Parents were born in New York. Mother's name was Esther Halladay.
Sources
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW9B-HSJ : 14 August 2017), James H Kraft, Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district ED 42, sheet 79A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0574; FHL microfilm 1,254,574.
"Michigan Deaths, 1867-1897," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3KJ-PZ4 : 12 December 2014), James Kraft, Jun 1896; citing p 153 rn 239, Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 2,363,834.
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