMES HICKS, 1819, Franklin Co., Ind.

6. HANNAH CRAGUN, b. ca. 1795, Tenn.; d. ----

m. (----) MELTON

7. CALEB CRAGAN (twin), b. 1796, Tenn.; d. ca. 1838, Franklin Co., Ind.

m. SARAH JAMES, 1820, Franklin Co., Ind.

8. JOSHUA CRAIGEN (twin), b. 1796, Tenn.; d. 1874, Howard Co., Ind.

m. SALLY RADER, 1822, Franklin Co., Ind.

9. ELIZABETH CRAGUN, b. 1 May 1799, Tenn.; d. ----

(unmd)

10. SYREN CRAGUN, b. 13 Aug 1801, Tenn.; d. ----

m. ----

11. LUCIUS CRAGUN, b. 1803, Tenn.; d.----

m. ----

12. WILLIAM F. CRAGIN,[2] b. 1819, Va/Tenn.; d. ----

m. ELIZA CASTEEL, 1843.

(Res. of Hancock Co., Ind. 1850 and 1860)

PATRICK CRAGUN'S MIGRATION TO AMERICA

Versions of Patrick Cragun's migration to America vary. The first one, by Homer McCarty, was forwarded by letter 25 July 1962, by LUCY C. FOULGER (Mrs. WALTON E. FOULGER), to JEAN (CRAGUN) TOMBAUGH of Rochester, Ind.:

"In Ireland Patrick Cragun's parents bound him out to a saddler for a number of years to learn the trade. Hearing much of that wonderful America to which so many people were going, Pat became obsessed with the desire to go there too. Without saying anything to his parents or his boss, he left the work bench and made his way to the sea. Fortunately a ship ready to sail for America lay anchored in the harbor.

"It seems in those days it was the custom of sea captains to pick up run-away boys and hold them on their ships for service for a number of years. Pat had heard of the practice and was too wise to be caught in such a trap. He made himself acquainted with the ship's master, obtained favors from him, and was able to make the voyage still a free boy (he thought). He was about 12 years of age at the time.

"However, once he had the boy on board, the Captain had views of his own regarding Pat. When the ship reached America, the Captain would not allow the boy to leave the ship. The night before the ship was to leave on its return trip to Ireland, Pat jumped overboard. It was a desperate attempt but it was also his only chance. Pat was a good swimmer for a boy, and reached the shore safely. There he hid himself in some long ricks of lumber, and remained in his hiding place nearly three days.

"The Captain searched his ship, then searched the shore for Pat. He made inquiries of the men at the lumber ricks, but no one had seen anything of a run-a-way boy. At length, concluding the boy had drowned trying to reach the shore, the captain hoisted anchor and sailed away. When the ship was fading out of sight, Pat came out of his hiding place more dead than alive, but still a free boy. And now he was in a free country.

"Patrick grew to manhood in South-west Virginia. Family tradition has this to say of him: That in early manhood he went to Massachusetts and became one of the 'Indians' who threw the English tea into Boston harbor. A genealogical history of S.W. Virginia states that one Patrick Cragun had been arrested the fourth time by the King's officers for his revolutionary tendencies. Patrick Cragun and wife, HANNAH, raised a family of eight children. Nothing much is known of them except as to ELIJAH CRAGUN and LYDIA CRAGUN."

A second version, as told by J.O.Q. CRAGUN, and retold by EVA CRAGUN HEINER, was sent by LUCY C. FOULGER (MRS. WALTON E. FOULGER) to JEAN CRAGUN TOMBAUGH 25 July, 1962:

"Late one November evening in 1931 an elderly gentleman and his son knocked at my door, and introduced themselves as distant relatives from Minneapolis, Minn. The elder man was JONATHAN O. Q. CRAGUN, a professor of Phrenology, and his son LELAND CRAGUN. They were on their way to California to spend the winter. They were anxious to meet their relatives along the way, and to get any genealogy that we had of the Craguns. I too was anxious to get some genealogy and soon discovered that this dear old gentleman at the age of 78 years had a very keen mind.

"They were our guests for several days and related many interesting things to us. J.O.Q CRAGUN was well informed on Mormonism. He said that his father had been a devout Latter Day Saint, having died at Nauvoo on the treck to Utah. His mother never joined the Church but went north after his father's death. This accounts for the indifference of most of that family.

"It is from this distant relative that I am able to give the following account of our g.g.grandfather, PATRICK CRAGUN."

