Buried in Pleasant View Community Church cem., in Pleasant View, 3 miles east of Whitestown, Boone Co., Ind. His wife
is buried next to him and their youngest child, Columbus Franklin Cragun.
He spent his boyhood and youth in Rush County, Indana near the Franklin County line, and when age 19 (ca.1835) he moved with his family to Boone County, Indiana. He was a farmer and spent the remainder of his life in Eagle twp, Boone Co. He was a man of great energy and helped his father to clear his farm. Then improved another 245 acres for himself. He was a Democrat until the firing upon Fort Sumter, at which time he became an ardent Republican. He was a Methodist, as was his wife, and was one of the early members of the Pleasant View Methodist Episcopal Church. He was a man of high character, very exact, and held hypocrisy in utter abhorrence.
He was the son of Elisha Cragun and Mary Osborne Cragun. He married in 1842.
∼Hiram married to Reiter Dooley July 18,1842
Their children were,
Mary Ann Cragun(b.7-18-1843-d.2-20-1848)
Josephine Cragun (b.5-30-1845-d.11-1917)
Nebuchabnezzar Cragun ( b.9-14-1947-d.2-14-1883)
Melvina Cragun (b.2-28-1850-d.(unknown)
George L. Clemusel Cragun(b.7-5-1852-d.unknown)
Hiram Nelson Cragun (b.8-6-1854-d.12-21-1921)
Strange Nulkuniel Cragun(b.7-24-1857-d.unknown)
Lorenzo Don Cragun (b.10-5-1869-d.unknown)
Columbus Franklin Cragun (b.4-5-'1862-(d.11-7-1866)
is buried next to him and their youngest child, Columbus Franklin Cragun.
He spent his boyhood and youth in Rush County, Indana near the Franklin County line, and when age 19 (ca.1835) he moved with his family to Boone County, Indiana. He was a farmer and spent the remainder of his life in Eagle twp, Boone Co. He was a man of great energy and helped his father to clear his farm. Then improved another 245 acres for himself. He was a Democrat until the firing upon Fort Sumter, at which time he became an ardent Republican. He was a Methodist, as was his wife, and was one of the early members of the Pleasant View Methodist Episcopal Church. He was a man of high character, very exact, and held hypocrisy in utter abhorrence.
He was the son of Elisha Cragun and Mary Osborne Cragun. He married in 1842.
∼Hiram married to Reiter Dooley July 18,1842
Their children were,
Mary Ann Cragun(b.7-18-1843-d.2-20-1848)
Josephine Cragun (b.5-30-1845-d.11-1917)
Nebuchabnezzar Cragun ( b.9-14-1947-d.2-14-1883)
Melvina Cragun (b.2-28-1850-d.(unknown)
George L. Clemusel Cragun(b.7-5-1852-d.unknown)
Hiram Nelson Cragun (b.8-6-1854-d.12-21-1921)
Strange Nulkuniel Cragun(b.7-24-1857-d.unknown)
Lorenzo Don Cragun (b.10-5-1869-d.unknown)
Columbus Franklin Cragun (b.4-5-'1862-(d.11-7-1866)
Buried in Pleasant View Community Church cem., in Pleasant View, 3 miles east of Whitestown, Boone Co., Ind. His wife
is buried next to him and their youngest child, Columbus Franklin Cragun.
He spent his boyhood and youth in Rush County, Indana near the Franklin County line, and when age 19 (ca.1835) he moved with his family to Boone County, Indiana. He was a farmer and spent the remainder of his life in Eagle twp, Boone Co. He was a man of great energy and helped his father to clear his farm. Then improved another 245 acres for himself. He was a Democrat until the firing upon Fort Sumter, at which time he became an ardent Republican. He was a Methodist, as was his wife, and was one of the early members of the Pleasant View Methodist Episcopal Church. He was a man of high character, very exact, and held hypocrisy in utter abhorrence.
He was the son of Elisha Cragun and Mary Osborne Cragun. He married in 1842.
∼Hiram married to Reiter Dooley July 18,1842
Their children were,
Mary Ann Cragun(b.7-18-1843-d.2-20-1848)
Josephine Cragun (b.5-30-1845-d.11-1917)
Nebuchabnezzar Cragun ( b.9-14-1947-d.2-14-1883)
Melvina Cragun (b.2-28-1850-d.(unknown)
George L. Clemusel Cragun(b.7-5-1852-d.unknown)
Hiram Nelson Cragun (b.8-6-1854-d.12-21-1921)
Strange Nulkuniel Cragun(b.7-24-1857-d.unknown)
Lorenzo Don Cragun (b.10-5-1869-d.unknown)
Columbus Franklin Cragun (b.4-5-'1862-(d.11-7-1866)
is buried next to him and their youngest child, Columbus Franklin Cragun.
He spent his boyhood and youth in Rush County, Indana near the Franklin County line, and when age 19 (ca.1835) he moved with his family to Boone County, Indiana. He was a farmer and spent the remainder of his life in Eagle twp, Boone Co. He was a man of great energy and helped his father to clear his farm. Then improved another 245 acres for himself. He was a Democrat until the firing upon Fort Sumter, at which time he became an ardent Republican. He was a Methodist, as was his wife, and was one of the early members of the Pleasant View Methodist Episcopal Church. He was a man of high character, very exact, and held hypocrisy in utter abhorrence.
He was the son of Elisha Cragun and Mary Osborne Cragun. He married in 1842.
∼Hiram married to Reiter Dooley July 18,1842
Their children were,
Mary Ann Cragun(b.7-18-1843-d.2-20-1848)
Josephine Cragun (b.5-30-1845-d.11-1917)
Nebuchabnezzar Cragun ( b.9-14-1947-d.2-14-1883)
Melvina Cragun (b.2-28-1850-d.(unknown)
George L. Clemusel Cragun(b.7-5-1852-d.unknown)
Hiram Nelson Cragun (b.8-6-1854-d.12-21-1921)
Strange Nulkuniel Cragun(b.7-24-1857-d.unknown)
Lorenzo Don Cragun (b.10-5-1869-d.unknown)
Columbus Franklin Cragun (b.4-5-'1862-(d.11-7-1866)
Inscription
Aged 67 yrs, 2 mos, & 24 D's
Gravesite Details
Hiram was buried in an old Lutheran Cemetery east of Whitestown, In. and north of Zionsville,In.
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