1. He died about 1849 at the age of 73 in Pendleton Co., Kentucky, United States. 1–2 Wilson's birth place was given as Allegheny Co., Maryland, however the county was not officially formed until 1789. It had been part of Prince Georges Co. [Wikipedia: Allegheny Co., MD]
On 2 January 1800 in Pendleton Co., KY he married Mary "Polly" Purdy. Wilson was on the 1800 Penleton tax list and the 3 Feb and 7 Dec delinquent tax lists for that county.
The next seven years were fruitful for Wilson and Polly as five children joined the family. Lilburn [28 Dec 1800 or 1801], Sarah [1802], Samuel Purdy [1803], Greenberry [1804] and Milton [1808].
He was named as an heir and executor of his father's will in 1809.
From 1811-1820, Wilson owned land on Grassy Creek in Pendleton Co., KY. Wilson sold 100 acres on Licking Creek to Samuel Purdy Jr. on 11 Jan 1814. He had moved to Campbell Co. in Nov 1812, but was recorded in the 1820 Census for Falmouth, Pendleton Co., KY.
Wilson was living in Cincinnati on 26 June 1827, when he purchased 94 acres on the Licking River in Pendleton Co., KY. [The deed wasn't recorded until 11 Sep 1849.] Crail operated a boarding house on Front St. with sons Greenbury and Lilburn in 1829 and was operating a coffee house in Cincinnati in 1831. The boys resided in Cincinnati for a time. Tax lists showed Greenberry [1834], Lilburn [1834, 1835, 1836], Milton [1836/7]. Their father was back in Pendleton Co. in 1833 and 1835.
Wilson sold 200 acres on the Licking River in Pendleton Co. on 17 Sep 1849. Polly may have already passed at the time of the sale. Wilson died shortly thereafter, possibly late December. They were buried in the Purdy Cemetery, but later reinterred in Riverside Cemetery after a railroad right of way claimed the burial site,
According to family lore, Mary Purdy and two brothers were captured by Indians and lived among them for some time. They were rescued by Daniel Boone, who redeemed them for 10 bushels of corn. Another version of the story has Mary's two brothers being killed, with Mary and a sister captured. The sister chose to remain with the Indians. The raid took place either in Pennsylvania or near Blue Licks, Kentucky. All were killed except two boys and "a girl or so." Mary's mother was scalped, but survived. The incident took place in Pennsylvania or near Blue Licks, KY.
On 2 January 1800 in Pendleton Co., KY he married Mary "Polly" Purdy. Wilson was on the 1800 Penleton tax list and the 3 Feb and 7 Dec delinquent tax lists for that county.
The next seven years were fruitful for Wilson and Polly as five children joined the family. Lilburn [28 Dec 1800 or 1801], Sarah [1802], Samuel Purdy [1803], Greenberry [1804] and Milton [1808].
He was named as an heir and executor of his father's will in 1809.
From 1811-1820, Wilson owned land on Grassy Creek in Pendleton Co., KY. Wilson sold 100 acres on Licking Creek to Samuel Purdy Jr. on 11 Jan 1814. He had moved to Campbell Co. in Nov 1812, but was recorded in the 1820 Census for Falmouth, Pendleton Co., KY.
Wilson was living in Cincinnati on 26 June 1827, when he purchased 94 acres on the Licking River in Pendleton Co., KY. [The deed wasn't recorded until 11 Sep 1849.] Crail operated a boarding house on Front St. with sons Greenbury and Lilburn in 1829 and was operating a coffee house in Cincinnati in 1831. The boys resided in Cincinnati for a time. Tax lists showed Greenberry [1834], Lilburn [1834, 1835, 1836], Milton [1836/7]. Their father was back in Pendleton Co. in 1833 and 1835.
Wilson sold 200 acres on the Licking River in Pendleton Co. on 17 Sep 1849. Polly may have already passed at the time of the sale. Wilson died shortly thereafter, possibly late December. They were buried in the Purdy Cemetery, but later reinterred in Riverside Cemetery after a railroad right of way claimed the burial site,
According to family lore, Mary Purdy and two brothers were captured by Indians and lived among them for some time. They were rescued by Daniel Boone, who redeemed them for 10 bushels of corn. Another version of the story has Mary's two brothers being killed, with Mary and a sister captured. The sister chose to remain with the Indians. The raid took place either in Pennsylvania or near Blue Licks, Kentucky. All were killed except two boys and "a girl or so." Mary's mother was scalped, but survived. The incident took place in Pennsylvania or near Blue Licks, KY.
