Brief Life History of Jonathan Eli
When Jonathan Eli McCracken was born on 18 December 1816, in Montgomery, Tennessee, United States, his father, Samuel B McCracken, was 33 and his mother, Margaret McGuire, was 30. He married Elizabeth Caroline Diamond on 3 August 1836, in Bond, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Okaw Township, Shelby, Illinois, United States in 1870 and East Fork Township, Montgomery, Illinois, United States in 1880. He died on 6 October 1896, at the age of 79, and was buried in Coffeen, Montgomery, Illinois, United States.
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Sources (20)
- Eli McCracken, "United States Census, 1870"
- Eli Mc Cracken, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
- Eli McCracken, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1816–1896 Male
1820–1857 Female
Children (8)
1837–1838 Male
1839–1883 Male
1841–1928 Male
1844–1921 Male
1848– Female
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Parents and Siblings
1783–1835 Male
1786–1848 Female
Siblings (3)
1809–1846 Male
1816–1896 Male
–1900 Female
World Events (8)
1817
Age 1
1819 · Panic! of 1819
Age 3
1846
Age 30
Name Meaning
Irish (northern) and Scottish (Galloway): Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Reachtain, a variant of Mac Neachtain (see McNaughton ), with the replacement of n by r in the cluster cn that is characteristic of Ulster Irish and Scottish Gaelic. The -ck- in the spelling here is a result of the Scottish Gaelic pronunciation of cht.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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