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Between 16 July, 1946, and 12 July, 1947, Sarah Cordelia "Delia" Crain came to live in Hamilton County, TX, first with my grandmother, Amanda Elizabeth Stribling Crain, widow of James Wesley Crain, and then with my uncle, James Edwin Crain. Until Aunt Delia's younger brother, George Abijah Crain died in July, 1946, she and Uncle George lived in a tiny ramshackled house located just north of the Coryell Church Cemetery, Coryell Church Community, Coryell County, TX. After Uncle George died Aunt Delia had only nephews and neices left. She was too ill and too destitute to live alone so Daddy and Uncle Edwin brought her to Hamilton. The two sons and daughter of Uncle Thomas Martin Crain were not interested in helping her. Aunt Delia was a daughter of James Martin Crain and Marah "Mary" Ann McGlothlin Crain. She died in the home of my uncle, James Edwin Crain, in the Lund Valley Community of Hamilton County. She was buried beside her brother, George Abijah, and near her parents in the Coryell Church Cemetery, Coryell County, TX. None of these four graves is marked by a tombstone. There is not a death record for Aunt Delia in Hamilton County, TX, nor is there a death record in Coryell County, TX for Aunt Delia, Uncle George, nor their parents, James Martin and Marah "Mary" Ann McGlothlin Crain. But there is a death record for James Martin Crain available from the State of Texas. During the time Aunt Delia lived in Hamilton County, my father, Robert Verne Crain and his siblings questioned Aunt Delia about their ancestors. My grandfather, James Wesley Crain, had died in 1930 when his children were young adults so they did not have much information about ancestors. Despite the fact that Aunt Delia was terminally ill during her last year of life, her story has been an excellent starting point for genealogy research. We have been able to document many of the details she related. Both my father and his younger sister, Lura Bernice Crain Perry recorded some of the information Aunt Delia related.--Elreeta Crain Weathers
Information I have added is in [ ].
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"This is a Record of My Father, James Wesley Crain, His parents, brothers and sisters, As much As I could Find About Grandparents, etc., by Lura Crain Perry.
"Grandfather, James Martin Crain parents:
A. B. Crain, [Abijah Brooks "Ab"] born March 14, 1817, White County, TN
Nelley [Ellen/Ellender] Cosby Crain, born March 13, 1818, White County, TN
"At the age of 3 years our Grandfather James Martin moved with his parents to Bolivar, Tenn. All of James Martin and Mary Ann Crain's children were born inToones [Toone], Tenn, Hardeman Co. Grandfather Crain had two brothers that Mother [Amanda Crain] knew. They were Abijah and George. George was a dentist and lived in Roswell, New Mexico. He died there. He had three sisters that mother knew. Margaret and Nancy. This is all she knew about them. Lea Crain married Sam McGlothlin, Grandmother Crain's brother. They lived in Ranger Texas. I have seen them. Haven't heard anything from their family in a long time. They both died in Ranger, Texas.
"His Grandparents:
"Stephen Crain and Pattie [Nancy] Sparks Crain. They had seven sons and one daughter. His wife died and he married again. They had seven sons and one daughter. He was a gunsmith. He was 86 when he died in 1859 or 1860." [Stephen died in Sept. 1859, in Pontotoc Co., MS and his first wife was Nancy Sparks--Elreeta Weather]
"They sold $3000.00 worth of Negroes. The war broke out in1861 and they never did collect any money. They were sold to a man named Nance. He had over 100 acres of land that was never taken up. This was all in Holly Springs, Miss".[This was in Pontotoc Co., MS, just east of Holly Springs in Marshall Co., MS.--Elreeta Weathers]
"Our Grandfather James Martin Crain fought in the Civil War. He was carrying a Bible in his left pocket over his chest. A bullet hit the Bible and glazed off. The Bible saved his life. He made profession of faith in the Missionary Baptist Church August,1864, Bolivar, Tenn." [The last time I saw this Bible, it was in the possession of Lura Crain Perry. After Aunt Lura died, a cousin, Jesse Earl Pruitt, retrieved the large Crain family Bible from the back of a pick-up before it was taken to the dump grounds. I hope James Martin's pocket Bible was not thrown away.--Elreeta Weathers]
"His great-grandmother was a Ragsby. Her uncles General Muron and General Pickens."
