Lemuel McCracken Mystery

Little information about Lemuel Lawrence McCracken was passed down in the family. That may be because of the early deaths of his wife Louisiana (age 49) and his children (the only living longest lived only to 66). Additional complications and reasons the family may not have known a lot about him arose from his multiple marriages. Most of the information about Lemuel has been obtained through records. Nothing is known of his parents or any potential siblings.

Questions

• Where was Lemuel  Lawrence McCracken prior to 1854?
• Who were Lemuel’s parents?
• Did Lemuel have any siblings?
• Is Lemuel related to Robert McCracken that lived in Bates County, Missouri at the same time he did?
• Is McCracken really Lemuel’s surname?
• Where is Ida Belle McCracken after 1910? Burial Location?
• Where were William T. and Lemuel F. McCracken in 1880?
• Why did Francis E. McCracken change her name to Minnie Alameda McCracken?
• When did Sarah Ann (Dufer) McCracken die and where is she buried?
• Why did the family say that Louisiana’s maiden name was Johnson when it was Matteer?
• Were the Johnson/Johnston family that lived near the McCracken family in Crawford county somehow related?
• How did Lemuel know the Gallea family?