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MICHAEL CRAMER (1821 - 1864)

PRESIDENT JAMES MONROE 1817-1825

On 17 August 1821 MICHAEL CRAMER was born in Pennsylvania. MICHAEL’s parents are Benjamin Cramer and Margaret Jacoby.

PRESIDENT JOHN QUINCY ADAMS 1825-1829

PRESIDENT ANDREW JACKSON 1829-1837

PRESIDENT MARTIN VAN BUREN 1837-1841

PRESIDENT JOHN TYLER 1841-1845

1843: MARRIAGE OF MICHAEL AND NANCY WELCH

On 14 September 1843 MICHAEL (age 22) married Nancy Welch in Ohio – probably Delaware County. MICHAEL and Nancy had at least four children:

PRESIDENT JAMES POLK 1845-1849

1. Mary Ann (b. 1845)
2. Isaac (b. 1846)

MEXICAN WAR 1846-1848

3. Margaret (b. 1847)
4. Benjamin (Jr.) (b. 1848)

PRESIDENT ZACHARY TAYLOR 1849-1850

PRESIDENT MILLARD FILLMORE 1850-1853

By 1850 MICHAEL, Nancy and the four children were living in Westfield Township, Morrow County, Ohio.

PRESIDENT FRANKLIN PIERCE 1853-1857

1854: LIFE IN INDIANA

On 7 October 1854 MICHAEL brought land in Marshall County, Indiana, near Plymouth, from John and Elizabeth Jacoby. MICHAEL and the family had moved from Ohio to Indiana with the son of John Jacoby Sr. (John Jacoby Jr.) and his family.

By 1860 MICHAEL and Nancy had three more children and were living in Plymouth, Marshall County, Indiana.

PRESIDENT JAMES BUCHANAN 1857-1861

1. Susanna (b. 1857)
2. Comfort (b. 1959)

In 1860 MICHAEL and family were in Center Township, Marshall County, Indiana.

PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN 1861-1865

3. HENRY (b. 1861)

CIVIL WAR 1861-1865

1864: DEATH OF MICHAEL

On 11 November 1864 MICHAEL (age 43) died in Plymouth, Marshall County, Indiana. MICHAEL was buried in the Jacoby Cemetery, Argos, Marshall County, Indiana.

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Notes On Michael Cramer

Information is based on the following sources:

• Rootsweb.com: Contact: Greg Sommer [email protected] http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:653968&id=I30281460 SEE WEB SITE SOURCE INDEX
  • BIRTH DATE
  • BIRTH PLACE
  • PARENTS
  • SPOUSE
  • CHILDREN (BIRTH DATE PLACE)
  • DEATH DATE
  • DEATH PLACE
• PHILIP (JR.) Welch of Ipswich, Massachusetts 1654 and His Descendents, by Alexander McMillan Welch 1947, p. 198. The William Byrd Press, Inc., Richmond, Virginia. 929.2 Welch 1947, Allen County Library, Ft. Wayne, Indiana.
  • MARRIAGE DATE
• Descendents of Bartholomew Jacoby by Helen E. (Jacoby) Evard, 1955. Mitchell-Fleming Printing, Inc. Greenfield, Indiana. Published by Marion County Historical Society, 1907. SEE FAMILY HISTORY SOURCE INDEX. (see Welch)
  • MARRIAGE PLACE

ADDITIONAL SOURCE:

1850 Census of Westfield Township, Morrow County, Ohio [157/150]. SEE CENSUS SOURCE INDEX.

1860 Census of Center Township, Marshall County, Indiana, p. 624. SEE CENSUS SOURCE INDEX.

NOTE:

Marriage date also verified on D.A.R. Records of Early Delaware County Marriages of 1865. Later Records copied from Probate Court Records. SOURCE: Genealogical Index of Delaware union Counties, and Pioneers of Delaware County by Pabst. From the Ohio Historical Society.

Speculation by descendent Julian Kratzner, February 20, 1995:

I’ve long been puzzled by the 10 year time spread between two of Michael Cramer’s children. Benjamin J. Cramer born 1847, and Susanna Cramer born 1857. I just saw a documentary on the Oregon Train and the California gold rush. They said that “Some got rich, some stayed, and some cam back.” Would it be an educated guess that Michael Cramer was part of that westward movement? That he was among those who came back?

If this theory holds water, Michael would have left the family while Nancy and children were still in Marion County, Ohio. The Benjamin Cramer and John Jacoby Jr. group were in Marion County, Ohio until 1854. By 1857 the family was in Marshall County, Indiana. So Michael was not with the family when they moved.

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