DANIEL CRAGLE
BORN 1841 DIED 1900
WIFE
BARBARA ELIZABETH CULP
BORN 1847 DIED 1920
CHILDREN:
JAMES E. BORN 1869 DIED 1941
CORDELLA BORN 1872 DIED 1953
GEORGE F. BORN 1874 DIED 1946
ANDREW H. BORN 1875 DIED 1948
RACHEL A. BORN 1879 DIED 1948
FLORENCE J. BORN 1887 DIED 1953
DANIEL CRAGLE WAS BORN IN UNION TWP. LUZERNE CO. PA. HIS OCCUPATION WAS FARMER.
HE WAS A PRIVATE IN THE CIVIL WAR , CO. M. 5TH REGT. U. S. LIGHT ARTILLERY. HE
ENLISTED OCT. 17TH, 1863 AND WAS DISCHARGED MAY 28TH, 1866 AT FT. JEFFERSON, FLORIDA.
HE SUBSTAINED HEAD INJURY IN THE ARMY, WAS IN SEVERAL HOSPITALS BEFORE BEING DISCHARGED.
HEAD INJURY PERSISTED AFTER THAT AND UP UNTIL HIS DEATH. AFTER THE ARMY , HE DELIVERED
MAIL ON HORSE BACK IN UNION TWP. FOR AWHILE. IN 1900, HE WAS SICK WITH A STOMACH AILMENT
UNKNOWN) FOR 4 WEEKS AND DIED. HE WAS 59YRS. OLD. HE IS BURIED IN SWEET VALLEY CEMETERY,
ROSS TWP. LUZ. CO. PA. INSCRIPTION ON HIS TOMBSTONE READS: " SOLDIER REST THY WAREFARE OE'R."
HE WAS THE GRANDSON OF ADAM CRAGLE SR., A EARLY SETTLER OF UNION TWP, LUZ. CO. PA. IN 1830.
HE WAS LISTED AS HAVING 8 IN HIS FAMILY ACCORDING TO THE 1830 CENSUS.
Pictured is Daniel and Barbara Elizabeth (Culp)Cragle.