James Elbert McCracken's first wife was Anna Elizabeth Chapman, whom he married 11 Feb 1858 in Limestone Co., Alabama. They were the parents of five children: John Benjamin, Calvin, Emma Louise, Mary Elizabeth "Mollie" and James Franklin McCracken. Anna Elizabeth Chapman McCracken died 14 Apr 1876. James and Anna's son, Calvin McCracken, also died in 1876.
After Anna's death, James married Emily Jane Kelly 18 Jul 1877 in Lawrence Co., Tennessee. They were the parents of Ora E., Thomas Blount, Lena Meggie and Sally Ella McCracken. Ora died in October of 1879 and was buried at the Knob Creek cemetery among many others of her kith and kin.
James Elbert was the son of John Calvin McCracken and his wife, Amanda English. Both parents died when James was a young child and he grew to manhood in the household of his paternal grandparents, John and Elizabeth English McCracken of Lawrence Co., Tennessee. His maternal grandparents were James and Nancy McCracken English of Limestone Co., Alabama.
James served from 1861 to 1865 in the Civil War, enlisting in the 7th. Calvary, 23rd. TN Regt., CSA in 1861. After four years of fighting, he mustered out after Appomattox in Gainesville, Alabama where he took the Oath of Allegiance before making his way back to his home town of Lawrence County.
In the years following the aftermath of war, James lived near the small Tennessee town of West Point until a fall from a spooked horse took his life on an early April morning in 1884.
The autopsy cites the cause of death as a broken neck.
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After Anna's death, James married Emily Jane Kelly 18 Jul 1877 in Lawrence Co., Tennessee. They were the parents of Ora E., Thomas Blount, Lena Meggie and Sally Ella McCracken. Ora died in October of 1879 and was buried at the Knob Creek cemetery among many others of her kith and kin.
James Elbert was the son of John Calvin McCracken and his wife, Amanda English. Both parents died when James was a young child and he grew to manhood in the household of his paternal grandparents, John and Elizabeth English McCracken of Lawrence Co., Tennessee. His maternal grandparents were James and Nancy McCracken English of Limestone Co., Alabama.
James served from 1861 to 1865 in the Civil War, enlisting in the 7th. Calvary, 23rd. TN Regt., CSA in 1861. After four years of fighting, he mustered out after Appomattox in Gainesville, Alabama where he took the Oath of Allegiance before making his way back to his home town of Lawrence County.
In the years following the aftermath of war, James lived near the small Tennessee town of West Point until a fall from a spooked horse took his life on an early April morning in 1884.
The autopsy cites the cause of death as a broken neck.
@Maryanne A. Highley
Copyrighted, please ask to use summary.
James Elbert McCracken's first wife was Anna Elizabeth Chapman, whom he married 11 Feb 1858 in Limestone Co., Alabama. They were the parents of five children: John Benjamin, Calvin, Emma Louise, Mary Elizabeth "Mollie" and James Franklin McCracken. Anna Elizabeth Chapman McCracken died 14 Apr 1876. James and Anna's son, Calvin McCracken, also died in 1876.
After Anna's death, James married Emily Jane Kelly 18 Jul 1877 in Lawrence Co., Tennessee. They were the parents of Ora E., Thomas Blount, Lena Meggie and Sally Ella McCracken. Ora died in October of 1879 and was buried at the Knob Creek cemetery among many others of her kith and kin.
James Elbert was the son of John Calvin McCracken and his wife, Amanda English. Both parents died when James was a young child and he grew to manhood in the household of his paternal grandparents, John and Elizabeth English McCracken of Lawrence Co., Tennessee. His maternal grandparents were James and Nancy McCracken English of Limestone Co., Alabama.
James served from 1861 to 1865 in the Civil War, enlisting in the 7th. Calvary, 23rd. TN Regt., CSA in 1861. After four years of fighting, he mustered out after Appomattox in Gainesville, Alabama where he took the Oath of Allegiance before making his way back to his home town of Lawrence County.
In the years following the aftermath of war, James lived near the small Tennessee town of West Point until a fall from a spooked horse took his life on an early April morning in 1884.
The autopsy cites the cause of death as a broken neck.
@Maryanne A. Highley
Copyrighted, please ask to use summary.
After Anna's death, James married Emily Jane Kelly 18 Jul 1877 in Lawrence Co., Tennessee. They were the parents of Ora E., Thomas Blount, Lena Meggie and Sally Ella McCracken. Ora died in October of 1879 and was buried at the Knob Creek cemetery among many others of her kith and kin.
James Elbert was the son of John Calvin McCracken and his wife, Amanda English. Both parents died when James was a young child and he grew to manhood in the household of his paternal grandparents, John and Elizabeth English McCracken of Lawrence Co., Tennessee. His maternal grandparents were James and Nancy McCracken English of Limestone Co., Alabama.
James served from 1861 to 1865 in the Civil War, enlisting in the 7th. Calvary, 23rd. TN Regt., CSA in 1861. After four years of fighting, he mustered out after Appomattox in Gainesville, Alabama where he took the Oath of Allegiance before making his way back to his home town of Lawrence County.
In the years following the aftermath of war, James lived near the small Tennessee town of West Point until a fall from a spooked horse took his life on an early April morning in 1884.
The autopsy cites the cause of death as a broken neck.
@Maryanne A. Highley
Copyrighted, please ask to use summary.
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