"CALEB CRAGUN is the first ancestor that we have any knowledge of and he was born in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England, near the home of OLIVER CROMWELL, about 1700. He moved to Ireland, marrying an Irish lady. Their son Patrick, born 1745 or 1746 had a most interesting life and was closely connected with our American government in its making. I should like to give you a brief sketch of his life as it was told to me by J.O.Q.C.

"Patrick Cragun had a great desire to come to America, so he, with 40 other Irishmen obtained a sailing vessel and provisions sufficient and more than enough to last the journey through. They sailed along and all went well until in mid-ocean a current, together with the trade-winds, sent their ship sailing to the calms around Cuba. The pecularity of these calms is that not a breeze stirs for weeks at a time.

"Here their ship floated and they waited. They were careful of their provisions but no breeze came to carry them on and they were not prepared for any such happenings. Gradually the food supply was gone, and they resorted to eating candles, boiled ropes and anything at all. Some of the men became prostrated. Others, with their tongues hanging out of their mouths, were savage. One day when hope was about despaired of, someone saw a steamship in the distance and made some feeble attempts to attract their attention. This proved successful. It was an English ship and friendly too. The crew came aboard the ill-fated vessel, bound the men with strong cord and carried them onto their own ship, keeping them bound and nursing them, gradually increasing their diet until they became well. Great wisdom was shown in keeping them bound in their savage starved-state until they were well.

"This English ship brought them on to America about the time that Mother England was demanding a tax on everything. Patrick Cragun became a citizen of the United States by choice, and naturally he became concerned with the way England was treating the Colonies. Many meetings were held in Old Faneuil Hall in Boston to discuss the tax problems and he attended those meetings.

"In March 1770, after the king's troops had been in the town for nearly a year, there occurred a scrimage in which seven soldiers fired into a crowd of townspeople, killing five and wounding several others.

"Many interesting incidents occurred. England insisted upon Americans paying taxes, but the Americans resisted. Finally, ships laden with tea were sent from England in the autumn of 1775, to Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Charlestown, and consignees were appointed to receive the tea. This was purely a political trick of King George III, and a way of saying 'what are you going to do about it?'. In the other cities they were forced to accept it, but not in Boston where they were under Samuel Adams who knew that he was backed by public opinion of the whole continent, and they did not accept it. Patrick Cragun was in the midst of this excitement and together with a small party of men, some of the best towns-folk, disguised as Indians, ripped open the tea chests and spilled their contents into the ocean. It was a formal defiance to the King and was so accepted.

"Patrick had four sons, JOSHUA who was killed in the Mexican war under General Scott at Vera Cruez[3]; CALEB, lived in North Indiana and of whom we have no record; ELISHA the third son and our great-grandfather, joined the L.D.S. church and began to treck west, but he died and was buried in Nauvoo with two of his children who died at that time; the fourth son LUCIUS, lived in New York and had two sons both eminent physicians.

"Our great-grandfather, Elisha Cragun who died at the beginning of the treck west, had a family of whom we know little. Two of his sons JAMES CRAGUN, the eldest, who married one of the Lane girls, joined the church and came west with his younger brother SIMEON CRAGUN, suffering the many tribulations but always happy to be one of the Pioneers. James fought in the Civil war under General Lott Smith and was called to Pioneer St.George country in the fall of 1863, but later moved his family to Cache Valley where he lived and became an active church and civic worker up there. The youngest son, Simeon Cragun, was born on the banks of the Platte River. The covered wagon company waited over one day, then the mother cared for her infant son from then on."

A third version was prepared by Merlin J. Stone, 20 April 1912, Ogden, Utah, which gives the following information:

"PATRICK CRAGUN, the earliest of the name that we trace to, was born about 1726[4] in Ireland and came to America when 18 years of age. He married a Holland lady (some say she was French) and lived north and made brick before the war. He enlisted in the Revolutionary war at age of 50, and served through the whole war. He helped to throw the 'tea' overboard in the Boston Harbor. He was a weaver and after the war settled near Nashville, Tenn. Children of Patrick Cragun were Caleb Cragun and Joshua Cragun (twins), Isaac Cragun, Elisha Cragun, John Cragun who went to North Carolina, and Hannah Cragun."

