DANIEL CRAGLE
BORN 1841  	DIED  1900

WIFE  
BARBARA ELIZABETH CULP
BORN 1847  	DIED  1920

 CHILDREN:
 JAMES E.  	BORN 1869  	DIED  1941
 CORDELLA  	BORN  1872  	DIED  1953
 GEORGE F.  	BORN  1874  	DIED  1946
 ANDREW H.  	BORN  1875  	DIED  1948
 RACHEL A.  	BORN  1879  	DIED  1948
 FLORENCE J.  	BORN  1887  	DIED  1953


DANIEL CRAGLE WAS BORN IN UNION TWP. LUZERNE CO. PA.  HIS OCCUPATION WAS FARMER.
HE WAS A PRIVATE IN THE CIVIL WAR , CO. M. 5TH REGT. U. S. LIGHT ARTILLERY.  HE 
ENLISTED OCT. 17TH, 1863 AND WAS DISCHARGED MAY 28TH, 1866 AT FT. JEFFERSON, FLORIDA.
HE SUBSTAINED HEAD INJURY IN THE ARMY, WAS IN SEVERAL HOSPITALS BEFORE BEING DISCHARGED. 
HEAD INJURY PERSISTED AFTER THAT AND UP UNTIL HIS DEATH.  AFTER THE ARMY , HE DELIVERED 
MAIL ON HORSE BACK IN UNION TWP. FOR AWHILE.  IN 1900, HE WAS SICK WITH A STOMACH AILMENT
UNKNOWN) FOR 4 WEEKS AND DIED.  HE WAS 59YRS. OLD.  HE IS BURIED IN  SWEET VALLEY CEMETERY,
ROSS TWP. LUZ. CO. PA.  INSCRIPTION ON HIS TOMBSTONE READS: " SOLDIER REST THY WAREFARE OE'R."
HE WAS THE GRANDSON OF ADAM CRAGLE SR., A EARLY SETTLER OF UNION TWP, LUZ. CO. PA. IN 1830.  
HE WAS LISTED AS HAVING 8 IN HIS FAMILY ACCORDING TO THE 1830 CENSUS.
Pictured is Daniel and Barbara Elizabeth (Culp)Cragle.