Dr. Joseph Crain and Ellen J. Chambers

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Husband Dr. Joseph Crain ¹

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           Born: 25 Dec 1803 - Lancaster, Lancaster Co, PA 1
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           Died: 18 Apr 1876 - Hogestown, Cumberland Co, PA 2
         Buried:  - Silver Spring Presbyterian Cemetery, Cumberland Co, PA

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         Father: Col. Richard Moore Crain (1777-1852) 3 4 5
         Mother: Elizabeth Whitehill (1770/1771-1848) 3 4 5

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       Marriage: 11 Oct 1853 6

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   Other Spouse: Rebecca Gibson Wills (1811-1850) 1 - 1831 2

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Wife Ellen J. Chambers ⁶

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Children

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1 M Talbot Chambers Crain ^{6 7}

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           Born: 20 May 1855 6
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         Spouse: Ellen Totten (      -      ) 6 7
           Marr: 1878 6

         Spouse: [Unk] Davis (      -      ) 6
           Marr: Oct 1893 6

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General Notes: Husband - Dr. Joseph Crain

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He was educated at Dickinson College, and graduated from Jefferson Medical College in 1826. He settled first at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, where he practiced his profession several years, then in 1842 he located permanently at Hoguestown, Cumberland County, where he became well known as a skillful practitioner. He was a member of old Silvers Spring Church, where his remains lie buried.

1 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 151.

2 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 153.

3 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 477.

4 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 149.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 52.

6 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 154.

7 Editor, History of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warners, Beers & Co., 1886), Pg 438.