Research by Col. (Ret.) Henry D. CRAGON of Birmingham, Alabama, disclosed that an ELISHA CRAGEN was in nearby Russell County, Va., in 1810; an ISAAC CRAGAN was there also in 1814, 1817 & 1820; and a JOSHUA CRAGUN, residence unknown in May 1817, who visited his brother Isaac a few hours after Isaac's marriage in Russell County, Va. Col. (Ret.) Henry D. Cragon is a descendant of JOHN CRAGON, brother of Isaac, Elisha & Joshua.

Jonathan Shideler had a sister, Elizabeth N., who married Zachariah Cragun, son of Joshua and grandson of Patrick Cragun, Sr.

Indenture dated 3 March 1865, conveys real estate in Cass Co., Ind., from JOSEPH HILL and MARY HILL his wife, of Cass Co., Ind., to JONATHAN SHIDLER of same[11].

bur.: Olive Branch cem. southwest corner, Methodist Episcopal church on Mill Creek. Murphy's family burial ground[12]

Res. of Patrick S. Cragan, & wife Lydia, in 1860 was Harrison twp, Cass Co., Ind. This family included children: Cyrus Cragan ae 2, and Anna E. ae 1. Also with them was ESTHER CRAGAN, age 80 b. NCar, who was the widowed mother of Patrick S. Cragan.

Patrick S. Craigan of Cass Co., Ind., sold to Elijah W. Cornwell of Hamilton Co., Ohio, 80 acres in Cass Co., 26 Sept 1852; recorded 20 June 1853, at Logansport, Ind. Then on 3 Oct 1863, Alvin M. Higgins of Cass Co., Ind., conveys 60 a. of real estate in Pulaski Co., Ind. to Patrick S. Cragan.

On 23 Aug 1862, Patrick S. Cragan and his brother Caleb (both of Cass Co. Ind.) bought land in Cass Co., from JAMES MONTGOMERY, JR. and his wife MARTHEO (of Fulton co., Ind.) recorded 21 Sept 1863. Martheo was a sister of Patrick S. & Caleb Cragan.

Also, on 3 Oct 1863, Patrick S., his brother Caleb J. & Caleb's wife Lydia V. Cragan (of Cass Co., Ind.) sell land in Cass Co., to Barnard J. Burch (of Cass Co.); recorded 3 Oct 1863.[13]

He was of Cass Co., Ind. on 6 Oct 1863, when he bought real estate in Pulaski Co., Ind., at Francesville, from Alvin M. Higgins of Cass Co., Ind. The real estate was in Pulaski Co.

res. Delong, Aubbee twp, Fulton Co., Ind.; Civil War svc Co.A 155th Regt, organized in Indpls 18 April 1865.

m. Lesley F. JAMES (1912-1966, Leiters Ford IOOF cem., Aubbee twp, Fulton Co., Ind.)

d. Wed., 22 March 1967, ae 81, at Parkview hospital, Plymouth,Ind res. of Delong, Ind.; bur. to be Leiters Ford cem., Fulton Co., Ind., a son of William and Finetta (Cragan) Robinson.

His obituary gives survivors: two daus, Mrs. Everett MURHLING of Kewanna, Ind., and Mrs. Madonna KELLY of Bradenton, Flo.; two sons, L. O. Robinson of Indianapolis, and Bill Robinson of South Bend, Ind.; a bro., Don Robinson of Peru, Ind.; four sisters, Mrs. George MAMLEY of Huntington, Ind., Mrs. Ray WOLFRAM of South Bend, Ind., Mrs. Mary COPLEN of Bloomington, Ind., and Mrs. Seth CARPENTER of Peru, Ind.; also 13 grandchildren.[21]

married: Nora DECK, 19 Oct 1904, at Maxinkuckee, Ind.[22] dau. of John and Carrie (Taylor) Deck

m. Elijah Gordon COPELAND, 19 June 1924, by James Milton Williams, Min. of M.E. Church,

b. 18 Feb 1895 Clay Co., Ind., son of Joseph (b.TN) and Jane A. (Gordon) Copeland

Caleb J. Cragan, his brother Patrick S. & wife Lidy V. Cragan, all of Cass Co., Ind., convey land in Cass Co., 3 Oct 1863. On the same day they purchased land in Pulaski Co., Ind., from Alvin M. Higgins. The land in Cass Co., appears to have been the same land conveyed to Caleb J. and his brother Patrick S. Cragan, by their sister & brother-in-law Martheo and James MONTGOMERY, Jr. of Fulton Co., Ind., 23 Aug 1862.

b. 18 June 1825 in Ohio, a son of Joseph & Elizabeth "Esther" (Jenkins) Hill, Cass Co., Ind.