"His Grandparents Cosbys moved to Miss. when Nelly was a small girl. Nelly rode behind one of the Generals when she was sent to pilot him from one highway to the other. These Grandparents died before James Martin Crain was born. They died in Miss."
"Grandmother Mary Ann Crain's parents:
"Johnson McGlothlin, born Ohio, Kentucky.* "Jenny Gibson McGlothlin, born Ohio, Kentucky."
"At the age of 4 years, she moved with her parents to Bolivar, TN."
"Her grandparents were:
"Jessie Gibson, Born in Miss.
"Elizabeth Parmley Gibson, born in Miss.
"With their two older children moved to Ohio, Kentucky.* They located on the banks of the Ohio River, where bears and wild turkeys were plentiful. They were a lot of wild Indians there. They had 10 sons and 2 daughters."
"Grandmother Crain's Grandfather McGlothlin was a Missionary Baptist preacher. He was very old when he died. He lived in Ohio, Kentucky."
[Marah "Mary" Ann McGlothlin's father was Johnson McGlothlin--so Johnson's father was a Missionary Baptist preacher.--Elreeta Weathers.]
"Grandparents:
"James Martin Crain, b. 16 Feb., 1841, Holly Springs, Mississippi [Marshall County] Died, August 31, 1926, Oglesby, TX, [Coryell County, TX.]
"Marah Ann McGlothlin Crain--called Mary Ann--Born March 14, '1938 [should be 1838], Ohio, Kentucky.
Died: Jan.1, 1914, Oglesby, Texas. [Coryell County, TX.] They were both buried at Coryell Church, Oglesby, TX.
Married, Jan. 25, 1866.
"Their children and families:
(1) "John Parmley Crain, Born Dec.31,1866, Toones [Toone], Tenn., Hardeman Co.
Died a small child. He was scalded with hot water.
[Died 27 March, 1874, Buried McClendon Cemetery, Hardeman Co., TN.]
(2) "Thomas Martin Crain, Born July 21, 1868, Toones [Toone], Tenn., Hardeman Co.
Died March, 1944. [Tombstone has death on 5 March, 1943. Buried Coryell Church Cemetery, Coryell Co. ,TX--has tombstone in a curbed lot.] "He married Theresa Hall in Summer, 1896. She died in 1915. He later married May Bradshaw.
(3) "James Wesley Crain, Born, April 16,1871 - Toones, [Toone] Tenn., Hardeman Co.
Died: Nov. 18, 1930,[Blue Ridge, Hamilton County, TX.--buried IOOF Cemetery, Hamilton, TX.--Elreeta] "He Married Amanda Elizabeth Stribling Oct., 23, 1895, Coryell County, TX. Died Aug.23, 1972.
(4) "Sarah Cordelia [Aunt Delia] Crain: Born Feb.12, 1874, Toones [Toone], Tenn., Hardeman Co. Died June 12,1947.
[Buried in an unmarked grave in Coryell Church Cemetery, Coryell County, TX.]
(5) "George Abijah Crain
Born Dec. 25, 1877
Died July 16, 1946
[Buried in an unmarked grave in Coryell Church Cemetery, Coryell County, TX.]
(6) Charles Wilford Crain
Born July 10/18, 1881 --Died a small child [Died 9 Sept., 1882, Buried McClendon Cemetery, Hardeman Co., TN.]
"James Wesley Crain, my father and family" Born April 16, 1871, Toones [Toone], Hardeman Co.
Died Nov. 18, 1930. Buried Hamilton, Texas, IOOF Cemetery.
"Amanda Elizabeth Stribling Crain
Born August 27, 1877, Oglesby [Coryell County], Texas Died Aug. 23, 1972. Buried IOOF Cemetery, Hamilton, Texas
"They married Oct. 23, 1895, Oglesby, Texas, Coryell Church Community. They moved to Hamilton, Texas, Nov. 1, 1907. They lived at the same place they first settled in Blue Ridge Community the rest of their lives. Mama moved to Grand Pa Stribing's home March 22, 1969." {Can you imagine deciding to move at the age of 91??!!)
Aunt Delia died in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, TX, according to her death record. That is the reason I could not find a death record for her in either Hamilton County or in Coryell County. Apparently Uncle Edwin took her to his daughter, Lucy who lived at 1212 Hammond in Fort Worth, before she was hospitlized and died and Elmwood Sanitorium.
