ADAM CRAGLE SR.

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.
Andrew and Sabra Cragle
Pictured is Andrew Cragle, Great-Grandson
of Adam Cragle Sr and his wife, Sabra-Cordella
Crane) Cragle.