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Mary “Polly” Nickel Cravens

Birth
Augusta County, Virginia, USA
Death
28 Nov 1847 (aged 73)
Milan, Ripley County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Milan, Ripley County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
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Daughter of John Nickel/Nichol. Married Joseph Cravens in Rockingham Co., VA, on Nov. 30, 1790. Joseph and Mary moved to Harrisonburg, Virginia, and participated in the town's development before removing to Indiana in their later years. The couple had nine known children:

Margaret (1792-1833) married Francis Asbury Hite, 1811
Robert (1794-1821)
John (1797-1882)
Sarah (1800-1833)
James Harrison (1802-1876)
Amanda Fitzallen (1804-1884)
Oscar Fitzallen (1808-1841)
William (1810-?)
Joseph (1815-1817)

Appear to have been living with their son, [US Congressman] James Harrison Craven, in Ripley County, Indiana, during the 1840 US Census. Burial in Craven Cemetery is not 100% guaranteed, due to lack of records.

Source: Harrison, John Houston, Settlers by the Long Grey Trail: Some Pioneers to Old Augusta County, VA, and their Descendants of the Family of Harrison and Allied Lines, originally published in 1935; republished by the Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD., 1975.
Daughter of John Nickel/Nichol. Married Joseph Cravens in Rockingham Co., VA, on Nov. 30, 1790. Joseph and Mary moved to Harrisonburg, Virginia, and participated in the town's development before removing to Indiana in their later years. The couple had nine known children:

Margaret (1792-1833) married Francis Asbury Hite, 1811
Robert (1794-1821)
John (1797-1882)
Sarah (1800-1833)
James Harrison (1802-1876)
Amanda Fitzallen (1804-1884)
Oscar Fitzallen (1808-1841)
William (1810-?)
Joseph (1815-1817)

Appear to have been living with their son, [US Congressman] James Harrison Craven, in Ripley County, Indiana, during the 1840 US Census. Burial in Craven Cemetery is not 100% guaranteed, due to lack of records.

Source: Harrison, John Houston, Settlers by the Long Grey Trail: Some Pioneers to Old Augusta County, VA, and their Descendants of the Family of Harrison and Allied Lines, originally published in 1935; republished by the Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD., 1975.


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  • Created by: Zelda
  • Added: Feb 25, 2019
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/197118838/mary-cravens: accessed ), memorial page for Mary “Polly” Nickel Cravens (10 Apr 1774–28 Nov 1847), Find a Grave Memorial ID 197118838, citing Craven Cemetery, Milan, Ripley County, Indiana, USA; Maintained by Zelda (contributor 47502021).