Between 16 July, 1946, and 12 July, 1947, Sarah Cordelia "Delia" Crain came to live in Hamilton County, TX, first with my grandmother, Amanda Elizabeth Stribling Crain, widow of James Wesley Crain, and then with my uncle, James Edwin Crain. Until Aunt Delia's younger brother, George Abijah Crain died in July, 1946, she and Uncle George lived in a tiny ramshackled house located just north of the Coryell Church Cemetery, Coryell Church Community, Coryell County, TX. After Uncle George died Aunt Delia had only nephews and neices left. She was too ill and too destitute to live alone so Daddy and Uncle Edwin brought her to Hamilton. The two sons and daughter of Uncle Thomas Martin Crain were not interested in helping her. Aunt Delia was a daughter of James Martin Crain and Marah "Mary" Ann McGlothlin Crain. She died in the home of my uncle, James Edwin Crain, in the Lund Valley Community of Hamilton County. She was buried beside her brother, George Abijah, and near her parents in the Coryell Church Cemetery, Coryell County, TX. None of these four graves is marked by a tombstone. There is not a death record for Aunt Delia in Hamilton County, TX, nor is there a death record in Coryell County, TX for Aunt Delia, Uncle George, nor their parents, James Martin and Marah "Mary" Ann McGlothlin Crain. But there is a death record for James Martin Crain available from the State of Texas. During the time Aunt Delia lived in Hamilton County, my father, Robert Verne Crain and his siblings questioned Aunt Delia about their ancestors. My grandfather, James Wesley Crain, had died in 1930 when his children were young adults so they did not have much information about ancestors. Despite the fact that Aunt Delia was terminally ill during her last year of life, her story has been an excellent starting point for genealogy research. We have been able to document many of the details she related. Both my father and his younger sister, Lura Bernice Crain Perry recorded some of the information Aunt Delia related.--Elreeta Crain Weathers
Information I have added is in [ ].
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"This is a Record of My Father, James Wesley Crain, His parents, brothers and sisters, As much As I could Find About Grandparents, etc., by Lura Crain Perry.
"Grandfather, James Martin Crain parents:
A. B. Crain, [Abijah Brooks "Ab"] born March 14, 1817, White County, TN
Nelley [Ellen/Ellender] Cosby Crain, born March 13, 1818, White County, TN
"At the age of 3 years our Grandfather James Martin moved with his parents to Bolivar, Tenn. All of James Martin and Mary Ann Crain's children were born inToones [Toone], Tenn, Hardeman Co. Grandfather Crain had two brothers that Mother [Amanda Crain] knew. They were Abijah and George. George was a dentist and lived in Roswell, New Mexico. He died there. He had three sisters that mother knew. Margaret and Nancy. This is all she knew about them. Lea Crain married Sam McGlothlin, Grandmother Crain's brother. They lived in Ranger Texas. I have seen them. Haven't heard anything from their family in a long time. They both died in Ranger, Texas.
"His Grandparents:
"Stephen Crain and Pattie [Nancy] Sparks Crain. They had seven sons and one daughter. His wife died and he married again. They had seven sons and one daughter. He was a gunsmith. He was 86 when he died in 1859 or 1860." [Stephen died in Sept. 1859, in Pontotoc Co., MS and his first wife was Nancy Sparks--Elreeta Weather]
"They sold $3000.00 worth of Negroes. The war broke out in1861 and they never did collect any money. They were sold to a man named Nance. He had over 100 acres of land that was never taken up. This was all in Holly Springs, Miss".[This was in Pontotoc Co., MS, just east of Holly Springs in Marshall Co., MS.--Elreeta Weathers]
"Our Grandfather James Martin Crain fought in the Civil War. He was carrying a Bible in his left pocket over his chest. A bullet hit the Bible and glazed off. The Bible saved his life. He made profession of faith in the Missionary Baptist Church August,1864, Bolivar, Tenn." [The last time I saw this Bible, it was in the possession of Lura Crain Perry. After Aunt Lura died, a cousin, Jesse Earl Pruitt, retrieved the large Crain family Bible from the back of a pick-up before it was taken to the dump grounds. I hope James Martin's pocket Bible was not thrown away.--Elreeta Weathers]
"His great-grandmother was a Ragsby. Her uncles General Muron and General Pickens."
