James McCracken and Harriet Hastings

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Husband James McCracken ^{1 2 3 4}

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           Born: 6 Jan 1824 - Mercer Co, PA 1
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           Died: Aft 1879
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       Marriage: 1850 1

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   Other Spouse: Rachel Mawhinney (1841-1899) 2 5 - 8 Jan 1867 5

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Wife Harriet Hastings ^{3 6 7}

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           Born: 
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           Died: 1865 1
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         Father: John Hastings (1797-1872) 7 8 9
         Mother: Hannah Smith (Abt 1801-1868) 3 7 8

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Children

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General Notes: Husband - James McCracken

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He learned the blacksmith trade in Sheaklyville, Mercer County, PA. In 1847, he went to Franklin, Venango County, and worked at his trade until 1860, when he purchased a farm in Canal township, where he moved and engaged in some oil speculations, but not being successful in that business he abandoned it. In 1864, he removed to Waterloo and resumed his trade as his vocation. After his second marriage, he remained in Waterloo until 1871. They then moved back on his farm where they continued to live, he following farming as his vocation. [HVC 1879, 556]

He had five children with his first wife, four sons and one daughter.

1 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 556.

2 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1063.

3 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 622.

4 —, The Duffield Family; A Sketch of William Duffield, of Venango County, PA, and His Descendents (PA: The William Duffield Association, 1905), Pg 16.

5 —, The Duffield Family; A Sketch of William Duffield, of Venango County, PA, and His Descendents (PA: The William Duffield Association, 1905), Pg 17.

6 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 556, 557.

7 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 321.

8 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 557.

9 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 621.