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When Thomas Cranford went a-wooing and eventually married pretty Caroline Townley...Thamas and Caroline listed themselves as farmers in the 1850 census of Walker County, Alabama....In the 1850 census they were both listed as being 30 years old...Their children were listed as Elizabeth 7, Wesley 6, Marian 4, Martha Ann 3, Robert 2, and Lucinda 1...Thomas and Caroline came to Arkansas from Alabama when Lucinda was somewhere between 6 and 9 years of age...In the 1860 census of Montgomery County, Arkansas, South Fork Township, the Cranford family is listed as: M.T. Cranford b. in South Carolina, age 40; Caroline, age 37; Wesley 18; Polly Ann 13; Robert 12; Lucinda 11 and Eliza C. 7...The six above were listed as born in Alabama and Lewis F. 3; was listed as born in Arkansas...Elizabeth had probably left home by this time and married a Sanders or Saunders and she and her daughter Tennessee, were killed in Webbers Fall, Oklahoma.
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Caroline's husband Thomas Matthew Cranford died during the Civil War and is buried in Montgomery County, Arkansas but he is not buried in a cemetery. He and a small child are buried in what is now the Cranford Family Cemetery.
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After Thomas Matthew Cranford's death Carolin married Robert McConnell, age 66 on 6-26-1866.
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Children born to Caroline and Thomas Cranford;
1. Elizabeth (Betty) Cranford, b. about 1843 in Walker County, Alabama d. about 1883 in Webber Falls, Oklahoma
2. Wesley Ivins Cranford, b. November 1844 in Walker County, Alabama
3. Mary Ann (Polly) Cranford, b. about 1846 in Walker County, Alabama
4. John Robert (Bob) Cranford, born October 1849 in Walker County, Alabama and d. May 1, 1929 in Little Rock, Arkansas
5. Lucinda Catherine Cranford, b. March 27, 1849 in Walker County, Alabama. d. September 3, 1932 in Little Rock, Arkansas
6. Eliza C (Lousia) Cranford, b. June 15, 1851 in Arkansas d. February 14, 1946 in Pine Ridge, Arkansas
7. Lewis F. Cranford born about 1857 (died young sometime between 1860-1870)
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When Thomas Cranford went a-wooing and eventually married pretty Caroline Townley...Thamas and Caroline listed themselves as farmers in the 1850 census of Walker County, Alabama....In the 1850 census they were both listed as being 30 years old...Their children were listed as Elizabeth 7, Wesley 6, Marian 4, Martha Ann 3, Robert 2, and Lucinda 1...Thomas and Caroline came to Arkansas from Alabama when Lucinda was somewhere between 6 and 9 years of age...In the 1860 census of Montgomery County, Arkansas, South Fork Township, the Cranford family is listed as: M.T. Cranford b. in South Carolina, age 40; Caroline, age 37; Wesley 18; Polly Ann 13; Robert 12; Lucinda 11 and Eliza C. 7...The six above were listed as born in Alabama and Lewis F. 3; was listed as born in Arkansas...Elizabeth had probably left home by this time and married a Sanders or Saunders and she and her daughter Tennessee, were killed in Webbers Fall, Oklahoma.
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Caroline's husband Thomas Matthew Cranford died during the Civil War and is buried in Montgomery County, Arkansas but he is not buried in a cemetery. He and a small child are buried in what is now the Cranford Family Cemetery.
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After Thomas Matthew Cranford's death Carolin married Robert McConnell, age 66 on 6-26-1866.
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Children born to Caroline and Thomas Cranford;
1. Elizabeth (Betty) Cranford, b. about 1843 in Walker County, Alabama d. about 1883 in Webber Falls, Oklahoma
2. Wesley Ivins Cranford, b. November 1844 in Walker County, Alabama
3. Mary Ann (Polly) Cranford, b. about 1846 in Walker County, Alabama
4. John Robert (Bob) Cranford, born October 1849 in Walker County, Alabama and d. May 1, 1929 in Little Rock, Arkansas
5. Lucinda Catherine Cranford, b. March 27, 1849 in Walker County, Alabama. d. September 3, 1932 in Little Rock, Arkansas
6. Eliza C (Lousia) Cranford, b. June 15, 1851 in Arkansas d. February 14, 1946 in Pine Ridge, Arkansas
7. Lewis F. Cranford born about 1857 (died young sometime between 1860-1870)
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