1. He died in 1855–1874 at the age of 46 in Indiana?. Based on Shelby Co. Deed of 1854 & 1875 Indianapolis City Directory. At this point, little is known about James Crail and his wife Mary A. Jones. The family has not turned up in the 1850 census. They had at least three sons born in Ohio and, most likely, a fourth born in Indiana.
He was probably the eldest son of James Berry Crail Sr. and Margaret Stewart James was born about 1808 or 1809 in Ohio. His sons' avaiable death and census records give Ohio as his place of birth, although his parents were in Kentucky from at least 1804 to 1817.
Ted Nelson McGill's report on the Crail Family mentions that James and Margaret lived in Cincinnati, OH, but offers no time frame.
James B. Jr. was in Hamilton Co.,OH by the early 1830s. He married Mary A. Jones about 1833. Sylvester [1835] and John [1837] were born in Hamilton Co.
The family must have moved to Marion Co., OH shortly after John's birth. Aaron, born 1839, gave Marion Co., OH as his place of birth in his Civil War Service Record.
Apparently, Miami Co., IN was the next stop for the Crails. George Berry Crail's death certificate gives Miami Co. as his birthplace in 1843.
The family may have returned to Cincinnati. A James B. Crail was one of a group that deeded land for a new Methodist Church in Colerain Twp. on 28 Nov 1849.
It would appear that the Crails were in Shelby Co., Indiana by 1851. In a deed dated 20 September 1851, Alexander Miller sold lot number six in the town of Marietta to Mary Ann Crail for $60. [Rec'd 13 January 1854.] On 5 March 1853 James Basemore and Hester, his wife, sold lot number five in the town of Marietta to Mary Ann Crail for the sum of $20. On 13 October 1854, James B. Crail and Mary Ann, his wife, sold lots five and six in the town of Marietta to John Bensheimer for $70.
It has yet to be determined which James B. Crail [elder or younger] is the one named in the following tax lists.
(Assessed Taxpayers of Shelby Co., Indiana 1828, 1842, 1847, 1866 [Shelbyville - Shelby Co. Library - Genealogy Div.])
1842:
Crail, Absalom - poll tax - Addison Twp., $50 assessment.
Crail, Absalom - Liberty Twp. - $150 assessment
Crail, F.P. - poll tax - Liberty Twp. - 160 acres - $1050 assessment
Crail, J.B. & son - poll tax - Addison Twp. - 240 acres - $1262 assessment
Crail, W.S. - poll tax - Liberty Twp. - Cynthiana lots - $250 assessment
1847: Absolom, George B., & James B. Crail [Addison Twp.]; Absolom, Milton, Samuel, & William C. Crail [Liberty Twp.]
[Shelby Co. 1844 Tax Duplicate, Robert T. Gordon, 1981, Shelbyville - Shelby Co. Library - Genealogy Div.]
1844: Samuel P. Crail, Milton Crail [Liberty Twp.]; James Crail & son, Robert Crail [Addison Twp.]; William Crail's estate [Union Twp.]
From Shelby County, Indiana Miscellaneous Recods 1834 - 1874 [Maurice Holmes, March 1986, p. 60]: Moved or Deceased Taxpayers -
Crail, James - 1862 - Noble Twp. - left county
James B. Crail, Jr. disappears from the Indiana records after 1854, as does his wife. Mary next appears in the Indianapolis City Directory in 1875 as a widow. James died sometime between October of 1854 and the publication of the 1875 directory.
Mary died in 1887 and was buried at Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis. The date and place of James' death and burial is unknown.
Note: Several sources give James' date of death as 25 March 1868. This happens to be the date of son Aaron Crail's death. It is possible that father and son died on the same day, but the odds are against it.
He was probably the eldest son of James Berry Crail Sr. and Margaret Stewart James was born about 1808 or 1809 in Ohio. His sons' avaiable death and census records give Ohio as his place of birth, although his parents were in Kentucky from at least 1804 to 1817.
Ted Nelson McGill's report on the Crail Family mentions that James and Margaret lived in Cincinnati, OH, but offers no time frame.
James B. Jr. was in Hamilton Co.,OH by the early 1830s. He married Mary A. Jones about 1833. Sylvester [1835] and John [1837] were born in Hamilton Co.
The family must have moved to Marion Co., OH shortly after John's birth. Aaron, born 1839, gave Marion Co., OH as his place of birth in his Civil War Service Record.