Wilson Crail and Mary "Polly" Purdy2–5 were married on 2 Jan 1800 in Pendleton Co., Kentucky.1–2 She died circa 1849 at the age of 69 in Pendleton Co., Kentucky, United States. 1–2
Wilson Crail and Mary Purdy had the following children:
Second Generation
2. He died on 12 Mar 1883 at the age of 82 in Effingham, Effingham, Illinois, United States. Lilburn was the eldest of Wilson and Polly's children. Crail married Henrietta Stephens in March 1824. Henrietta probably died in childbirth about 1826. He was with the family in Cincinnati during the late 1820s and 1830s. Lilburn was a carpenter, buggy maker, cooper and later a farmer. He moved back to Pendleton Co. by 1840. With him was a second wife, Sarah Elizabeth Dean, whom he married about 1834 in Cincinnati.
Lilburn and Sarah had nine children: DeWitt Clinton [c1832], Sarah Elizabeth [5 May 1835], Mary Jane "Molly" [28 July 1836], Lilburn M. [C1838], Pendleton G. [c1841], Henrietta [6 Apr 1843], Malhala or Hammiel Ann [c1846], Frances B. [1 Jun 1849], Virginia
M. "Jennie" and America D. [18 Dec 1853].
DeWitt C., Lilburn M. and Pendleton served with Union forces in the Civil War. DeWitt and Pendleton was killed in action. Lilburn survived the conflict.
America died on 26 June 1854.
While residing in Kentucky, Lilburn enjoyed making musical instruments, including dulcimers. He and the children would go back to Cincinnati to sell them. They would give concerts on the street corners and then sell the dulcimers.
The Crails were farming near Gardnersville in 1860. By 1862, they had packed up and moved to a farm near Newton in Wade Twp., Jasper Co., IL.
A notice in the Newton Press from 6 March 1874 noted the return of Lilburn Crail from a poultry selling trip to New York.
Lilburn and Sarah were living with daughter Frances LeMay in 1880. Sarah died on 12 Jan 1883 and Lilburn two months later on 12 March in Effingham. Both were interred at Oakridge Cemetery there.
Lilburn and Sarah had nine children: DeWitt Clinton [c1832], Sarah Elizabeth [5 May 1835], Mary Jane "Molly" [28 July 1836], Lilburn M. [C1838], Pendleton G. [c1841], Henrietta [6 Apr 1843], Malhala or Hammiel Ann [c1846], Frances B. [1 Jun 1849], Virginia
M. "Jennie" and America D. [18 Dec 1853].
DeWitt C., Lilburn M. and Pendleton served with Union forces in the Civil War. DeWitt and Pendleton was killed in action. Lilburn survived the conflict.
America died on 26 June 1854.
While residing in Kentucky, Lilburn enjoyed making musical instruments, including dulcimers. He and the children would go back to Cincinnati to sell them. They would give concerts on the street corners and then sell the dulcimers.
The Crails were farming near Gardnersville in 1860. By 1862, they had packed up and moved to a farm near Newton in Wade Twp., Jasper Co., IL.
A notice in the
Lilburn and Sarah were living with daughter Frances LeMay in 1880. Sarah died on 12 Jan 1883 and Lilburn two months later on 12 March in Effingham. Both were interred at Oakridge Cemetery there.
Lilburn Crail and Henrietta Stevens/Stephens7 were married on 25 Mar 1824 in Pendleton Co., Kentucky, United States.7 Henrietta Stevens/Stephens7 was born circa 1803.7 She died circa 1826 at the age of 23 in Pendleton Co., Kentucky, United States. 7
Lilburn Crail and Sarah Elizabeth Dean8 were married circa 1834 in Hamilton Co., Ohio, United States.8 She died on 12 Jan 1883 at the age of 68 in Effingham, Effingham, Illinois, United States. 8
3. He died on 8 Sep 1855 at the age of 52 in Shelby Co., Indiana, United States. 3 He was buried in Liberty Methodist Cemetery, Shelbyville, Shelby, Indiana, United States. 3 Samuel was named for his maternal grandfather. He was born and raised in Northern Kentucky. Samuel married Sarah Fisher on 3 Apr 1828 in Campbell Co.
The Crails purchased 80 and 40 acre tracts in Shelby Co., IN on 30 Oct 1834. Samuel was on the Liberty Twp. census or tax rolls for 1840, 1844 and 1850.
Samuel and Sarah had twelve children: Nancy [c1829], Sarah Ann [c1830], William [c1832], Caroline [c1834], Alexander W. [c1836], Henry W. [c1838], Mary [c1840], Harriet [c1842], Rebecca C. [c1844], David B. [c1846], Phebe [May 1850] and Alice [c1852]. The five youngest were born in Indiana. Harriet died of fever in September 1849. David died in July 1849.