Soon after the marriage of Joseph W. and Mary (Cragon) Hill, they removed to Fulton county. Two years later they returned to Cass County where they resided until 1863, at which time they returned to Fulton Co., and remained in that place for thirteen years. Their last move was to Starke County, Ind., where he died several years later.[9]

Joseph (W.) Hill ae 36 (Ohio) and his wife Mary ae 29 (Ind), were householders of Cass Co., Ind., Harrison twp, in the 1860 census. Their five children (ages 10 to 2 yrs & all b. in Ind.) were with them: Patrick, John, Marshall, Isaac and Edwin?

dau. of Archibald E. Hudkins, Sr. (d. 16 Aug 1886, ae 69y-9m-(10?)d) and wife, Sarah (----) Hudkins (d. 16 Jan 1885, ae 63y-7m-24d); both bur. in Shaffer cem., Union twp, Fulton Co., Ind.

3. Sadie Hill, b. Aug 1879, Kewanna, Fulton Co., Ind. "dau. of P.U. and A. Hill"; d. 15 Jan 1881,

His residence in 1880 was in Union twp, and he was a "mason". Some records of 1896 indicate that he was living in Rochester city, at Plum and Monroe streets, with three children entered in school.

He was a res. of Rochester city in 1880, a cooper ae 25, with his wife Sarah (ae 22), and two sons, Melvin & Edward. These two children were in school in Rochester in 1896, but not found in latter years.

b. 1877 Ind., dau. of Zachariah Tailor Priest & wife Laura, of Rochester twp, 1870 & 1880.

d. 5 Sept 1910, ae 54 years, at the home of his son, Walter, in South Bend, Ind. (see obit.)

He was a farmer and carpenter, and operated a saw-mill at Leiters Ford.Isaac (C.) Hill ae 24, and wife Rebecca ae 20 are included in the census records of Aubbee twp in 1880. There were no children listed. School Enumeration lists, cemetery records, and the two documents on the following pages, give names of their children.

b. 28 Jan 1860 in Ind.; dau. of Hiram Lunsford and his first wife, Rebecca (Moore) Lunsford, natives of Ohio, who settled in Pulaski Co., Ind., 3-1/2 m. south-east of Monterey.[18]

7. (white fem.) --------- b. 25 Oct 1895; "ch. of Isaac Hill & Rebecca Lunsford Hill", Fulton Co., Ind. Birth Records.

This might be the Ruby, ae 7, who was signed into school in 1903 by Isaac Hill. N.f.r.

OBITUARY. "ISAAC HILL, a resident of the Leiters vicinity, died Monday afternoon, 5 Sept at the home of his son, WALTER, at South Bend. Some time since Mr. Hill suffered a stroke of paralysis from which he never recovered and following came the second stroke on Monday, which caused his death. The deceased was born 29 Feb 1856, being 54 years old at the time of his death. He grew to manhood in the near vicinity of Leiters, and was at the time of his death vice-president of the Leiters bank. He was also ex-trustee of Aubbeenaubbee twp, and was well and popularly known throughout the county.

"He leaves two sons, WALTER of South Bend, and ELMER who resides in the state of Washington. Besides the two sons, there are four brothers and three sisters, MARSH and JOHN HILL of this city, being the brothers of the deceased.

"Since the death of his wife, which occurred some eight years ago, he resided with Mr. & Mrs. Al Yelton at Leiters, and was actively engaged in various business pursuits at the time of his death.

"The funeral will be held Friday afternoon at the Methodist church in Leiters. The exact hour for the service has not been set because it is not known when the son from Washington will arrive."

Elia W. Peattie, History of United States, Indiana and Fulton County, 1896, p.85.

"ISAAC C. HILL was born in Union township, Cass Co., Ind., 29 Feb 1856. His parents were JOSEPH and MARY (CRAGON) HILL. His father was a native of Cass county, Ind., and a son of JOSEPH and ELIZABETH HILL, who were pioneer settlers of Cass county. Soon after the marriage of Joseph Hill and Mary Cragon, they came to Fulton County. Two years later they returned to Cass County, where they resided until 1863, in which year they returned to Fulton county, and here lived for thirteen years and then moved to Starke county, where he died several years later. His wife preceded him in death.