Apparently, Miami Co., IN was the next stop for the Crails. George Berry Crail's death certificate gives Miami Co. as his birthplace in 1843.
The family may have returned to Cincinnati. A James B. Crail was one of a group that deeded land for a new Methodist Church in Colerain Twp. on 28 Nov 1849.
It would appear that the Crails were in Shelby Co., Indiana by 1851. In a deed dated 20 September 1851, Alexander Miller sold lot number six in the town of Marietta to Mary Ann Crail for $60. [Rec'd 13 January 1854.] On 5 March 1853 James Basemore and Hester, his wife, sold lot number five in the town of Marietta to Mary Ann Crail for the sum of $20. On 13 October 1854, James B. Crail and Mary Ann, his wife, sold lots five and six in the town of Marietta to John Bensheimer for $70.
It has yet to be determined which James B. Crail [elder or younger] is the one named in the following tax lists.
(Assessed Taxpayers of Shelby Co., Indiana 1828, 1842, 1847, 1866 [Shelbyville - Shelby Co. Library - Genealogy Div.])
1842:
Crail, Absalom - poll tax - Addison Twp., $50 assessment.
Crail, Absalom - Liberty Twp. - $150 assessment
Crail, F.P. - poll tax - Liberty Twp. - 160 acres - $1050 assessment
Crail, J.B. & son - poll tax - Addison Twp. - 240 acres - $1262 assessment
Crail, W.S. - poll tax - Liberty Twp. - Cynthiana lots - $250 assessment
1847: Absolom, George B., & James B. Crail [Addison Twp.]; Absolom, Milton, Samuel, & William C. Crail [Liberty Twp.]
[Shelby Co. 1844 Tax Duplicate, Robert T. Gordon, 1981, Shelbyville - Shelby Co. Library - Genealogy Div.]
1844: Samuel P. Crail, Milton Crail [Liberty Twp.]; James Crail & son, Robert Crail [Addison Twp.]; William Crail's estate [Union Twp.]
From
Crail, James - 1862 - Noble Twp. - left county
James B. Crail, Jr. disappears from the Indiana records after 1854, as does his wife. Mary next appears in the Indianapolis City Directory in 1875 as a widow. James died sometime between October of 1854 and the publication of the 1875 directory.
Mary died in 1887 and was buried at Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis. The date and place of James' death and burial is unknown.
Note: Several sources give James' date of death as 25 March 1868. This happens to be the date of son Aaron Crail's death. It is possible that father and son died on the same day, but the odds are against it.
James Berry Crail Jr. and Mary A. Jones were married circa 1833 in Ohio.1 She died on 11 Aug 1887 at the age of 76 in Indianapolis, Marion Co., Indiana. 5–7 She was buried on 12 Aug 1887 in Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion Co., Indiana. 8 Crown Hill Records show burial as 5-31-1887. Mary was also known as Mary A. Crail.1 Mary was born in Ohio about 1811. She died in Indianapolis in 1887 and was buried at Crown Hill Cemetery. Mary appears in the 1875 Indianapolis City Directory [Swartz and Tedrowe, p. 108: FHL #1376925] For most of the remaining twelve years of her life, Mary resided with son John.
Other that the three Shelby Co. deeds of 1851-54, neither Mary or husband James have turned up in searched records.
A deed dated 7 April 1857 in Hamilton Co., Indiana shows Abraham and Sarah Nickleson selling 40 acres [SW 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of Section 1 in Twp. 18, N of Range 5 E] to a Mary Ann Crill for $1200. [Hamilton Co. Deed Book V: March 1857 - February 1858, p. 131]
Was this actually Mary Ann Crail? Two of Mary Ann's sons, Sylvester and John Crail, resided in Township 18 in 1860.
Other that the three Shelby Co. deeds of 1851-54, neither Mary or husband James have turned up in searched records.
A deed dated 7 April 1857 in Hamilton Co., Indiana shows Abraham and Sarah Nickleson selling 40 acres [SW 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of Section 1 in Twp. 18, N of Range 5 E] to a Mary Ann Crill for $1200. [Hamilton Co. Deed Book V: March 1857 - February 1858, p. 131]
Was this actually Mary Ann Crail? Two of Mary Ann's sons, Sylvester and John Crail, resided in Township 18 in 1860.
James Berry Crail and Mary A. Jones had the following children:
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