B. F. Crain and Mary E. Nesbit

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Husband B. F. Crain ^{1 2}

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            AKA: Frank Crain,3 B. F. Crane
           Born: 8 Dec 1835 - near Cooperstown, Jackson Twp, Venango Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 1901
         Buried:  - Mill Creek Cemetery, Utica, Frenchcreek Twp, Venango Co, PA 4

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         Father: James Crain (Abt 1797-1871) 2
         Mother: Julia Snyder (      -Abt 1858) 2

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       Marriage: 8 Feb 1866 5

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Wife Mary E. Nesbit ²

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            AKA: Mary A. [Unk]
           Born: 1836
     Christened: 
           Died: 1913
         Buried:  - Mill Creek Cemetery, Utica, Frenchcreek Twp, Venango Co, PA 4

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         Father: John Nesbit (1800-1871) 6 7
         Mother: Anna Matthews (1797-1875) 6 7

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Children

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1 M Thomas S. Crain ⁵

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           Born: 1866
     Christened: 
           Died: 1904
         Buried:  - Mill Creek Cemetery, Utica, Frenchcreek Twp, Venango Co, PA 4

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2 F Ethel Grace Crain ⁵

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Rev. H. B. Marks (      -      )
           Marr: Jun 1903 - Meadville, Crawford Co, PA 8

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General Notes: Husband - B. F. Crain

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He was reared in Venango County, Pennsylvania, and in the common schools re-ceived a practical English education. He began life for himself as a farmer and after following this calling in Venango County until 1868, when he emigrated to Iowa, locating near Ottumwa, Wapello County, where he resided three years. On his return to Venango County in the fall of 1870, he took service with Thomas Nesbit in the mercantile business at Utica, and four years later opened a store of his own, making the hardware trade a specialty. Subse-quently he added boots, shoes, and groceries to his stock, and took in his son, Thomas Crain, as partner.
He entered the army in September, 1864, as a member of Company I, Fourth Pennsylvania Cavalry, with which he served until honorably dis-charged on the 2nd of July, 1865. During his period of service he was with his command in several campaigns in Virginia, and participated in a number of battles, among which were Hatcher's Run, Stony Creek, High Hill Bridge, and was present at the surrender of Lee at Appomattox. After the surrender his command returned to Petersburg, Virginia, and from that time until mustered out did patrol duty at Lynchburg.
He was once a Republican, but later in life was identified with the Prohibition party. He was an active member of the Pres-byterian church, as was also his wife, both belonging to the Utica congre-gation. [HVC 1890, 1015]

1 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 597.

2 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1015.

3 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 645.

4 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 6, Frenchcreek Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1998), Pg 40.

5 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1016.

6 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1014.

7 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 631, 645.

8 Joan S. Hanson & Kenneth L. Hanson, Marriages from Venango County Sources (Apollo, PA: Closson Press, 1994), Pg 151.