"His Grandparents Cosbys moved to Miss. when Nelly was a small girl. Nelly rode behind one of the Generals when she was sent to pilot him from one highway to the other. These Grandparents died before James Martin Crain was born. They died in Miss."
"Grandmother Mary Ann Crain's parents:
"Johnson McGlothlin, born Ohio, Kentucky.* "Jenny Gibson McGlothlin, born Ohio, Kentucky."
"At the age of 4 years, she moved with her parents to Bolivar, TN."
"Her grandparents were:
"Jessie Gibson, Born in Miss.
"Elizabeth Parmley Gibson, born in Miss.
"With their two older children moved to Ohio, Kentucky.* They located on the banks of the Ohio River, where bears and wild turkeys were plentiful. They were a lot of wild Indians there. They had 10 sons and 2 daughters."
"Grandmother Crain's Grandfather McGlothlin was a Missionary Baptist preacher. He was very old when he died. He lived in Ohio, Kentucky."
[Marah "Mary" Ann McGlothlin's father was Johnson McGlothlin--so Johnson's father was a Missionary Baptist preacher.--Elreeta Weathers.]
"Grandparents:
"James Martin Crain, b. 16 Feb., 1841, Holly Springs, Mississippi [Marshall County] Died, August 31, 1926, Oglesby, TX, [Coryell County, TX.]
"Marah Ann McGlothlin Crain--called Mary Ann--Born March 14, '1938 [should be 1838], Ohio, Kentucky.
Died: Jan.1, 1914, Oglesby, Texas. [Coryell County, TX.] They were both buried at Coryell Church, Oglesby, TX.
Married, Jan. 25, 1866.
"Their children and families:
(1) "John Parmley Crain, Born Dec.31,1866, Toones [Toone], Tenn., Hardeman Co.
Died a small child. He was scalded with hot water.
[Died 27 March, 1874, Buried McClendon Cemetery, Hardeman Co., TN.]
(2) "Thomas Martin Crain, Born July 21, 1868, Toones [Toone], Tenn., Hardeman Co.
Died March, 1944. [Tombstone has death on 5 March, 1943. Buried Coryell Church Cemetery, Coryell Co. ,TX--has tombstone in a curbed lot.] "He married Theresa Hall in Summer, 1896. She died in 1915. He later married May Bradshaw.
(3) "James Wesley Crain, Born, April 16,1871 - Toones, [Toone] Tenn., Hardeman Co.
Died: Nov. 18, 1930,[Blue Ridge, Hamilton County, TX.--buried IOOF Cemetery, Hamilton, TX.--Elreeta] "He Married Amanda Elizabeth Stribling Oct., 23, 1895, Coryell County, TX. Died Aug.23, 1972.
(4) "Sarah Cordelia [Aunt Delia] Crain: Born Feb.12, 1874, Toones [Toone], Tenn., Hardeman Co. Died June 12,1947.
[Buried in an unmarked grave in Coryell Church Cemetery, Coryell County, TX.]
(5) "George Abijah Crain
Born Dec. 25, 1877
Died July 16, 1946
[Buried in an unmarked grave in Coryell Church Cemetery, Coryell County, TX.]
(6) Charles Wilford Crain
Born July 10/18, 1881 --Died a small child [Died 9 Sept., 1882, Buried McClendon Cemetery, Hardeman Co., TN.]
"James Wesley Crain, my father and family" Born April 16, 1871, Toones [Toone], Hardeman Co.
Died Nov. 18, 1930. Buried Hamilton, Texas, IOOF Cemetery.
"Amanda Elizabeth Stribling Crain
Born August 27, 1877, Oglesby [Coryell County], Texas Died Aug. 23, 1972. Buried IOOF Cemetery, Hamilton, Texas
"They married Oct. 23, 1895, Oglesby, Texas, Coryell Church Community. They moved to Hamilton, Texas, Nov. 1, 1907. They lived at the same place they first settled in Blue Ridge Community the rest of their lives. Mama moved to Grand Pa Stribing's home March 22, 1969." {Can you imagine deciding to move at the age of 91??!!)