Samuel Purdy Crail died in early September 1855. Sarah survived him, dying after 1880. [North American Family Histories 1500-2000, p. 312 gives her death as 1899.]
The Crails purchased 80 and 40 acre tracts in Shelby Co., IN on 30 Oct 1834. Samuel was on the Liberty Twp. census or tax rolls for 1840, 1844 and 1850.
Samuel and Sarah had twelve children: Nancy [c1829], Sarah Ann [c1830], William [c1832], Caroline [c1834], Alexander W. [c1836], Henry W. [c1838], Mary [c1840], Harriet [c1842], Rebecca C. [c1844], David B. [c1846], Phebe [May 1850] and Alice [c1852]. The five youngest were born in Indiana. Harriet died of fever in September 1849. David died in July 1849.
Samuel Purdy Crail died in early September 1855. Sarah survived him, dying after 1880. [North American Family Histories 1500-2000, p. 312 gives her death as 1899.]
Samuel Purdy Crail and Sarah Fisher3 were married on 3 Apr 1828 in Campbell Co., Kentucky, United States.3 She died in 1899 at the age of 91 in Shelby Co., Indiana, United States. 3
4. He died on 25 Dec 1894 at the age of 90 in Amador Co., California, United States. 4,9 Greenberry was born in 1804. He went to Cincinnati with the family in the late 1820s. Greenberry resided at his father's boarding house in 1831. At the time he worked as a packer. About this time he married Hammiel Ann. In 1842, Greenberry was a watchman and served as a volunteer fireman. He was working as a cooper in 1850.
The Crails resided in Cincinnati until the early 1850s, when they headed for Missouri and joined a wagon train bound for California. Greenberry settled his family in Tuolumne Co. in 1852 and was listed as a miner on 1 November of that year.
The family moved to Lancha Plana in Amador Co. by 1855. Greenberry was a farmer, gold prospector, hydraulic miner, ore hand and wagon maker over the years.
Greenberry and Hammy Ann had six children born in Cincinnati - Joseph Wilson [11 Aug 1831 - 6 Apr 1841], Laura Jane [14 Feb 1839 - 25 May 1840], Henrietta [c1841], Edward [c1844 - 1853-59], Wilson [c1846], Sarah Jane [c1850 -1851]. A seventh child, James Henry was born in California in 1855.
Greenberry died on Christmas Day 1894 in Amador Co., CA. Hammy died on 27 Nov 1897 at the home of her daughter, Henrietta Zimmerman, in Commanche, Calaveras Co., CA. [Commache is now under Commanche Lake.] She and Greenberry were buried in the Ione Public Cemetery in Amador Co.
The Crails resided in Cincinnati until the early 1850s, when they headed for Missouri and joined a wagon train bound for California. Greenberry settled his family in Tuolumne Co. in 1852 and was listed as a miner on 1 November of that year.
The family moved to Lancha Plana in Amador Co. by 1855. Greenberry was a farmer, gold prospector, hydraulic miner, ore hand and wagon maker over the years.
Greenberry and Hammy Ann had six children born in Cincinnati - Joseph Wilson [11 Aug 1831 - 6 Apr 1841], Laura Jane [14 Feb 1839 - 25 May 1840], Henrietta [c1841], Edward [c1844 - 1853-59], Wilson [c1846], Sarah Jane [c1850 -1851]. A seventh child, James Henry was born in California in 1855.
Greenberry died on Christmas Day 1894 in Amador Co., CA. Hammy died on 27 Nov 1897 at the home of her daughter, Henrietta Zimmerman, in Commanche, Calaveras Co., CA. [Commache is now under Commanche Lake.] She and Greenberry were buried in the Ione Public Cemetery in Amador Co.
Greenberry Crail and Hammiel Ann "Hammy" [Crail] were married circa 1830 in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States.4,9 She died on 27 Nov 1897 at the age of 83 in Calaveras Co., California, United States.
5. He died circa 1859 at the age of 51 in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States. 6 Milton was born and raised in Northern Kentucky. He moved to Cincinnati with his family during the late 1820s. In 1829 he was clerking at Neff & Brothers. About 1831, Milton married Mary B. Fitten/Fitton in Cincinnati.
