Biographies and Obituaries
In loving memory
William Nelson McCracken
Nelson McCracken Passes
Another of the fast thining ranks of the boys in blue passed to his eternal
reward when William Nelson McCracken died at 1:10 o'clock Monday morning
at his home 513 Cosby Street. Mr. McCracken served three years in the
war of the rebellion in the Forty-second Indiana regiment of Infantry
and he was one of the best known veterans of the county.
Born November 11, eighty-one years ago, Mr McCracken lived in Barr and Reeve townships until 1893 when he moved to Washington. He was a farmer and a man of high ideals, known for his honesty and integrity. He married Sarah Berry McGehee in 1853 and they had nine children. Mrs. McCracken died in this city in 1906. Mr. McCracken united with the Baptist church while a young man and his membership was with the Mt. Olive church in Barr township at the time of his death.
The surviving children are: John B. McCracken of hamilton, Washington: H.R. McCracken of Denver:Mrs. Nivrod Victor Maynard, Minn: Mrs. Walter Levey and Mrs. Rolland Roselle of Pine Bluff, Ark: Mrs. Henry Villwock of Edwardsport: Mrs.Levi Hunter and matthew McCracken of Washington. Besides these he leaves four brothers and sisters. They are John James McCracken of Maysville and Henry McCracken of Barr township, and Mrs. Henry Rudolph and Mary J. McCracken of Montgomery.
The death of Mr. McCracken was not expected. He had been declining for about a year and while bedfast for some time his condition did not become critical until last week. he suffered from ailments of old age.
Contributed by: Mrs. Jeanne Everett, McCracken Family Historian