Aunt Delia died in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, TX, according to her death record. That is the reason I could not find a death record for her in either Hamilton County or in Coryell County. Apparently Uncle Edwin took her to his daughter, Lucy who lived at 1212 Hammond in Fort Worth, before she was hospitlized and died and Elmwood Sanitorium.
unmarked grave
Between 16 July, 1946, and 12 July, 1947, Sarah Cordelia "Delia" Crain came to live in Hamilton County, TX, first with my grandmother, Amanda Elizabeth Stribling Crain, widow of James Wesley Crain, and then with my uncle, James Edwin Crain. Until Aunt Delia's younger brother, George Abijah Crain died in July, 1946, she and Uncle George lived in a tiny ramshackled house located just north of the Coryell Church Cemetery, Coryell Church Community, Coryell County, TX. After Uncle George died Aunt Delia had only nephews and neices left. She was too ill and too destitute to live alone so Daddy and Uncle Edwin brought her to Hamilton. The two sons and daughter of Uncle Thomas Martin Crain were not interested in helping her. Aunt Delia was a daughter of James Martin Crain and Marah "Mary" Ann McGlothlin Crain. She died in the home of my uncle, James Edwin Crain, in the Lund Valley Community of Hamilton County. She was buried beside her brother, George Abijah, and near her parents in the Coryell Church Cemetery, Coryell County, TX. None of these four graves is marked by a tombstone. There is not a death record for Aunt Delia in Hamilton County, TX, nor is there a death record in Coryell County, TX for Aunt Delia, Uncle George, nor their parents, James Martin and Marah "Mary" Ann McGlothlin Crain. But there is a death record for James Martin Crain available from the State of Texas. During the time Aunt Delia lived in Hamilton County, my father, Robert Verne Crain and his siblings questioned Aunt Delia about their ancestors. My grandfather, James Wesley Crain, had died in 1930 when his children were young adults so they did not have much information about ancestors. Despite the fact that Aunt Delia was terminally ill during her last year of life, her story has been an excellent starting point for genealogy research. We have been able to document many of the details she related. Both my father and his younger sister, Lura Bernice Crain Perry recorded some of the information Aunt Delia related.--Elreeta Crain Weathers
Information I have added is in [ ].
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"This is a Record of My Father, James Wesley Crain, His parents, brothers and sisters, As much As I could Find About Grandparents, etc., by Lura Crain Perry.
"Grandfather, James Martin Crain parents:
A. B. Crain, [Abijah Brooks "Ab"] born March 14, 1817, White County, TN
Nelley [Ellen/Ellender] Cosby Crain, born March 13, 1818, White County, TN
"At the age of 3 years our Grandfather James Martin moved with his parents to Bolivar, Tenn. All of James Martin and Mary Ann Crain's children were born inToones [Toone], Tenn, Hardeman Co. Grandfather Crain had two brothers that Mother [Amanda Crain] knew. They were Abijah and George. George was a dentist and lived in Roswell, New Mexico. He died there. He had three sisters that mother knew. Margaret and Nancy. This is all she knew about them. Lea Crain married Sam McGlothlin, Grandmother Crain's brother. They lived in Ranger Texas. I have seen them. Haven't heard anything from their family in a long time. They both died in Ranger, Texas.
"His Grandparents:
"Stephen Crain and Pattie [Nancy] Sparks Crain. They had seven sons and one daughter. His wife died and he married again. They had seven sons and one daughter. He was a gunsmith. He was 86 when he died in 1859 or 1860." [Stephen died in Sept. 1859, in Pontotoc Co., MS and his first wife was Nancy Sparks--Elreeta Weather]
"They sold $3000.00 worth of Negroes. The war broke out in1861 and they never did collect any money. They were sold to a man named Nance. He had over 100 acres of land that was never taken up. This was all in Holly Springs, Miss".[This was in Pontotoc Co., MS, just east of Holly Springs in Marshall Co., MS.--Elreeta Weathers]
"Our Grandfather James Martin Crain fought in the Civil War. He was carrying a Bible in his left pocket over his chest. A bullet hit the Bible and glazed off. The Bible saved his life. He made profession of faith in the Missionary Baptist Church August,1864, Bolivar, Tenn." [The last time I saw this Bible, it was in the possession of Lura Crain Perry. After Aunt Lura died, a cousin, Jesse Earl Pruitt, retrieved the large Crain family Bible from the back of a pick-up before it was taken to the dump grounds. I hope James Martin's pocket Bible was not thrown away.--Elreeta Weathers]
"His great-grandmother was a Ragsby. Her uncles General Muron and General Pickens."
