Brief Life History of Joseph Oram
When Joseph Oram Crain was born on 10 August 1846, in Tippah, Mississippi, United States, his father, John Dixon Crain, was 47 and his mother, Nancy Hamrick, was 40. He married Sabrina Jane Whitlow on 24 October 1867. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Columbia, Arkansas, United States in 1881 and Buena Vista Township, Columbia, Arkansas, United States in 1900. He died on 6 June 1912, in Arkansas, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Macedonia Cemetery, Macedonia, Columbia, Arkansas, United States.
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- Joseph Oram in household of Nancy Oram, "United States Census, 1860"
- J C Crain, "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957"
- Joseph O Crain, "Find A Grave Index"
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1852
Historical Boundaries 1852: Columbia, Arkansas, United States
1861
Arkansas supplied an estimated 50,000 men to the Confederate Army andabout 15,000 to the Union Army.
1864 · Skirmish at Benton
Confederate forces in Arkansas began an invasion of Missouri, while other Confederate sources probed the line around Little Rock. On July 6, 1864 the fourth Arkansas Cavalry tried to break the line around Little Rock one soldier was killed, eight were wounded, three went missing from the Union side and four were killed and six wounded from the Confederate side.
Name Meaning
Manx: variant of Craine .
English: variant of Crane .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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