Young Brooken Cravens (1817 - 1889)

Born 6 Jun 1817 in Kentucky

Ancestors

Husband of Jane (Rhoades) Cravens — married 18 Feb 1841 in Carmi, White County, Illinois

Descendants

Died 22 Apr 1889 at age 71 in White Co., Illinois, USA

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Biography

Young B. Cravens was a Civil War Veteran and a farmer. His mounument reads: "This monument honors a soldier who fought to save a union". Clara Edwards, a granddaughter of Cravens said, "Grandpa rode a mare to the war & came back on the same old mare." Old abstracts show that Young B. Cravens owned a lot of land in White County, Illinois. One granddaughter said "Grandpa left the boys 80 acres of land apiece and the girls only 10 acres each." He had 5 boys and 4 girls which would be a total of 540 acres.

Name

Young Brooken /CRAVENS/^[1]

Young Bracken /CRAVENS/^[2]

Found multiple versions of NAME. Using Young Brooken /CRAVENS/.

Birth

06 JUN 1817

Kentucky^[3]

Military Service

BET 1860 AND 1865

Union Civil War veteran (see notes)/

1880 Census

Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace

Y. B. CRAVENS Self M Male W 63 KY Farmer KY KY

Jane CRAVENS Wife M Female W 58 KY Keeping House NC NC

Young CRAVENS Son S Male W 21 IL Farming KY KY

Samuel HOOSIER Other S Male W 17 TN Working Farm TN TN

June DEEM Other S Female W 13 IL Keeping & Cook PA IL

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Source Information:

Census Place Burnt Prairie, White, Illinois

Family History Library Film 1254258

NA Film Number T9-0258

Page Number 251D

Death

22 APR 1889

White Co., Illinois, USA^[4]

kidney disease - blood poisoning

Burial

1889

Cravens Cem., 1 mile East of Burnt Prarie, White Co., IL.

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S141 Page: > Olive C. CRAVENS <. CONT "Mrs. W. C. POTTORFF" CONT Evelyn GOLD's G-grandmother CONT 1934 obit. Data: Text: "Mrs. W. C. POTTORFF" CONT Olive C. CRAVENS, daughter of Y. B. and Jane CRAVENS, was born 20Mar1849 near Burnt Prairie, Illinois. She spent her entire life in and near this area. For nearly 70 yrs. she was a humble servant of Christ and worked for his cause and the uplift of mankind. CONT She was united with W. C. POTTORFF 10Sep1868. To this union 8 children were born. 2 infants, Mertie and Edgar, and Mrs. J. E. MURPHY and Mrs. Emma Johnson had preceded her in death. She left behind a husband who traversed life's pains with her for more than 65 yrs. Also surviving were 2 sons, Millard and Oscar, 2 daughters; Mrs. A. O. FUNKLHOUSER, and Mrs. J. F. FUNKHOUSER, 21 living grandchildren, 20 g-grandchildren, 3 sisters (Mrs. Alice MERITT, Mrs. Mag MERITT and Mrs. Emmer HANNAFORD). CONT At the time of her death she lacked buy 21 days of being 85 yrs. old. CONT The funeral was at the Burnt Prairie C. P. Church on the morning of March 1st with burial in the cemetery.
2. ↑ Source: #S141 Data: Text: Date of Import: May 3, 2002
3. ↑ Source: #S141 Data: Text: Date of Import: May 3, 2002
4. ↑ Source: #S141 Data: Text: Date of Import: May 3, 2002

• Find A Grave: Memorial #34367530
• Source: S141 Author: various Title: Evelyn GOLD's Genealogy files, Mary Evelyn GOLD, Compiler, Anderson, IN 46012 Publication: Name: various letters, notes, clippings, etc. collected from 1955 through 2000; Repository: #R11 NOTEEvelyn GOLD's Genealogy files. GOLD Mary Evelyn, compiler. miscellaneous, various. Privately held by Mary Evelyn GOLD & Lowell GOLD GOLD, Anderson, IN 46012. CONT CONT much of this info is not indexed nor well organized nor adequately sourced CONT
• Repository: R11 Name: M. Evelyn Gold's files Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number:

Acknowledgments

• Thanks to Patrick Coggins for starting this profile. Click the Changes tab for the details of contributions by Patrick and others.
• WikiTree profile Cravens-88 created through the import of GOLDevelyn-ancestors-2013-01-13.ged on Jan 16, 2013 by Lowell Gold.