"His Grandparents Cosbys moved to Miss. when Nelly was a small girl. Nelly rode behind one of the Generals when she was sent to pilot him from one highway to the other. These Grandparents died before James Martin Crain was born. They died in Miss."
"Grandmother Mary Ann Crain's parents:
"Johnson McGlothlin, born Ohio, Kentucky.* "Jenny Gibson McGlothlin, born Ohio, Kentucky."
"At the age of 4 years, she moved with her parents to Bolivar, TN."
"Her grandparents were:
"Jessie Gibson, Born in Miss.
"Elizabeth Parmley Gibson, born in Miss.
"With their two older children moved to Ohio, Kentucky.* They located on the banks of the Ohio River, where bears and wild turkeys were plentiful. They were a lot of wild Indians there. They had 10 sons and 2 daughters."
"Grandmother Crain's Grandfather McGlothlin was a Missionary Baptist preacher. He was very old when he died. He lived in Ohio, Kentucky."
[Marah "Mary" Ann McGlothlin's father was Johnson McGlothlin--so Johnson's father was a Missionary Baptist preacher.--Elreeta Weathers.]
"Grandparents:
"James Martin Crain, b. 16 Feb., 1841, Holly Springs, Mississippi [Marshall County] Died, August 31, 1926, Oglesby, TX, [Coryell County, TX.]
"Marah Ann McGlothlin Crain--called Mary Ann--Born March 14, '1938 [should be 1838], Ohio, Kentucky.
Died: Jan.1, 1914, Oglesby, Texas. [Coryell County, TX.] They were both buried at Coryell Church, Oglesby, TX.
Married, Jan. 25, 1866.
"Their children and families:
(1) "John Parmley Crain, Born Dec.31,1866, Toones [Toone], Tenn., Hardeman Co.
Died a small child. He was scalded with hot water.
[Died 27 March, 1874, Buried McClendon Cemetery, Hardeman Co., TN.]
(2) "Thomas Martin Crain, Born July 21, 1868, Toones [Toone], Tenn., Hardeman Co.
Died March, 1944. [Tombstone has death on 5 March, 1943. Buried Coryell Church Cemetery, Coryell Co. ,TX--has tombstone in a curbed lot.] "He married Theresa Hall in Summer, 1896. She died in 1915. He later married May Bradshaw.
(3) "James Wesley Crain, Born, April 16,1871 - Toones, [Toone] Tenn., Hardeman Co.
Died: Nov. 18, 1930,[Blue Ridge, Hamilton County, TX.--buried IOOF Cemetery, Hamilton, TX.--Elreeta] "He Married Amanda Elizabeth Stribling Oct., 23, 1895, Coryell County, TX. Died Aug.23, 1972.
(4) "Sarah Cordelia [Aunt Delia] Crain: Born Feb.12, 1874, Toones [Toone], Tenn., Hardeman Co. Died June 12,1947.
[Buried in an unmarked grave in Coryell Church Cemetery, Coryell County, TX.]
(5) "George Abijah Crain
Born Dec. 25, 1877
Died July 16, 1946
[Buried in an unmarked grave in Coryell Church Cemetery, Coryell County, TX.]
(6) Charles Wilford Crain
Born July 10/18, 1881 --Died a small child [Died 9 Sept., 1882, Buried McClendon Cemetery, Hardeman Co., TN.]
"James Wesley Crain, my father and family" Born April 16, 1871, Toones [Toone], Hardeman Co.
Died Nov. 18, 1930. Buried Hamilton, Texas, IOOF Cemetery.
"Amanda Elizabeth Stribling Crain
Born August 27, 1877, Oglesby [Coryell County], Texas Died Aug. 23, 1972. Buried IOOF Cemetery, Hamilton, Texas
"They married Oct. 23, 1895, Oglesby, Texas, Coryell Church Community. They moved to Hamilton, Texas, Nov. 1, 1907. They lived at the same place they first settled in Blue Ridge Community the rest of their lives. Mama moved to Grand Pa Stribing's home March 22, 1969." {Can you imagine deciding to move at the age of 91??!!)
Aunt Delia died in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, TX, according to her death record. That is the reason I could not find a death record for her in either Hamilton County or in Coryell County. Apparently Uncle Edwin took her to his daughter, Lucy who lived at 1212 Hammond in Fort Worth, before she was hospitlized and died and Elmwood Sanitorium.
