Asaph P. Cranmer and Ellen Finley

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Husband Asaph P. Cranmer ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1800 - New York state 3
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           Died: 1869 1
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Wife Ellen Finley ²

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            AKA: Ellen Findley 1
           Born:  - Butler Co, PA
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Children

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1 M David Cranmer ³

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2 M James Cranmer ³

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3 M Israel Cranmer ³

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4 M John T. Cranmer ²

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           Born: 29 Jun 1832 - Clay Twp, Butler Co, PA 2
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         Spouse: Martha Miller (      -      ) 3

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5 F Elizabeth J. Cranmer ³

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         Spouse: O. J. Walker (      -      ) 3

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6 M Asaph N. Cranmer ¹

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            AKA: Asa Cranmer 3
           Born: 19 Nov 1838 - Clay Twp, Butler Co, PA 1
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         Spouse: Mollie Dawson (Abt 1840-1890) 1
           Marr: 22 Jan 1864 1

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7 M William Cranmer ³

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8 M Charles Cranmer ³

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9 F Nancy Cranmer ³

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         Spouse: Joseph Albert (      -      ) 3

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10 U [Infant] Cranmer ³

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11 U [Infant] Cranmer ³

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General Notes: Husband - Asaph P. Cranmer

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The Cranmer family has been in America many generations, coming to the colonies sixty-four years before the Revo-lutionary War. The Cranmers suffered greatly in the Indian troubles and the eldest brother of Asaph Cranmer was burned to death when the natives set fire to his dwelling.

A native of New York, he came to Butler County, Pennsylvania, in 1818, being then eighteen years of age. In 1823 he purchased a 400-acre tract of land, and devoted the remainder of his life to clearing and improving his property. His homestead was located in what later became Clay township, and he was a resident of the county for more than half a century.
When he died in 1869, he left a family of nine children, six of whom were still living in 1895.

He came to Pennsylvania prior to his marriage, after which he purchased 400 acres of wild land in Butler County, Pennsylvania, two miles from West Sunbury. For this land he paid seventy-five cents an acre. He was a man of unusual ability; when forty-five years old he lost his arm through accident, nevertheless he led a busy and useful life for many years thereafter. He served in the capa-city of court crier and for many years was a justice of the peace in Clay Township. From its organization he was identified with the Republican party. In his religious views, in early years he was liberal, but later in life he united with the Methodist Episcopal Church. His wife was a faithful member of the United Presbyterian Church.

1 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1052.

2 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1074.

3 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1075.