"They had twelve children, viz: PATRICK, JOHN, MARSHALL, ISAAC C., EDWARD, CALEB, JOSEPHINE, LUCINDA, ETTA, MILO, MOLLIE and MINNIE.

"Isaac C. Hill began the battle of life for himself at the age of seventeen years. He learned the carpenter's trade, and has followed this, together with farming, all his life. He was married in 1878 to REBECCA, daughter of HIRAM LUMSFORD, Esq., of Pulaski County. For five years after Mr. Hill's marriage he resided in Union township, this county, but since then he has resided in Aubbeenaubbee township. He has operated with success a saw-mill at Leiters Ford; owns a good farm and is in prosperous circumstances.

"Mr. Hill is a firm democrat in politics, and in 1890 was elected trustee of his township. As trustee he served five years with satisfaction to the people. Both he and his wife are members of the Baptist church, and they number among the leading families of their community."

m.(2nd), Matilda M. REASONER, 17 Nov 1895, by R. W. Barton, Pastor M.E. church, Hamlet; wit. by J.C. and Ellen Reasoner; at home, Knox, Ind.; her age next bthday 22, and his 32; her first m., and his second m.

b.ca. 1874 Benton Co., Ohio; dau. of J. C. Reasoner & wife Ellen (Weed) Reasoner, of Starke Co., Ind.[21]

m. William "Bill" WILLSON, 29 March 1888 Starke Co., Ind., by C. J. Corbin, minister[22]

Native of Germany, who came to America before the Rev. War, and served as a pvt from Pennsylvania, under General Greene.

He moved to Logansport, Ind. about 1836, and lived with his children till his death.[25]

Jacob Yantis moved to Graves Co., Ky, in Dec 1845, then in Nov. 1857 he moved to Harrison twp, Sect 14, Cass Co., Ind. They are known to have had at least five children.

(H) BENJAMIN F. YANTIS, b. 2 Feb 1831, Spencer Co., Ky; son of Aaron & Martha (Cochran) Yantis

Benjamin F. moved to Logansport, Cass Co., Ind. about 1836, remaining for two years; then to Clay twp, Cass Co., Ind., until about 1841 when he moved once again to Bethlehem twp, Cass Co., Ind. He remained there until his death.

b. 21 May 1834, Washington Co., Pa.; dau. of JOSEPH & ESTHER ELIZABETH "Hester" (JENKINS) HILL, natives of Washington Co., Penn. & Jefferson Co., Ohio respectively. They came to Fulton Co., Ind. 1852, where her mother died 1873. The father came to Cass Co., Ind. 1873, and died there.

(age 15 years, dau. of Isaac & Esther Craigan of Clay twp, Cass Co., Ind. in census record of 1850.

James Montgomery, Jr. (ae 23) and wife Martha (20), were residents of Wayne twp, Fulton Co., Ind., in 1860 census records, with a son Tilman M. Montgomery ae 1 year.

In 1862 (Aug 23) James Montgomery, Jr. and Martheo, his wife, of Fulton Co., Ind. convey to Caleb and Patrick Cragun of Cass Co., Ind., forty acres in Cass Co., Ind. This land was later sold by Caleb and Patrick Cragun to Barnard J. Burch of Cass Co., Ind., on 3 Oct 1863.

(ae 13 years, dau. of Isaac & Esther Craigan of Clay twp, Cass Co.Ind. in census record of 1850)

bur. St.Johns (or Old Shideler) cem., Clinton twp, Cass Co., Ind. in south-west 1/4 sec.3

He entered the army in July 1862, enlisting in the 55th Ind. Infty, 100-days' men. After his service ended he returned to Cass Co., Ind. and entered the clothing business at Logansport in partnership with G. R. Thomas. He purchased his partner's interest in 1867, and he continued in this line of work until 1882.[29]

Elisha was an early settler of Franklin Co., Ind., purchasing land in Metamora twp as "Elisha Cragan" in 1814; and in Butler twp as "Elisha Cragon" in 1814. Another tract book entry calls him "Elisha Cragun (Sept 5, 1814). Elish Craigen was a taxpayer of Brookville twp in 1817; and Elisha Cragun was a householder in the town of Brookville in 1820 census, of Richland, Rush Co., Ind. in 1830, and of Eagle twp, Boone Co., Ind. in 1840. He sold land to Washington St.Clair 8 Sept 1845 in Boone Co., Ind.[30]

Eva (Cragun) Heiner's fine book on the Cragun family tells that Elisha Cragun and his son, Hiram, cleared away the fine black walnut trees on their heavily timbered farm land, and burned them in piles to get rid of them.

