Lemuel McCracken Mystery
Bates County Missouri Families
By the late 1870’s Louisiana was not well and the family headed back to other family. I don’t know if they arrived at their destination or not, but they ended up in Bates Co, Missouri (On the KS-MO border north of Crawford Co.). That is where Louisiana died (Aug 25, 1879).
In 1880, there is a Robert McCracken (born Ohio) and his family living in Bates Co, MO as well. Lemuel and Robert were about the same age; however, I don’t know if they were related or not. I found what I believe is a match for this Robert McCracken in Hopewell, Licking, OH in an earlier census, but no record of Lemuel in that area.