FOURTH GENERATION


12. Leonard Travis CRANFORD was born on Feb 2 1840 in Alabama. Some sources say he was born about 1830. They are probably wrong. He died on Mar 14 1923. He was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Wolf Bayou, Arkansas. Served in Co. B 12th Regiment Alabama Volunteers. Wounded in Winchester, Virginia and Petersburg Virginia. He moved to Wolf Bayou with his father-in-law Reuben Phillips shortly after the Civil War from Alabama. Held SW Section 10 in 1870 Census of Wolf Bayou 8/14/1871 He was married to Josephine PHILLIPS on Dec 16 1870 in Coosa County, Alabama.

13. Josephine PHILLIPS was born on Nov 17 1853 in Coosa County, Alabama. She died on Oct 24 1946. She was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Wolf Bayou, Arkansas. Children were:

child6 i. Thomas Lafayette CRANFORD.
child ii. Ella Virginia CRANFORD was born on Oct 8 1874.
child iii. Molly CRANFORD was born about 1877 in Arkansas.
child iv. Dorah Bell (R.?) CRANFORD was born on Jul 22 1879. (3) Birth Year looked like 1849 in Cranford Bible, but must have been 1879 1880 census shows Dora R. could be a mistake. Walter and Dora moved to Houston from the Macedonia Community.
child v. Maude Wanda? (U.?) CRANFORD(3) was born in Jan 1882. Middle name was somewhat illegible.
child vi. Leonard Leroy CRANFORD was born on Aug 10 1884. He died in Apr 1977. He was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Wolf Bayou, Arkansas.
child vii. James Oscar CRANFORD was born in Jan 1887. He was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Wolf Bayou, Arkansas.
child viii. Ada F. CRANFORD (Private).
child ix. Murrel A. CRANFORD (Private).

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