Between 16 July, 1946, and 12 July, 1947, Sarah Cordelia "Delia" Crain came to live in Hamilton County, TX, first with my grandmother, Amanda Elizabeth Stribling Crain, widow of James Wesley Crain, and then with my uncle, James Edwin Crain. Until Aunt Delia's younger brother, George Abijah Crain died in July, 1946, she and Uncle George lived in a tiny ramshackled house located just north of the Coryell Church Cemetery, Coryell Church Community, Coryell County, TX. After Uncle George died Aunt Delia had only nephews and neices left. She was too ill and too destitute to live alone so Daddy and Uncle Edwin brought her to Hamilton. The two sons and daughter of Uncle Thomas Martin Crain were not interested in helping her. Aunt Delia was a daughter of James Martin Crain and Marah "Mary" Ann McGlothlin Crain. She died in the home of my uncle, James Edwin Crain, in the Lund Valley Community of Hamilton County. She was buried beside her brother, George Abijah, and near her parents in the Coryell Church Cemetery, Coryell County, TX. None of these four graves is marked by a tombstone. There is not a death record for Aunt Delia in Hamilton County, TX, nor is there a death record in Coryell County, TX for Aunt Delia, Uncle George, nor their parents, James Martin and Marah "Mary" Ann McGlothlin Crain. But there is a death record for James Martin Crain available from the State of Texas. During the time Aunt Delia lived in Hamilton County, my father, Robert Verne Crain and his siblings questioned Aunt Delia about their ancestors. My grandfather, James Wesley Crain, had died in 1930 when his children were young adults so they did not have much information about ancestors. Despite the fact that Aunt Delia was terminally ill during her last year of life, her story has been an excellent starting point for genealogy research. We have been able to document many of the details she related. Both my father and his younger sister, Lura Bernice Crain Perry recorded some of the information Aunt Delia related.--Elreeta Crain Weathers
Information I have added is in [ ].
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"This is a Record of My Father, James Wesley Crain, His parents, brothers and sisters, As much As I could Find About Grandparents, etc., by Lura Crain Perry.
"Grandfather, James Martin Crain parents:
A. B. Crain, [Abijah Brooks "Ab"] born March 14, 1817, White County, TN
Nelley [Ellen/Ellender] Cosby Crain, born March 13, 1818, White County, TN
"At the age of 3 years our Grandfather James Martin moved with his parents to Bolivar, Tenn. All of James Martin and Mary Ann Crain's children were born inToones [Toone], Tenn, Hardeman Co. Grandfather Crain had two brothers that Mother [Amanda Crain] knew. They were Abijah and George. George was a dentist and lived in Roswell, New Mexico. He died there. He had three sisters that mother knew. Margaret and Nancy. This is all she knew about them. Lea Crain married Sam McGlothlin, Grandmother Crain's brother. They lived in Ranger Texas. I have seen them. Haven't heard anything from their family in a long time. They both died in Ranger, Texas.
"His Grandparents:
"Stephen Crain and Pattie [Nancy] Sparks Crain. They had seven sons and one daughter. His wife died and he married again. They had seven sons and one daughter. He was a gunsmith. He was 86 when he died in 1859 or 1860." [Stephen died in Sept. 1859, in Pontotoc Co., MS and his first wife was Nancy Sparks--Elreeta Weather]
"They sold $3000.00 worth of Negroes. The war broke out in1861 and they never did collect any money. They were sold to a man named Nance. He had over 100 acres of land that was never taken up. This was all in Holly Springs, Miss".[This was in Pontotoc Co., MS, just east of Holly Springs in Marshall Co., MS.--Elreeta Weathers]
"Our Grandfather James Martin Crain fought in the Civil War. He was carrying a Bible in his left pocket over his chest. A bullet hit the Bible and glazed off. The Bible saved his life. He made profession of faith in the Missionary Baptist Church August,1864, Bolivar, Tenn." [The last time I saw this Bible, it was in the possession of Lura Crain Perry. After Aunt Lura died, a cousin, Jesse Earl Pruitt, retrieved the large Crain family Bible from the back of a pick-up before it was taken to the dump grounds. I hope James Martin's pocket Bible was not thrown away.--Elreeta Weathers]
"His great-grandmother was a Ragsby. Her uncles General Muron and General Pickens."
