Robert W. McCracken and Matilda Jane Ellis

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Husband Robert W. McCracken ^{1 2 3 4}

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           Born: 3 May or 31 May 1843 - Scott Twp, Lawrence Co, PA 2 3 4
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         Father: Jacob McCracken (1805-1885) 1 4 5
         Mother: Elizabeth Wallace (1814-1892/1893) 2 4 5 6

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       Marriage: 28 Dec 1869 2

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Wife Matilda Jane Ellis ^{2 3 4}

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           Born: 18 Mar 1848 - Hickory Twp, Lawrence Co, PA 2
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         Father: James Ellis (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Elizabeth Blair (      -      ) 2

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Children

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1 M Jacob McCracken ²

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           Born: 4 Feb 1871 2
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         Spouse: Maud Palmer (      -      ) 2

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2 M James S. McCracken ²

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           Born: 6 Jun 1872 2
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         Spouse: Ida B. Boak (      -      ) 2
           Marr: 30 Jun 1903 2

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3 M William John McCracken ²

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           Born: 2 Nov 1873 2
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         Spouse: Della May Wallace (      -      ) 2
           Marr: 27 Aug 1902 2

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4 M Robert Calvin McCracken ²

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           Born: 15 Jul 1876 2
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           Died: 12 Jul 1889 2
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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5 F Lizzie Bell McCracken ²

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           Born: 23 May 1879 2
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6 M George Scott McCracken ²

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           Born: 27 Sep 1880 2
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           Died: 18 Jul 1889 2
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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7 M Charles Ellis McCracken ²

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           Born: 5 Oct 1882 2
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           Died: 16 Jul 1889 2
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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8 F Ellen Frances McCracken ²

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           Born: 26 Jun 1884 2
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           Died: 14 Jul 1889 2
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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9 M Milton Wesley McCracken ²

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           Born: 22 Nov 1890 2
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General Notes: Husband - Robert W. McCracken

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He was educated in the district schools of Scott Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, and worked on the home farm until he enlisted for service in the Civil War. He enlisted first, August 15, 1862, in the One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and re-enlisted December 14, 1863, in the Tenth Regiment Pennsylvania Reserves, serving until the close of the war. He participated in many of the hard fought battles, including the Wilderness, Antietam, Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville and on to Appomattox, and was honorably discharged June 29, 1865. At the battle of the Wilderness he was wounded in a hand to hand engagement and taken prisoner, but later escaped. After the war he returned to the peaceful pursuits of agriculture.

1 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 521.

2 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 815.

3 John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Wallace Family (New York: Self-published, 1902), Pg 20.

4 F. S. Reader, Some Pioneers of Washington County, Pa. - A Family History (New Brighton, PA: F. S. Reader & Son, 1902), Pg 108.

5 John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Wallace Family (New York: Self-published, 1902), Pg 11.

6 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 113, 521.