voice. She had rosy cheeks, twinkling hazel eyes and a contagious smile. She never wore cosmetics of any
kind.
She would take her younger sister, Eva, by the hand and they would visit their maternal grandparents, Edmund and Sarah Ellis, who were stricken with rheumatism, and danced and sang for them. They loved to listen to the songs and tales of dear old England. Their mother would often send the children with a bucket of molasses or some little message to their widowed grandmother Cragun, to which the grandmother would repay the children with her hot bread and honey.
The family lived on a fruit farm, and as Violet would pick cherries or wrap peaches she would sing or whistle as the happy days flew by. She loved the farm and the great out-doors and would ride a horse or milk a cow as well as any of her brothers.
After their marriage, Violet and her husband leftimmediately for Chicago where David studied medicine for the next four years. Then they returned to Utah, and he established his office in Eureka, Utah.
There was some difference in temperments and interests and their paths separated in 1931. Violet moved with her boys
back to Salt Lake City. Three of her four boys served their country in the army, during World War 2.
voice. She had rosy cheeks, twinkling hazel eyes and a contagious smile. She never wore cosmetics of any
kind.
She would take her younger sister, Eva, by the hand and they would visit their maternal grandparents, Edmund and Sarah Ellis, who were stricken with rheumatism, and danced and sang for them. They loved to listen to the songs and tales of dear old England. Their mother would often send the children with a bucket of molasses or some little message to their widowed grandmother Cragun, to which the grandmother would repay the children with her hot bread and honey.
The family lived on a fruit farm, and as Violet would pick cherries or wrap peaches she would sing or whistle as the happy days flew by. She loved the farm and the great out-doors and would ride a horse or milk a cow as well as any of her brothers.
After their marriage, Violet and her husband leftimmediately for Chicago where David studied medicine for the next four years. Then they returned to Utah, and he established his office in Eureka, Utah.
There was some difference in temperments and interests and their paths separated in 1931. Violet moved with her boys
back to Salt Lake City. Three of her four boys served their country in the army, during World War 2.
Family Members
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Edmund Cragun
1868 – unknown
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Mary Ann Cragun Barker
1871–1961
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Sarah Susan Cragun
1873–1874
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Eva Cragun
1873 – unknown
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Wilford Simeon Cragun
1875–1946
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Julia Amelia Cragun Douglass
1877–1960
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May Mahalia Cragun Hill
1878–1944
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Mormon Cragun
1880–1954
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Edmund Cragun
1882–1964
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Dr Wiley Moroni Cragun
1884–1935
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Rachel Eliza Cragun
1886–1886
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Pearl Cragun Brown
1887–1919
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James Hyrum Cragun
1889–1951
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Eva Lillian Cragun Heiner
1894–1984
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