Elisha Cragun and his whole family were converted and baptized to the Latter-day Church of Jesus Christ in 1843, except the eldest daughter who had married and moved away. They were baptized in a stream called "Jackson's Run" which flows through the Pleasant View Church yard. His wife had died in 1844, Elisha sold his land in 1845, and then made his way to Nauvoo where he died. This was where more than 600 members of the church died in the winter of 1846-47.[31]

b. 17 Dec 1790 in Russell Co., Va.; a dau. of James & Mary (Whitaker) Osborn, slave & land owners of Virginia.

bur. on the farm, by the side of a dau., Abigail, who died three days later, 17 Dec 1844.

At the time a large walnut tree marked the spot, but now it is impossible to find the place.

August J. Reifel, History of Franklin Co., Ind., Indianapolis, B. F. Bowen & Co., 1915, p.187, 95

Eva (Cragun) Heiner's book on the Cragun & Ellis family (p.38-39) tells that Rebecca (Cragun) Beaman and her husband, Aaron, seem to have been in Iowa with the Mormon group. However, the two sons evidently returned to Indiana. This was indicated in a letter written 4 Jan 1909 from Chicago, Ill., by Dr. Wiley Moroni Cragun, who was studying medicine, and visited Elisha Beaman (son of Rebecca) who was living in the country seven miles from Lebanon, Ind. The letter said: "This man is seventy-two years old and is one of the party who turned back when they reached Council Bluffs, Iowa."

son of: Greenberry Mayfield (b. 1828 Ky) & Elenor (Mahawn) Mayfield, who moved to Boone Co., Ind., from Whitley Co., Ky, sometime between 1860 and 1880. Greenberry Mayfield was a son of Isaac Mayfield Sr. (1804 KY - betw 1870 & 1880) and Margaret "Peggy" (Snyder) Mayfield, of Whitley Co., KY. Isaac & Margaret "Peggy" (Snyder) Mayfield also had a son, Peter Mayfield, who was the grandfather of Iva (Mayfield) Cragun (Mrs. John Beach Cragun, Chicago, Ill.)[34]

He and his wife & children moved to Utah in 1849 in the Ezra T. Benson Co., known as the 5th company. That year James was called to go to Utah county to help fight the Indians who attacked the people sent to settle the Provo area. James was gone three months, and during that time his wife and five children were living in South Salt Lake (Mill Creek Ward) and endured many hardships.

Martha Cragun Cox, dau. of James & Eleanor (Lane) Cragun, tells the following: "I do not know just when the Elisha Cragun family moved from Virginia to Indiana, but it must have been earlier than the coming of the Lanes, Yates and Lincoln families, for my father was born in Indiana while my mother, Eleanor Lane's family was still in Kentucky. Her grandfather, Lambert Lane, was born in England and emigrated to America with his parents when he was about 12 years old." Eleanor Lane Cragun remembers living on the banks of the Susquehanna River opposite the home of Abraham Lincoln's parents.[35]

He became a school teacher in Kentucky and later in Missouri. He decided to join a group of gold seekers leaving for California. He caught mountain fever on the journey and because of weakened condition he stopped in Salt Lake, and here he found his cousins, the Craguns.

Lydia Margaret, as a girl of 11 years, came across the plains in a covered wagon with her parents, in Ezra T. Benson's company. They left in July 1849 and arrived in Utah in October the same year. They settled on a farm in Mill Creek in southeastern Salt Lake Valley.

After her marriage to James H. McCarty, they settled on a farm in Mill Creek, where three whildren were born, then they moved south to Mountainville or Alpine where Uncle David McOlney resided. James Hardwick McCarty went with Lydia's father and brothers to guard Johnston's army and keep them from entering Salt Lake City.

He was of slight build, mild disposition, honest and made friends wherever he went. The schooling he had, he received from his father. He homesteaded 160 acres, and it was many years before the land was well under cultivation. He sold the homestead and moved to Monroe to help his mother on the old McCarty land.

She was a quiet woman, never talking much about herself. Her family had come from Annabella to live in Monroe some time before her marriage to Jim.

He was of stocky build both as a boy and young man; a wrestler, foot-racer, boxer and very combative. He became interested in law in early life. Judge Wheedon from Beaver, Utah, lived at the McCarty home for some time and had his law office there. Under him, Bill studied his first law. After schooling, he returned home to open his law office in one of his mother's rooms. Became Deputy U.S. Dist. Atty at Beaver; County Atty at Monroe; and Judge of the sixth Judicial District with headquarters at Richfield. After several years he was elected to the Supreme Court.

