ADAM CRAGLE SR., BORN 1785 IN PA., SETTLED IN UNION TWP., LUZERNE CO. PA. IN 1830. DATE OF DEATH UNKNOWN, BUT WAS TOLD HE AND HIS WIFE, THE FORMER SARAH GEARHART ARE BURIED IN MARVIN CEM. IN ROSS TWP., LUZ. CO. PA. HE WAS A FARMER AND A STEADY WORKING MAN, COMING FROM UP ALONG THE DELAWARE, ALONG WITH FAMILES OF SORBERS, HARTMANS, CROOPS, BRADERS, AND DEETS. THE COUPLE HAD 6 CHILDREN THAT I KNOW OF : ADAM JR., WHO MARRIED RACHEL KESTER SUSAN WHO MARRIED MARTIN BONNING ANN WHO WILLIAM RITTENHOUSE ANTHONY WHO MARRIED MARTHA TINKLEBAUGH WILLIAM BORN 1825 MARRIED AMANDA( ?) BORN 1830 ISAAC BORN 1824 DIED 1906 MARRIED SARAH MACK IN 1850, BORN 1827 DIED 1897. ANTHONY, A CIVIL WAR VET.,DIED IN 1923, AND IS BURIED AT OAKDALE CEM., ROSS TWP. LUZ. CO. PA. SUSAN DIED APRIL 1865, AND WAS THE MOTHER OF TEN CHILDREN. SHE IS BURIED IN JACKSON TWP. LUZ. CO. PA. ( CASE CEM.). SUSAN AND MARTIN WERE MARRIED IN 1843. ANN MARRIED WILLIAM RITTENHOUSE IN 1837, ANN DIED 1894. SUSAN CRAGLE DIED AT AGE 37 IN CHILDBIRTH WITH BABY FRANKLIN 3 WKS. OLD ADAM CRAGLE SR. WAS A EARLY SETTLER OF UNION TWP. LUZ. CO. PA. IN THE CENSUS FOR 1830 HE WAS LISTED AS HAVING 8 IN THE FAMILY.
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Pictured is Andrew Cragle, Great-Grandson of Adam Cragle Sr and his wife, Sabra-Cordella Crane) Cragle. |