Nancy was the daughter of Frederick Craun and Sarah (Fleshman) Craun of Staunton, Augusta County, Virginia. On December 20, 1852 she married Christian Landes and migrated with him first to Paris, Edgar County, Illinois, then on to the Deepwater area, Henry County, Missouri. Their son James Lee and then their daughter Augusta Virginia passed away there, and then Christian himself, after which time Nancy continued on with her sons Harve and Charley and daughter Clara Belle (with her infant Bessie) to Eureka, Greenwood County, Kansas. The men got jobs on the Collins Ranch outside Eureka, and Nancy Rebecca and Clara Belle took in washing and ironing in town until they, too, got hired on at the Collins Ranch. Charley returned to Henry County, Missouri and settled there, and after Clara Belle married and settled in Greenwood County, Kansas, Nancy Rebecca joined her son Harve in his travels to Montana and North Dakota.
-Lila Cole
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OBITUARY:
Nancy R. Craun was born in Virginia in 1832. At the age of 20, she was united in marriage to Christian Landes. To this union six children were born, three boys and three girls. Two of these children have died. Mrs. Landes passed away at the home of her son W.H. Landes Saturday August 23, 1914. The obsequies took place in the Methodist Episcopal Church on Thursday, 1:45 P.M. August 23, 1914. Rev E. Lewis Wall officiated. The choir sang two beautiful selections. Her son W.H. Landes and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren were present, the other children detained at their homes in other states. The deceased was a member of the Christian denomination. "Precious be her memory when she goeth down to the grave."
-from the Williston Graphic, August 27, 1914
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Nancy was the daughter of Frederick Craun and Sarah (Fleshman) Craun of Staunton, Augusta County, Virginia. On December 20, 1852 she married Christian Landes and migrated with him first to Paris, Edgar County, Illinois, then on to the Deepwater area, Henry County, Missouri. Their son James Lee and then their daughter Augusta Virginia passed away there, and then Christian himself, after which time Nancy continued on with her sons Harve and Charley and daughter Clara Belle (with her infant Bessie) to Eureka, Greenwood County, Kansas. The men got jobs on the Collins Ranch outside Eureka, and Nancy Rebecca and Clara Belle took in washing and ironing in town until they, too, got hired on at the Collins Ranch. Charley returned to Henry County, Missouri and settled there, and after Clara Belle married and settled in Greenwood County, Kansas, Nancy Rebecca joined her son Harve in his travels to Montana and North Dakota.
-Lila Cole
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OBITUARY:
Nancy R. Craun was born in Virginia in 1832. At the age of 20, she was united in marriage to Christian Landes. To this union six children were born, three boys and three girls. Two of these children have died. Mrs. Landes passed away at the home of her son W.H. Landes Saturday August 23, 1914. The obsequies took place in the Methodist Episcopal Church on Thursday, 1:45 P.M. August 23, 1914. Rev E. Lewis Wall officiated. The choir sang two beautiful selections. Her son W.H. Landes and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren were present, the other children detained at their homes in other states. The deceased was a member of the Christian denomination. "Precious be her memory when she goeth down to the grave."
-from the Williston Graphic, August 27, 1914
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Family Members
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John Fleshman Crawn
1814–1893
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Elias Crawn
1816–1883
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Daniel Harvey Craun
1818–1879
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Ann Eliza Craun Plecker
1820–1887
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Mrs Mary Martha Craun Hale
1821–1907
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Margaret Craun Cook
1824–1896
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Sarah Craun Crickenberger
1826–1909
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Frederick Craun
1829–1881
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Elizabeth Hannah Craun Huffman
1836–1922
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Samuel Harvey Craun
1838–1921
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