Lovina was raised in Marysvale on a ranch about a mile north of town and was quite a horsewoman

While Louise and the children were in Salt Lake visiting, Homer McCarty, Samuel's brother, received a telegram from Boise stating that Sam had suddenly died. It was 500 miles to Boise with only a horse and buggy for traveling, so Homer wired back to bury Sam in Boise. A week later when Louise returned to Boise she could find none of Sam's possessions. Of the details of his death she could learn nothing - only that he had died from a gunshot wound. Louise returned to Salt Lake City and was very successful in the cafe business.

Sam was a slender boy and stood as straight as a ship's mast. He had blue eyes and blond hair. When he was about 16 years old he went north to Salt Lake County, and there found work chopping timbers for the mines in Little Cottonwood Canyon. The axe slipped and almost cut his foot in half. He was brought to Salt Lake City where he lived at Dr. Seymour B. Young's home until he was able to work again.

After he married, he had no regular training for work, but he took up law. He and his wife moved to Rocky Bar, Idaho. Law was not a flourishing business, and Sam could hardly make a living. Two children were born to them, then a fire destroyed their home and all their belongings. They had to start again.

When eleven years old, a mysterious illness affected her, first in one foot then moving upward along her leg. The nearest doctor was in St.George, 75 miles southward. Homer said: "Father took Ella, Mother, Martha and I to St.George. We went with an ox-drawn wagon, a rough conveyance for a desperately sick girl, but all we had." Nothing was able to be done and after a few weeks in St.George, Ella passed away.

She was a teacher, then elected County Superintendent of schools, a position she held for several terms. She was postmistress for two or more terms in Marysvale, then she and her husband purchased the Grand Hotel and operated it for several years. She had a very large library and was a great reader.

He attended the elementary schools taught by his father. He learned much about gardening, ranching, herding sheep, etc. from his older brothers. The family lived in Utah's Dixie nearly seven years, suffering extreme poverty most of the time. From there they moved to Iron County, then to Summit County, and managed a hotel in Monroe for many years. Everyone drove oxen and Homer said he never saw a buggy until he was 16 or 17 years old.

He attended Park College in Missouri, then taught school, worked as a surveyor, and helped develop mines.

She taught school. She and her husband purchased the old McCarty farm where they lived for several years, then moved to Richfield. After selling that farm they moved to Salt Lake City, where he went into the insurance business. In the early twenties Martha & Robert moved to Portland, Oregon, where he died.

He was four yrs old when the family moved to Monroe, and was stricken with a heart condition early in his teens. In spite of it, he was a great help on the farm.

He attended the Brigham Young Academy at Provo, and in the spring of 1893 he became so ill he was forced to leave school and stay in bed. His brother Homer came to care for him, but soon sent for their mother and it was decided to take him home to Monroe. He died on the way.

He seemed dedicated to music from early childhood. After much study in Salt Lake City, he went to Ann Arbor, Michigan to more schooling, and then became professor of music in Park College, Missouri. He returned to Utah to teach at the Branch Agricultural College at Cedar City, then to Idaho State normal College at Albion, Idaho. He is now (1940) in Prineville, Oregon.

He was never very robust and was slow in learning to talk. He had blue eyes and reddish hair. When the call for volunteers was made for the Spanish-American War, Edgar enlisted joining Torrey's Rough Riders. The war ended before his company embarked for overseas duty.

She taught school in the Presbyterian school at Monroe. After their marriage, he quit the creamery business, and obtained employment with Nelson-Ricks Creamery Co. in Salt Lake City.

James Hyrum crossed the plains, helped his father farm in Mill Creek, and helped build up Washington County. He farmed at Pine Valley, and lived his later life in St.George and died there.

b. 10 Jan 1846 in Bristol, Gloucester, England; dau. of William and Clarissa Bench Chambers. The Chambers family emigrated to Utah, crossing the plains in Capt. Doly's Company, arriving in Salt Lake City in Sept 1853, and moved to Mill Creek in 1856.

After their marriage, Thomas Calvin & Amelia moved to "Dixie" and helped settle the country. They stayed in St.George about three years, then left to make their home in Smithfield, Cache County, Utah. In Nov. 1876, the dreaded diptheria took three of their children in the same week.

