2 Harriet Eliza Crain 1847 - 1946

+William Kirk 1838 - 1918

..... 3 James Benjamin Kirk 1868 - 1966

............. 4 Bonita Kirk

............. 4 Loyal Kirk

............. 4 Grant Kirk

............. 4 Elbert Kirk

............. 4 Letha Kirk

..... 3 Harriet Kirk 1871 -

......... +Charles McGinnis

............. 4 Volney McGinnis

............. 4 Gladys McGinnis

............. 4 Norman McGinnis

..... 3 William Kirk 1873 -

......... +Jenny

............. 4 Loren Kirk

............. 4 Elburn Kirk

............. 4 Volmer Kirk

..... 3 Mary Kirk 1875 -

......... +Edmund/Edward Burke

............. 4 William Ernest Burke

..... 3 Effie Kirk 1877 -

......... +Charles Nelson

............. 4 Milton Nelson

............. 4 Earl Nelson

..... 3 Letha Kirk 1880 -

......... +Husband Mitchell

............. 4 Ethel Mitchell

............. 4 Myrven Mitchell

............. 4 Garner Mitchell

..... 3 Viva Kirk 1887 -

......... +Glenn Weston Hansell

............. 4 Gordon Hansell

............. 4 Lois Hansell

............. 4 Wilma Hansell

 

 

Union soldier

William Kirk

1865

 

In the 1860 census, William Kirk is found at age 22 in the household of Robert Ellis.  Harriet is found on the same census page in the household of her father, Rev. Wm Crain.  She was 13 years old at the time.

By 1870*, the family was in Benton, MO and 1880*—Otter, Kansas.  In 1930*, Eliza was 82 and lived with her daughter, Harriet McInnis (McGinnis?) in Spokane, WA

*Census Data

Harriet “Eliza Crain Kirk”

Photo provided by

Elwood Taylor, Historian

Harriet Eliza Kirk’s Civil War

Pension Application Index Card

Special thanks to Ann Kirk Shorey

for providing the names of William and Eliza Kirk’s grandchildren. 

 

Ms. Shorey has written an entertaining Crain family history including William and Eliza Kirk and their trip along the Oregon Trail, titled, “A Great Cloud of Witnesses: A Family History.” 

 

A limited number of copies are available from the author, Ann Shorey.  Visit her website at www.annshorey.com.

 

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Crain Farm, Huntsville, Schulyer Co, IL

 

Village of Pulaski, Augusta Township, Hancock County, Illinois

 

1=First Generation

2=Second Generation

3=Third Generation, etc.

+=Spouse

 

1 William Crain 1802-1884

+Harriet Eleanor Tong 1817-1884

2 James Newfield Crain 1832-1873

+Catherine “Kate” Debenham-1905

3 William Debenham Crain 1859-1936

+ Laura Ann Bishop    - 1962

4 Nell Crain

4 Earnest Crain

4 Ralph Crain

4 Horace Crain

+ Nell

5 Mabel Crain

4 Ruth Crain

4 Frank Crain

3 Horace Newfield Crain c. 1861-1937

3 Elsie Crain 1862-1864

3 Hattie Crain c. 1863-

3 Thomas c. 1864

3 Mary c. 1866-

3 Herbert c. 1869-

3 Cora c. 1870-

3 Myrtle c. 1873-

2 John Franklin Crain 1832-1872

+Margaret Howard-1914

3 John Bond Crain, MD

3 William Crain

3 Charles Newton Crain

3 Elsie Crain

3 Benjamin Crain

3 David Crain

3 Edward Crain

3 Margaret Crain

2 William Harris Crain 1834-1904

+Rachel Baxter 1840-1932

3 Annie Belle Crain 1861-1864

3 William Maurice Crain 1863-1964

+Sarah Ann Newcomb 1865-1920

4 Helen Newcomb Crain 1896-

+Joseph Davenport Houghton 1895-

5  Helen Harriet Houghton

3 Hattie Crain 1865-1866

3 Frank Matthew Crain 1867-1952

3 Fred Hoyt Crain 1867-1920

+Martha Newcomb 1871-1957

4 Frannie Crain

4 Matthew Crain

4 Donald Frank Crain 1898-2003

+Gertrude Anna Resene 1900-1983

4 Dorothy Crain 1899-1989

+Philip Broaddus Hawes, Sr. 1889-1960

5 Philip Broaddus Hawes, Jr. 1934-

3 Charles Crain 1869-1871

3 Harry Marshall Crain 1874-1967

+Mace Gardner 1882-1967

3 Ralph Waldo Crain 1877-1949

+Sadie Thelma Caddick 1880-1957

4 Ralph Waldo Crain, Jr. 1906 -

+Anna Lacey Johnson

4 Earl Thomas Crain 1907-1989

+Agnes Hildebrand 1919 -

3 Carl Crain 1880-1882

3 Mary Crain 1886-1990

2 Sarah Ellen Maria Crain 1838-1915

+Robert Ellis 1829-1886

2 George Crain 1840-1840

2 Mary Crain 1841-1841

2 Elizabeth Crain 1843-1843

2 Julia Crain 1845-1846

2 Harriet Eliza Crain 1847-1946

+William Kirk 1838-1918

3 James Benjamin Kirk 1868 - 1966

+Lillie Helena Johnson

3 Harriet Kirk 1871 -

+Charles McGinnis

3 William Kirk 1873 -

+Jenny

3 Mary Kirk 1875 -

+Edmund/Edward Burke

3 Effie Kirk 1877 -

+Charles Nelson

3 Letha Kirk 1880 -

 +Husband Mitchell

3 Viva Kirk 1887 -

+Glenn Weston Hansell

2 Benjamin Bacon Crain 1851-1946

+Nettie Augusta Catlin 1854-1898

* 2nd Wife of Benjamin Bacon Crain:

+Nell Hess 1867-1939

2 Henry Clay Crain 1853-1923

+Jennie Hoadley Reed 1865-1949

3 Henry Walter Crain 1887—1971

4 Henry Walter Crain 1923—1982

4 Daughter Crain

+Lelia Flay Goodson

3 Edward Benjamin Crain 1889-

+Anna Gertrude McMahon

4 Edward Benjamin Crain

+Helen Betty Pruitt

3 Paul Reed Crain

3 Rollin Crain

2 Edward Morris Crain 1855-

+Ellen Fisher-1916

2 Mary Frances Crain 1857-

+Quincy Allphin-1889

*2nd Husband of Mary Frances Crain +John Helmick

Descendants of

Rev. William Crain

Brother of Lucy Crain Gragg, Nancy Crain Price, James Crain, Elizabeth Crain Gragg,  Mary Harrison Crain McGinnis, Sarah Frances Crain and

Moriah Maldon Crain Kelly

—all children  of

John Crain (1774-1858) and

Sarah Rousseau (1776-1869)

 

Last updated 11/3/08

 

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