Mays Family Tree - Person Sheet
NameMary Elizabeth BELL 
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4687Birth PlaceClearfield County, PA, USA
Death Date16 Jan 1887 Age: 74
Death PlaceLawrence Township, Clearfield Co., PA, USA
Burial PlaceFruit Hill Cemetery, Ansonville, Clearfield Co., PA, USA
FatherGreenwood BELL (1785-1860)
MotherElizabeth ROLL (1787-1850)
Spouses
Birth Date10 Mar 1807
Birth PlaceClearfield County, PA, USA
Residence PlaceFerguson Township, Clearfield Co., PA, USA5050
Residence MemoBetween New Millport and Kerrmoor
Residence PlaceVirginia, USA5050
Residence PlacePine Grove, Lawrence Township, Clearfield Co., PA, USA5050
Residence MemoPurchased a property near ...
Death Date9 Jan 1892 Age: 84
Death PlaceLawrence Township, Clearfield Co., PA, USA
Burial PlaceFruit Hill Cemetery, Ansonville, Clearfield Co., PA, USA
FatherRobert McCRACKEN Sr. (1777-1852)
MotherRachel Straw (1785-1857)
Misc. Notes
William the oldest of the children of Robert McCracken was born March 10th 1807 in the newly formed Clearfield County. Clearfield was still under the governmental jurisdiction of Centre County that had just a few months earlier, December of 1806, commissioned Alexander Read to take the first count of taxable men and property in Chincleclamousche Township.
Among those in the territory at that time were Greenwood Bell, the father of [William's wife] Mary Elizabeth and Robert McCracken, William’s father. William was only six years old when his parents moved to the McNaul farm where he grew up.
William was an elder in the Presbyterian Church there through the years.4687
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William cleared out a farm in Ferguson Township, between New Millport and Kerrmoor, and raised a large family of children. He later sold this farm to Thomas Norris and moved to the State of Virginia where he resided a few years, later returning to Clearfield County and purchased a property near Pine Grove, in Lawrence Township, on which his grandson, William McCracken, now [1931] lives. He and his wife both died here.
Besides filling many local positions of trust, he was elected to the office of County Commissioner in 1859 and served a three year term.5050
Among those in the territory at that time were Greenwood Bell, the father of [William's wife] Mary Elizabeth and Robert McCracken, William’s father. William was only six years old when his parents moved to the McNaul farm where he grew up.
William was an elder in the Presbyterian Church there through the years.4687
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William cleared out a farm in Ferguson Township, between New Millport and Kerrmoor, and raised a large family of children. He later sold this farm to Thomas Norris and moved to the State of Virginia where he resided a few years, later returning to Clearfield County and purchased a property near Pine Grove, in Lawrence Township, on which his grandson, William McCracken, now [1931] lives. He and his wife both died here.
Besides filling many local positions of trust, he was elected to the office of County Commissioner in 1859 and served a three year term.5050
Family ID10254
Misc. Notes
After William and Mary’s marriage they moved to the farm adjoining his father’s in Ferguson Township where he cleared out a farm between New Millport and Kerrmoor.
He is found on the 1840 census there with two males under 5 and one son and one daughter between 5 and 10 years old.
The 1850 census of Ferguson Township shows they had five more children and by 1860 his last two children were born. It was at this time he served a three-year term (1859 – 1862) as County Commissioner.
William and Mary McCracken moved for a time to Virginia but soon returned home to Clearfield County where he purchased a property in Lawrence Township where they both died.
He was an elder in the Presbyterian Church there through the years. They are found in Lawrence Township on the 1880 census when William is 73 and a farmer and Mary is 67.
He is found on the 1840 census there with two males under 5 and one son and one daughter between 5 and 10 years old.
The 1850 census of Ferguson Township shows they had five more children and by 1860 his last two children were born. It was at this time he served a three-year term (1859 – 1862) as County Commissioner.
William and Mary McCracken moved for a time to Virginia but soon returned home to Clearfield County where he purchased a property in Lawrence Township where they both died.
He was an elder in the Presbyterian Church there through the years. They are found in Lawrence Township on the 1880 census when William is 73 and a farmer and Mary is 67.