Calvin Cragun learned telegraphy at the Deseret Telegraph Office. He worked as operator & clerk at the Utah Northern Railway, and was soon sent to Arimo, Idaho; from McCammon, Idaho, to Pocatello and was its first agent there.

They settled in Woods Cross, Utah, and after two years they decided to move back to Provo, Utah, where he died.

Susan Cragun, a dau-in-law, says: "James Alfred Cragun was the 5th child and grew up in a large family where the mother was semi-invalid for many years, and learned responsibility early in life. He attended Brigham Young University where he acquired his permanent teacher's certificate. He taught school for twenty years in Cache and Box Elder Counties. He was self-taught and played many instruments. He was an extremely kind, sentimental man who loved his family and took much pride in their accomplishments. He died of a heart attack in Smithfield 12 April 1937 following a slight stroke, and is buried in the Smithfield cem."

He was a teacher, and in 1905 he built and managed a mercantile store until 1909.

She is a gifted musician, and was 83 yrs old in 1968. She can play a harmonica and the piano at the same time.

Jean and LeRoy celebrated their golden wedding 28 March 1954 and their 65th wedding anniversary 28 March 1969. A family dinner was held at the home of their daughter, Mrs. Ray (Laura Smith) Moosman in Smithfield, Utah. (2 children)

She crossed the plains with her parents at age 4 years. She was small of stature and very attractive, having red hair.

She learned to make patterns for her own dresses, and entered one of her silk dresses made of St.George silk in the Utah State Fair. She won first prize.

North genealogy: Levi Morgan North (9th gen.); s/o Levi H.; s/o Levi; s/o Sidney; s/o Lot; s/o Timothy; s/o Thomas; s/o Samuel; s/o John North (1st gen.). Levi Morgan North (9th gen.) was the oldest son of Levi Howard and Ann (MORGAN) North.[1]

Elisha went with his parents to St.George, Utah, and helped in the building and advancement of the Dixie community. He and his wife lived for a short time in Mesquite, Nevada. Three children were born to them.

(g) MARTHA JAMES CRAGUN, b. 3 March 1852, Mill Creek, Salt Lake City, Utah d. 30 Nov 1932

"Martha tells of being born in a little adobe cabin that stood on the banks of Mill Creek and of a little stream that flowed down from the Mill Creek Canyon. How she loved that grassy yard and the creek that ran through her father's farm."

Buried in Pleasant View Community Church cem., in Pleasant View, 3 miles east of Whitestown, Boone Co., Ind. His wife is buried next to him and their youngest child, Columbus Franklin Cragun.

Three books tell the story of the life and descendants of Hiram Cragun.[1] He spent his boyhood and youth in Rush Co., Ind., near the Franklin Co. line, and when age 19 (ca.1835) he moved with his family to Boone Co., Ind. He was a farmer and spent the remainder of his life in Eagle twp, Boone Co. He was a man of great energy and helped his father to clear his farm. Then improved another 245 acres for himself. He was a Democrat until the firing upon Fort Sumter, at which time he became an ardent Republican. He was a Methodist, as was his wife, and was one of the early members of the Pleasant View Methodist Episcopal Church. He was a man of high character, very exact, and held hypocrisy in utter abhorrence.

Robert Dooley and his wife brought their family to Boone County in 1835, traveling by wagons and on horseback, and settled on a farm in Union twp, where both died in middle life

Reiter (Dolley) Cragun married next, after her husband's death, to JOHN BOWERS, an old family friend, 8 March 1893.[2] He was a farmer of Marion County, Ind., in the vicinity of Bethel Church. He died 1905.

(e) George L. Kennard "Conrad" Cragun, b. 1852 Eagle twp, nr Zionsville, Boone Co., Ind.

(f) Hiram Nelson Cragun, b. 6 Aug 1854 Eagle twp, nr Zionsville, Boone Co.IN m. Melvina STARK, 1877

(g) Strange Nathaniel Cragun, b. 24 July 1857 Eagle twp, Zionsville, Boone Co., Ind.

bur. Pleasant View Community Church cem., 3 mi. east of Whitestown, Boone Co., Ind.

(Note: Eva Cragun Heiner's book says: "Columbus Franklin Cragun, b. 1862, d. 12 Nov 1866". The other rendition, shown above, was copied from the grave marker by Jean (Cragun) Tombaugh, Aug 16, 1964. Which record is correct?)