McCracken Report

First Generation

1. Lemuel Lawrence McCracken. Born in Apr 1831 in Ohio or PA. Lemuel Lawrence died in Osawatomie, Miami Co, KS, on 24 Feb 1910; he was 78. Born abt 1831 in OH. Lemuel Lawrence died in WFT Est 1864-1922; he was 32.

On 23 Sep 1854 when Lemuel Lawrence was 23, he first married Sarah C. Dufer, daughter of Hiram Dufur & Caroline Gridley, in Lee Co, IA. Born abt 1838 in Ohio. Born abt 1838 in OH. Sarah C. died bef 1860; she was 22.

They had one child:

Delarma Lawrence (1858-1942)

On 17 Jan 1859 when Lemuel Lawrence was 27, he second married Louisiana Johnson in Iowa. Born on 29 Mar 1830 in Ohio. Louisiana died in Bates Co, Missouri, on 25 Aug 1879; she was 49. Buried in Morris Cemetery, Bates County, Missouri.

They had the following children:

3	i.	Lemuel Franklin (1860-1923)
4	ii.	William "Bill" Thomas (1862-1928)
5	iii.	Andrew Johnson (1866-1920)
6	iv.	Ida Belle (1868->1910)
7	v.	Joseph (Henry) (1871-1933)
	vi.	Minnie Almeda. Born on 1 Oct 1874 in Kansas. Minnie Almeda died in Quincy, IL, on 27 Jan 1938; she was 63. abt 1910 when Minnie Almeda was 35, she married Charles W. Munroe, son of Unknown Munroe & Unknown. Born abt 1859 in Illinois.

On 22 May 1881 when Lemuel Lawrence was 50, he third married Melissa Eveline Rhodes in Bates Co., MO. Born in Oct 1847 in Ohio.