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id=\"u86188-5\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u86188-10\" class=\"list0 nls-None\">\n<li id=\"u86188-7\">A photo of Mary Macklin&nbsp; (daughter of Louisiana &amp; James Badgley)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u86188-9\">A photo of Lemuel Franklin McCracken (oldest son of Lemuel and Louisanna<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u51843-6\" class=\"\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-8 col-sm-6 col-xs-12 col-lg-8\" style=\"padding: 0% 1.5% 0% 3%;\">\n<p id=\"u28645-21\" class=\"\">The family was always told that Louisiana&#8217;s maiden name was Johnson.&nbsp; However, it appears that her maiden name was Matteer.&nbsp; Lemuel would have known her father as he lived in Lee County, Iowa.&nbsp; So, questions remain as to why people believed her name was Johnson.<\/p>\n<p id=\"u71033-3\" class=\"\"><span id=\"u71033-2\"><span id=\"u37645-2\"><span id=\"u5931-3\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"u86189-2\">Johnson<\/h3>\n<p id=\"u86189-4\" class=\"\">No records have been found for Louisiana with the Johnson name or any similar name.&nbsp; The only reference to Johnson in the family is Andrew\u2019s middle name.&nbsp; However, it is likely that he was named after President Andrew Johnson, who had taken office the year before his birth. Also, the family lived next to a Johnson family in Crawford County, Kansas.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"u86189-7\" class=\"\">Matteer<\/h3>\n<p id=\"u86189-10\" class=\"\">Matteer appears to be Louisiana&#8217;s actual maiden name.&nbsp; You will see this in the records&nbsp; for her marriage to James Badgley (her first husband) and it is also demonstrated through Matthias\/Mathias Matteer&#8217;s records, particularly that he moved to Lee County, Iowa, which is where Louisiana married Lemuel McCracken. DNA data also shows that the woman who married James Badgley is our Louisiana.<\/p>\n<p id=\"u71033-12\" class=\"\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"\">The Questions<\/h3>\n<ul id=\"u86190-10\" class=\"list0 nls-None\">\n<li>Why did the family say that Louisiana&#8217;s maiden name was Johnson when it was Matteer?<\/li>\n<li>Were the Johnson\/Johnston family that lived near the McCracken family in Crawford county somehow related?<\/li>\n<li>It was said that William T. McCracken&#8217;s first wife, Louretta Johnson\/Johnston was a cousin of Louisiana.&nbsp; Is she?&nbsp; Is this where the name Johnson came from as Louisiana&#8217;s maiden name?<\/li>\n<li>Does the Johnson name fit in some other way?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\" style=\"padding-top: 13px; padding-bottom: 16px;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-6 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-lg-6\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/itsallinthesynapse.net\/Family_History\/mccracken\/\">\u2190Return to Main<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-6 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-lg-6\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/itsallinthesynapse.net\/Family_History\/louisianamystery1marriage\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read Next\u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"boldgrid-section\">\n<div class=\"container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"boldgrid-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-lg-12\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"boldgrid-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-lg-12\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"boldgrid-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-lg-12\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"boldgrid-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-lg-12\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"boldgrid-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-lg-12\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"boldgrid-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-lg-12\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"boldgrid-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-lg-12\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"boldgrid-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-lg-12\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"boldgrid-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-lg-12\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2190Return to Main Read Next\u2192 Louisiana&#8217;s Name Mystery Overview &nbsp; Do you have? 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