Oops! I reversed the website for GSMC, it's www.genealogyindy.org.

Another one of my frustrating families is my Crail bunch. James B. & Mary A. [Jones] Crail are missing from all of the pre-1880 censuses. Sons Sylvester, John and Aaron begin to appear in 1860 with spouses and kids. James and Mary appear in townlot transactions in Shelby Co., IN in 1851-1854, then vanish. Widowed Mary appears in the Indy Directories from 1875 until her death in 1887. There's a possible 4th son named George B. Crail, but he doesn't appear in any family records including Civil War pension files.

It appears that James was probably the eldest son of James Berry Crail Sr., but my James doesn't appear with the rest of the family. There is one link, James B. appears in a Hamilton Co., OH tax list with a couple of possible brothers at the time he should be there.

And yes, I've checked for Sylvester in 1850. You'd think he'd jump off the page!

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