Descendants of Patrick Cragun

PATRICK CRAGUN b abt 1748 Ireland, died near Whitestown, Boone, Indiana, md HANNAH ELSY b abt 1752 Russell C., VA or Sullivan C., TN, d prob Whitestown, Boone, IN.

Children:

JOSHUA b abt 1782-1796 Russell C., VA or Sullivan C., TN, d 11 May 1874 Mexican War, md 5 Oct 1822 Sullivan C., TN SALLY or SARAH RADER

CALEB b 1784, 1786, 1796, d 1838-41 IN, md 9 March 1820 SARAH ALLEY JAMES or JONES-widow

ELISHA b 21,22 Feb 1786 Russell C., VA or Sullivan C., TN, d 1847 Council Bluffs, IA or Winter Quarters, Nebraska, md MARY OSBORNE 1811

JOHN b abt 1783,1787 Russell C., VA or Sullivan C., TN, md ELIZABETH___

TYRESHA b abt 1770,1789,1792 Russell C., VA or Sullivan C., TN

LYDIA b abt 1789,1794 Sullivan C., TN, md 15 April 1819 Franklin C., IN JAMES HICKS

TABITHA b abt 1793-96 Sullivan C., TN, md 1 Nov 1853 JOHN WOOSLEY, md ______Melton 1826

HANNAH b abt 1795-1798 Sullivan C., TN

ISAAC b abt 1785-1800 Russell C., VA, d bef 11 May 1857 Cass C., IN md 7 May 1817-1820 Esther L. Cornwell

ELIZABETH b 1 May 1799 Sullivan C., TN, d aft 1847

SYREN or SIMEON or SYERN b 13 Aug 1801 Russell C., VA or Sullivan C., TN, d aft 1847

Lucius b 1803 TN - not proven as child

William Patrick b 1804, Sullivan C., TN- not proven as child
 

Sources: Ancestral File, Family History Center, BYU Library, Provo, Utah; Eva Cragun Heiner; I.G.I. 1988 ed.; Archive family group sheet; Wells Ward, Granite Stake, Salt Lake City, Utah

ELISHA CRAGUN b 21, 22 Feb 1786 Sullivan C., TN or Russell C., VA, d 1847 Council Bluffs, IA or Winter Quarters, Nebraska, md 1811 MARY OSBORNE b 14 Dec 1791 or 17 Dec 1790 Castlewood, Russell, VA, d 14 Dec 1844 Pleasant View, Boone, IN. Elisha soldier in War of 1812, said to have served with Gen. Andrew Jackson's Battle of New Orleans, in Franklin C., TN 1812

REBECCA b 25 Sept 1812 Sullivan C., TN, d 1856, md 29 Dec 1832 AARON BEAMAN

JAMES b 26 July 1814 Connersville, Franklin, IN, d 7 Feb 1887,1889, md 30 March 1836 ELEANOR LANE

HYRUM or HIRAM b 8, 9 Dec 1816 Brookeville, Franklin, IN, d 12 March 1884, md 1842 REITER or RUYTER DOOLEY

MARY MARTHA b 17, 19 Dec 1819 Brookeville, Franklin, IN, d 30 May 1906 md 30 May 1838-40 JACOB BEELER, md 1851 DAVID McOLNEY or MACK OLNEY

ENOCH b 14 Jan 1821 Brookeville, Franklin, IN, d 8 Aug 1906, md 1842 MARY or MOLLY PETERS

ABIGAIL b 17 Dec 1823 Brookeville, Franklin, IN, d 17 Dec 1844 - child, buried with mother

TYRESHA b 25 Sept or 28 April-Sept 1825 Richland, Rush, or Brookeville, Franklin, IN, d 6 Jan 1895-97, md 20 Oct 1850 GEORGE NORVILLE or NORVAL

SIMEON b 13 Aug 1827 Richland, Rush, IN, d 9 Feb 1874 UT, md 1847 SUSAN or SUSANNAH MOWER

TABITHA b 5 March 1830 Richland, Rush, IN, d 3 Dec 1864-68, md 23,25 Dec 1850 EDWIN REUBEN LINDSAY

SARAH JANE b 22 Feb 1833 Richland, Rush, IN, d 27 Aug 1847-49 on the Plains enroute to UT

Sources: Records of W. G.Cragun, Mary A. E. Cragun, history of Strange N. Cragun; Nauvoo End. records; I. G. I. 1988 ed.; research by Merlin Stone 20 April 1912; old letters of Eva Heiner; 1820 Census of IN

JAMES CRAGUN b 26 July 1814 Connersville, Fayette (Boone), IN, d 7 Feb 1887 St. George, Washington, UT, md 30 March 1836 Harrison, Boone, IN ELEANOR LANE b 11 Nov 1817 Brandenburg, Meade, KY or IN, d 24 Dec 1901 St. George, Washington, Utah. James was a carpenter, cabinet maker, farmer.

Children:
LYDIA MARGARET b 26 Jan 1838 Eagle Village, Boone, IN, d 23 June 1916 md 5 Oct 1855 JAMES HARDWICK McCARTY

JAMES HYRUM b 31 July 1840 Eagle Village, Boone, IN, d 14 Feb 1919

THOMAS CALVIN b 28 Dec 1843 Northfield, Boone, IN, d 23 May 1909 md 2 Aug 1861 AMELIA CHAMBERS

MARY ELLEN b 24 Feb 1844-45 Northfield, Boone, IN, d 28 Oct 1930, md 16 March 1864 LARS JENSEN (div), md VALTON MERRILL PRATT

MELVINA b 30 March 1947 Council Bluffs, Potowatamy, IA, d June 1847

ELISHA b 3 Aug 1849 on Plains of Nebraska, d 3 April 1903, md 29 Feb 1874 MARGARET LAWSON

MARTHA JANE b 3 March 1852 Mill Creek, Salt Lake, UT, d 30 Nov 1932 md 6 Dec 1869 ISAIAH COX

SARAH JANE b 27 April 1854 Mill Creek, Salt Lake, UT, d 9 March 1884, md 31 March 1872 SAMUEL H. WORTHEN, md GARTH WAITE

TYRESHA b 27 March 1857 Mill Creek, Salt Lake, UT, d 3 June 1916, md 9 March 1894 JOSEPH KIRKHAM
 

Sources: family records of Martha Cox, Katie B. Cragun, Eva C. Heiner, Evelyn Buncker; Mill Creek church records (Gen Soc. #6389, pt. 4); St. George Temple records; Lehi, UT cem records; 3rd gen. group sheets on E. Cragun by Vivian Jetter; Regina C. Smith; 1860 Census UT; EH records

Contributed by: Laura S. Pack