Lemuel McCracken Mystery
Mariah McCracken
Mariah (alt. Maria) McCracken was born in 1832 in Ohio. She married Jacob Leitner in 1852 in Henry County, Ohio.
Mariah and Sarah McCracken, who was two years older, are found living in 1850 in Seneca County, Ohio with the Adam Yoder family. David McCracken is living in the next household in the census with Walter & Rosanna (Shaull) Merchant. Information has been found that confirms David as the father of Mariah.
Mariah married in Henry County and lived their until she died in 1866.
After her death, her husband Jacob Leitner married Mary McCracken, who a bio states was Mariah/Maria’s half-sister.
Based on her age Mariah could possibly be a sister or cousin to Lemuel.
Records for these families are in my tree on ancestry.com.