Hiram Cragun Family Bible - Boone Co., Indiana

This is information from the family bible belonging to Hiram Cragun, son of Omer Cragun (b. Nov 1886, d. 1956, Whitestown, Indiana) and Ellen Townston. Thanks to Buster Rogers, a nephew in law of Pearl Pipes, spouse of Hiram, who transcribed and shared the following from the bible:

FAMILY 1:
Huband: Omer M. Cragun
Born: Nov 1886, Boone Co., Indiana
Married: 1911
Died: 1956, Boone Co., Indiana
Buried: Mts. Run Cem., Boone Co., Indiana
Father: Hiram Nelson Cragun
Mother: Melvina

Wife: Ellen Townston
Born: 1881
Died: 1955, Boone Co., Indiana
Buried: Mts. Run Cem., Boone Co., Indiana

Child 1: Hiram M. Cragun
Born: Oct 14, 1912
Died: Jan 29, 1994, Lebanon, Indiana
Married: Oct 14, 1941, Pearl Pipes (b 1921 - d 1982)

Child 2: Cecil Harold Cragun
Born: 1926
Died: 1936, Whitestown, Indiana

FAMILY 2:
Husband: Hiram Nelson Cragun
Born: Aug 6, 1854
Married: 1875 +-
Died: Dec 21, 1921, Boone Co., Indiana
Buried: Mts. Run Cem., Boone Co., Indiana
Father: Hiram Cragun
Mother: Reiter Dooley

Wife: Melvina
Born: March 1855
Buried: Mts. Run Cem., Boone Co., Indiana

Child 1: Lillie Cragun
Born: Nov 1878

Child 2: Lula Cragun
Born: Feb 1881

Child 3: Omer Cragun
Born: Nov 1886
Died: 1956
Married: Ellen Townston

Child 4: Orastus Cragun
Born: Sept 1893

FAMILY 3:
Husband: Hiram Cragun
Born: Dec 8, 1816
Married: July 18, 1842
Died: Mar 2, 1884, Boone Co., Indiana
Buried: Lutheran Cem., Boone Co., Indiana

Wife: Reiter Dooley
Born: July 7, 1826
Died: Apr 27, 1914

Child 1: Mary Ann Cragun
Born: July 18, 1843
Died: Feb 20, 1848

Child 2: Josephine Cragun
Born: May 30, 1845
Died: Nov 1917
Married: Peters

Child 3: Nebuchadnezzar Cragun
Born: Sep 17, 1847
Died: Feb 14, 1883

Child 4: Melvina Cragun
Born: Feb 28, 1850

Child 5: George L. Clemusel Cragun
Born: July 5, 1852

Child 6: Hiram Nelson Cragun
Born: Aug 6, 1854
Died: Dec 21, 1921, Boone Co., Indiana

Child 7: Strange Nulkuniel Cragun (bjc: this may be a transcription error for Nathaniel)
Born: July 24, 1857

Child 8: Lorenzo Don Cragun
Born: Oct 5, 1859

Child 9: Columbus Franklin Cragun
Born: April 5, 1862
Died: Nov 7, 1866

FAMILY 4:
Husband: Hiram Cragun
Born: Oct 14, 1912, Boone Co., Indiana
Married: Oct 14, 1941, Boon Co. Indiana
Occupation: Truck Driver
Residence: Whitestown, Indiana
Died: Jan 29, 1994, Lebanon, Indiana
Buried: Mts. Run Cem., Boone Co., Indiana
Father: Omer Cragun
Mother: Ella Townston

Wife: Lorena Pearl Pipes
Born: Apr 24, 1982, Lebanon, Indiana
Buried: Mts. Run Cem., Boone Co., Indiana
Father: Clarence Austin Pipes
Mother: Cyrena Beatrice Paugh

No Children

NOTES: Mts. Run Cemetery is located at Mts. Run Baptist Church south of State Road 32 on 775 East in Union Township, 4 miles east of Lebanon, Indiana