Col. Richard Moore Crain and Elizabeth Whitehill

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Husband Col. Richard Moore Crain ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: Nov 1777 - Hanover Twp, Lancaster (later Dauphin) Co, PA 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 17 Sep 1852 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 4
         Buried: 

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         Father: Joseph Crain (1741-1781) 5
         Mother: Mary Moore (1744-1789) 5

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       Marriage: 1802 6

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• Biographical Sketch: Alfred Nevin, D.D., LL.D., Men of Mark of the Cumberland Valley, Pa. 1776-1876 (Philadelphia, PA: Fulton Publishing Co., 1876).
To read this brief biographical sketch of his life and career, click here.

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Wife Elizabeth Whitehill ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 6 Mar 1770 or 1771 3 4
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           Died: 2 Oct 1848 6
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         Father: Hon. Robert Whitehill (1735-1813) 7
         Mother: Eleanor Reed (1734-1785) 3

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Children

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1 M Dr. Joseph Crain ⁶

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           Born: 25 Dec 1803 - Lancaster, Lancaster Co, PA 6
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           Died: 18 Apr 1876 - Hogestown, Cumberland Co, PA 8
         Buried:  - Silver Spring Presbyterian Cemetery, Cumberland Co, PA

         Spouse: Rebecca Gibson Wills (1811-1850) 6
           Marr: 1831 8

         Spouse: Ellen J. Chambers (      -      ) 9
           Marr: 11 Oct 1853 9

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2 F Eleanor Crain ^{6 10 11}

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           Born: 18 Jul 1805 6
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           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Dr. William Wilson Rutherford (1805-1873) 6 10 11

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3 F Elizabeth Crain ⁶

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           Born: 18 Mar 1809 6
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           Died: 30 Oct 1874 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 6
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Leopold N. Wikoff (1800-      ) 6

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4 F Agnes Crain ⁶

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           Born: 24 Nov 1810 6
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           Died:  - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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5 F Mary Adeline Crain ⁶

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           Born: 1 May 1817 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 6
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           Died: 3 Mar 1881 - Camden, Camden Co, NJ 9
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Dr. Joseph Junkin (      -      ) 6

         Spouse: Dr. Alexander Tracy Dean (1788-1834/1844) 9 12 13 14

         Spouse: Isaac Van Horn (      -      ) 6

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General Notes: Husband - Col. Richard Moore Crain

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He received a fair education, and was brought up on his father's farm. He became quite prominent in public affairs the first decade of this century, and during the incumbency of General Andrew Porter as surveyor general of Pennsylvania, Mr. Crain received the appointment of deputy secretary of the Land Office, a position he acceptably filled through all the changes of administration for forty years, until the advent of Governor Ritner, when he was displaced. He then retired to his farm in Cumberland County, from which district he was sent a delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1837, in which he was a leading spirit. During the War of 1812-14, he commanded a company of volunteers from Harrisburg, and was subsequently commissioned colonel of the Pennsylvania militia.

1 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 477.

2 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 149.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 52.

4 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 150.

5 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 148.

6 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 151.

7 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 1042.

8 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 153.

9 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 154.

10 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 557.

11 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 363, 1012.

12 —, History of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1887), Pg 279.

13 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 94.

14 G. O. Seilhamer, Esq, The Bard Family (Chambersburg, PA: Kittochtinny Press, 1908), Pg 464.