CRAGLE GENEALOGY LINE

ADAM CRAGLE SR., BORN CIRCA 1785, DIED CIRCA 1850 OR AFTER.

ADAM CAME TO THE AREA IN THE 1800’S FROM UP ALONG THE DELAWARE.

HE SETTLED IN UNION TWP. LUZERNE CO. PA. MARRIED SARAH GEARHART

DAUGHTER OF GEORGE AND MARY SUSAN FINK GEARHART. HAD 8 CHILDREN

IN THE PA. CENSUS FOR 1840.

CHILDREN WERE:

*1-ADAM JR. 1817-1880 WIFE RACHEL KESTER 1819-1899-BURIED OAKDALE

CEMETERY,ROSS TWP. PA.

2-SUSAN 1827-1865 HUSBAND MARTIN BONNING 1817-1899- BURIED CASE

CEMETERY, JACKSON TWP. PA.

3-SARAH ANN 1821-1894, HUSBAND WILLIAM RITTENHOUSE 1814-1893 were married 4/3/1837

4-ANTHONY 1835-1923 WIFE MARTHA TINKLEBAUGH 1839-1922

5-WILLIAM 1825-1900 WIFE AMANDA SLEPPY 1830-1898 BOTH BURIED IN

KANSAS.

6-ISAAC 1824-1906 WIFE SARAH MACK 1827-1897 BURIED CEASETOWN

CEMETERY, PLYMOUTH TWP. PA.

7-ESTHER (b.May 1811-1873), married ABRAHAM SORBER, (1808-1891) in 1830

8-DANIEL (b.9/28/1815-d.1868) married in 1837 to BARBARA ANN RUSTAY (b.d.1887)

9-ARABELLA

10-SALOAM (b.1816-d.1899) married in 1836 to ANTHONY SORBER (b.1815-d.1910)

11-PRISCILLA MARRIED GEORGE BELLES, B.1832

12-JACOB, (B.1819– D.1892) MARRIED MARGRET C. SORBER, (B. 1816 – D. 1902)

ADAM CRAGLE JR’S CHILDREN:

*1-DANIEL 1841-1900 WIFE BARBARA ELIZABETH CULP 1847-1920

2-WILLIAM 1842-1873

3-JAMES THOMAS 1844-1864

4-SARAH 1849-1866

5-JOHN M. 1853-1871

6-GEORGE W. 1853-1937 WIFE MAYBELLE BEDFORD 1856-1913

7-ANDREW PHILLIP (b.1852-d.1939), WIFE ELIZABETH JANE SCHOOLEY (d.1937)

8-JURDON 1846-1857

9-CLINTON MELVILLE (b.1858-d.1939), WIFE ELIZABETH A. HUFFMAN (b.1867-d.1927)

10-CHARLES 1860-1932 WIFE ELLA MAE COLE 1865-1942

NOTE: DANIEL AND JAMES WERE IN THE CIVIL WAR, JAMES DIED IN 1864

IN FORTRESS, MONROE, VA.

JOHN HAD BACK BROKEN IN A TREE ACCIDENT, LAID IN BED 9 MONTHS

THEN DIED.

*DANIEL CRAGLE, CIVIL WAR VET-CO. M. 5^TH REGT U. S. LIGHT ARTILLERY

BURIED SWEET VALLEY CEMETERY, ROSS TWP. PA. HE AND WIFE

BARBARA ELIZABETH HAD 7 CHILDREN, 6 LIVING AS OF THE 1900

CENSUS FOR UNION TWP. PA. :

1-JAMES E. (b.1869-d.1941), WIFE MINNIE BAKER (b.1875-d.1952)

2-CORDELLA 1872-1953 HUSBAND ROY ELDRED 1877-1942 BOTH BURIED

IN NEW YORK

3-GEORGE FRANK 1874-1946 WIFE MYRTLE RUMMAGE 1880-1909 BOTH

BURIED CEASETOWN CEM. PA.

*4-ANDREW H. 1875-1948 WIFE SABRA CORDELLA CRANE 1887-1946, BURIED

OAKDALE CEM. PA.

5-RACHEL ANN 1879-1948 HUSBAND WILLIAM G. BABCOCK 1861-1941

BOTH BURIED OLD HEADLEY GROVE CEM. HARVEYVILLE, PA.

6-FLORENCE JANE 1887-1953 HUSBAND ROBERT NELSON HUMMEL 1887-1965

NOTE: INSCRIPTION ON TOMBSTONE OF DANIEL READS;

“ SOLDIER REST THY WARE-FARE OE’R “

ANDREW H. CRAGLE AND WIFE SABRA CORDELLA WERE MARRIED IN CAMPVILLE

NEW YORK IN 1903.

THEY HAD 5 CHILDREN.

1-MOLLIE I. 1904-1904 ( 5MONTHS OLD)

2-INFANT ( GIRL ) 1905-1905

3-FLOYD VICTOR (b.1907-d.19690, WIFE ELSIE CAMP (b.1912) ( NOW LIVES IN NEW YORK )

*4-VIDA THELMA 1909-1968 HUSBAND JOSEPH DANIEL HALL 1908-1950, BOTH

BURIED EDGEHILL CEM. WEST NANTICOKE, PA.

5-DELBERT EUGENE 1915 ( LIVES IN WEST NANTICOKE, PA) WIFE MARY DORRIS

1919-1989.

( NOTE ) DELBERT WAS IN ARMY 21 MONTHS IN THE PACIFIC, IN WORLD WAR II

WITH THE 31^ST INF. DIV.

FLOYD SERVED IN THE NAVY.

ANDREW CRAGLE DIED OF SMOKE INHALATION IN THE CHURCH FIRE IN WEST NANTICOKE, PA. IN DECEMBER OF 1948.

NUMBER 4 IS MY MOTHER. I AM THE OLDEST OF 3 GIRLS