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Rodden Taylor Crain Family

Husband: Rodden Taylor Crain

Born: 17 Mar 1798at: GA
Married: Abt 1819at: TN
Died: 17 Dec 1855at: Harrison Co., TX
Buried: at: Crain Cemetery, near Hallsville, TX
Father:     
Mother:     
Other Spouses: Cassandra Clark Blankenship  
 

Wife: Sarah Ann (Nancy) McKenzie

Born: Abt 1800at: Hardeman Co., TN
Died: Bef 1839at: Bolivar, Hardeman Co., TN
Buried: at: Crain Cemetery, Harrison Co., TX
Father:     
Mother:     
 

Children: 

Name: Carter Crain
Born: Abt 1826at: TN
Died: at: 
Buried: at: 
 

Name: Alexander Crain
Born: Abt 1828at: TN
Died: at: 
Buried: at: 
 

Name: Nancy Crain
Born: Abt 1830at: TN
Died: at: 
Buried: at: 
Spouses: Tapley Bynum  Allen Dale Burress  
 

Name: Giles Crain
Born: Abt 1832at: TN
Died: at: 
Buried: at: 
 

Name: Rachel M. Crain
Born: Abt 1834at: MS
Died: at: 
Buried: at: 
Spouses: Robert Murrell  
 

Name: Martha E. Crain
Born: 11 Jul 1835at: MS
Died: 30 Jun 1909at: 
Buried: at: Curtis Cemetery, Parker Co., TX
Spouses: William Edward Murrell  
 

Name: Adalia Crain
Born: at: TN
Died: at: 
Buried: at: 
Spouses: John M. Moody  
 

More Information:

About Rodden Taylor Crain:

Found in 1850 Census, TX, Harrison Co., img. 24 of 116. Living next to the Edmund Murrell family. Name given only as "R. T. Crane".
R T Crane 52
C Crane 37 (Cassandra, 2nd wife)
C Crane 24 (Carter?)
A Crane 22 (Alexander?)
N Crane 20 (Nancy?)
G Crane 18 (Giles?)
R Crane 16 (Rachel)
M Crane 14 (Martha E)
A Crane 6 (Ambrose?)
T Crane 4 Thomas?)
A E Crane 3(Ann E?)
J Crane 0 (John?)
Some children's names are from findagrave.com # 93766655.
He was obviously the owner of a large cotton plantation, the 1850 Slave Schedules show that he owned 21 slaves.
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There is confusion about this man, his name may not be "Rodden Taylor". A "Roden Taylor Crain" is listed in several sources as a veteran of the Texas War of Independance, and is buried in Valley Mills Cemetery, Bosque Co., TX, where there is a historical marker commemorating his service and stating that he was born in 1819, died in 1891 after living in Bosque Co. after the war, and dying there. On the other hand, there is a marriage record of a "Rodden T. Crain" and Mrs. Cassandra Blankenship in Natchodoches Co., TX in 1842, which seems to fit this 1850 Census, which shows the wife to be "C. Crane" with three children aged 6, 4, and 3. There are also six children much older in the household, probably from an earlier marriage. Could there be two "Roden/Rodden T. Crain"s?
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Revised: 11-Mar-15  01:28 PM