"His Grandparents Cosbys moved to Miss. when Nelly was a small girl. Nelly rode behind one of the Generals when she was sent to pilot him from one highway to the other. These Grandparents died before James Martin Crain was born. They died in Miss."
"Grandmother Mary Ann Crain's parents:
"Johnson McGlothlin, born Ohio, Kentucky.* "Jenny Gibson McGlothlin, born Ohio, Kentucky."
"At the age of 4 years, she moved with her parents to Bolivar, TN."
"Her grandparents were:
"Jessie Gibson, Born in Miss.
"Elizabeth Parmley Gibson, born in Miss.
"With their two older children moved to Ohio, Kentucky.* They located on the banks of the Ohio River, where bears and wild turkeys were plentiful. They were a lot of wild Indians there. They had 10 sons and 2 daughters."
"Grandmother Crain's Grandfather McGlothlin was a Missionary Baptist preacher. He was very old when he died. He lived in Ohio, Kentucky."
[Marah "Mary" Ann McGlothlin's father was Johnson McGlothlin--so Johnson's father was a Missionary Baptist preacher.--Elreeta Weathers.]
"Grandparents:
"James Martin Crain, b. 16 Feb., 1841, Holly Springs, Mississippi [Marshall County] Died, August 31, 1926, Oglesby, TX, [Coryell County, TX.]
"Marah Ann McGlothlin Crain--called Mary Ann--Born March 14, '1938 [should be 1838], Ohio, Kentucky.
Died: Jan.1, 1914, Oglesby, Texas. [Coryell County, TX.] They were both buried at Coryell Church, Oglesby, TX.
Married, Jan. 25, 1866.
"Their children and families:
(1) "John Parmley Crain, Born Dec.31,1866, Toones [Toone], Tenn., Hardeman Co.
Died a small child. He was scalded with hot water.
[Died 27 March, 1874, Buried McClendon Cemetery, Hardeman Co., TN.]
(2) "Thomas Martin Crain, Born July 21, 1868, Toones [Toone], Tenn., Hardeman Co.
Died March, 1944. [Tombstone has death on 5 March, 1943. Buried Coryell Church Cemetery, Coryell Co. ,TX--has tombstone in a curbed lot.] "He married Theresa Hall in Summer, 1896. She died in 1915. He later married May Bradshaw.
(3) "James Wesley Crain, Born, April 16,1871 - Toones, [Toone] Tenn., Hardeman Co.
Died: Nov. 18, 1930,[Blue Ridge, Hamilton County, TX.--buried IOOF Cemetery, Hamilton, TX.--Elreeta] "He Married Amanda Elizabeth Stribling Oct., 23, 1895, Coryell County, TX. Died Aug.23, 1972.
(4) "Sarah Cordelia [Aunt Delia] Crain: Born Feb.12, 1874, Toones [Toone], Tenn., Hardeman Co. Died June 12,1947.
[Buried in an unmarked grave in Coryell Church Cemetery, Coryell County, TX.]
(5) "George Abijah Crain
Born Dec. 25, 1877
Died July 16, 1946
[Buried in an unmarked grave in Coryell Church Cemetery, Coryell County, TX.]
(6) Charles Wilford Crain
Born July 10/18, 1881 --Died a small child [Died 9 Sept., 1882, Buried McClendon Cemetery, Hardeman Co., TN.]
"James Wesley Crain, my father and family" Born April 16, 1871, Toones [Toone], Hardeman Co.
Died Nov. 18, 1930. Buried Hamilton, Texas, IOOF Cemetery.
"Amanda Elizabeth Stribling Crain
Born August 27, 1877, Oglesby [Coryell County], Texas Died Aug. 23, 1972. Buried IOOF Cemetery, Hamilton, Texas
"They married Oct. 23, 1895, Oglesby, Texas, Coryell Church Community. They moved to Hamilton, Texas, Nov. 1, 1907. They lived at the same place they first settled in Blue Ridge Community the rest of their lives. Mama moved to Grand Pa Stribing's home March 22, 1969." {Can you imagine deciding to move at the age of 91??!!)
Aunt Delia died in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, TX, according to her death record. That is the reason I could not find a death record for her in either Hamilton County or in Coryell County. Apparently Uncle Edwin took her to his daughter, Lucy who lived at 1212 Hammond in Fort Worth, before she was hospitlized and died and Elmwood Sanitorium.
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