The couple had eight children: Marion [c1833], Milton [26 June 1836 - 19 May 1917], Dewitt [Jan 1840 - 22 Sep 1907], Perry [c1841 - 7 Apr 1908], Albert [21 Sep 1843 - 7 Sep 1919 Dayton, Campbell, KY], Romulus [c1845 - 8 May 1903], Isadore [c1847], Mary B. [Jan 1850 - Aug 1850, died from cholera]
Milton died about 1859 and Mary on 4 July 1894.
The couple had eight children: Marion [c1833], Milton [26 June 1836 - 19 May 1917], Dewitt [Jan 1840 - 22 Sep 1907], Perry [c1841 - 7 Apr 1908], Albert [21 Sep 1843 - 7 Sep 1919 Dayton, Campbell, KY], Romulus [c1845 - 8 May 1903], Isadore [c1847], Mary B. [Jan 1850 - Aug 1850, died from cholera]
Milton died about 1859 and Mary on 4 July 1894.
Milton Crail and Mary B. Fitten/Fitton6 were married circa 1831 in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States.6 She died on 4 Jul 1894 at the age of 87 in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States. 6
6. She died after 1885 at the age of 70 in Central City, Gilpin, Colorado, United States. 5 Sarah was the only daughter of Wilson and Polly. She married fellow Kentuckian John G. Riddle in 1838. The couple headed west for Adams Co., Illinois almost immediately. The Riddles settled near Quincy. John died there in April of 1855 from consumption.
In 1859, Sarah hired a mule-driver and outfitted a wagon with supplies and set out on foot with her five children for Colorado. Tragedy nearly struck as the family crossed the Kansas or Nebraska plains. While the family went about preparing their evening meal, carrying water to campsite and gathering firewood, a young Indian swooped down and grabbed the youngest, Ada, by the hair. As he prepared to carry off the child, Sarah grabbed the frying pan from the fire and whacked the Indian's pony on the flank. The horse reared and its rider lost his grip on young Ada.
The supply wagon tipped over as they were leaving what would become Denver, Colorado. The accident cost the Riddles their parlor organ. Other family treasures survived.
The Riddles arrived in Central City without further peril. Sarah opened a boarding house there to support the family.
Sarah died sometime afterr 1885, as she appeared on the State Census for Gilpin Co. that year.
In 1859, Sarah hired a mule-driver and outfitted a wagon with supplies and set out on foot with her five children for Colorado. Tragedy nearly struck as the family crossed the Kansas or Nebraska plains. While the family went about preparing their evening meal, carrying water to campsite and gathering firewood, a young Indian swooped down and grabbed the youngest, Ada, by the hair. As he prepared to carry off the child, Sarah grabbed the frying pan from the fire and whacked the Indian's pony on the flank. The horse reared and its rider lost his grip on young Ada.
The supply wagon tipped over as they were leaving what would become Denver, Colorado. The accident cost the Riddles their parlor organ. Other family treasures survived.
The Riddles arrived in Central City without further peril. Sarah opened a boarding house there to support the family.
Sarah died sometime afterr 1885, as she appeared on the State Census for Gilpin Co. that year.
Sarah Crail and John George Riddle5 were married on 11 Mar 1838 in Pendleton Co., Kentucky, United States.5 He died on 21 Apr 1855 at the age of 48 in Quincy, Adams, Illinois, United States. 5
Sources:
1. Robert Crail; Register Report for Thomas Crail [1695 - 1765] , e-mail to Terry D. Prall, 15 June 2008.
2. "Time Line Report on Family of Thomas Crail in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana & Elsewhere," 24 February 2011, Terry D. Prall ([address for private use] Avon, IN) to ([address for private use]), 4; held by author, [address for private use].
3. Prall, "Time Line Report on Family of Thomas Crail in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana & Elsewhere," 5.
4. Find A Grave, compiling cemetery records, "Ione Public Cemetery, Amador, CA," database, Find A Grave (www.findagrave.com : accessed 22 January 2018), Greenberry & Hammy Ann Crail.
5. "Family Search Family Trees", database, FamilySearch, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.com : accessed 22 January 2018), "Riddle-Crail"; submitted 2012–17 by EsscotBeckyLou1 & others, [contact information for private use].
6. Prall, "Time Line Report on Family of Thomas Crail in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana & Elsewhere," 7.
7. Prall, "Time Line Report on Family of Thomas Crail in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana & Elsewhere," 6-7.
8. Fund A Grave, compiling cemetery records, "Lilburn Crail / Sarah Elizabeth Dean," database, Find A Grave (www.findagrave.com : accessed 22 January 2018), Lilburn Crail & family.
9. Prall, "Time Line Report on Family of Thomas Crail in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana & Elsewhere," 5-6
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