CRAVENS, Adelia S. (Edwards)

Date of birth:  abt 1831 – Indiana
Date of death: 26 Jun 1893 – Anderson, Madison County, Indiana

The Franklin Democrat, June 30, 1893,
page 1 column 1

Word was received here Monday afternoon announcing the death of Mrs. J. R. Cravens at her home in Anderson. Mrs. C. had been in poor health for about a year but the immediate cause of her death was typhoid-malaria. Mrs. Cravens was a resident of Franklin from 1880 to 1892, having come with her husband, Dr. Cravens, from Mad­ison, Indiana, in the former year.

A daughter, Mrs. J. M. Jamison, still resides in Franklin, another Mrs. Ed. Baney, until recently a resident of Franklin, now lives in Anderson, Mrs. Thomas and Louis Cravens reside at Louisville. The remains of Mrs. Cravens were brought to Franklin Tues­day at 1:40 p.m. after which services were held at the M. E. church con­ducted by Rev. C. W. Lee. Burial at Green­lawn.

Link to Adelia S.(Edwards) Cravens’s grave

Note: Adelia Craven’s first name is from the "Johnson County WPA Death Index 1882-1920", page 44, referencing Book H-17 page 2. It records that she was 62-years-old when she died on 26 Jun 1893 in Anderson [Madison County, Indiana]. Adelia’s maiden name of Edwards and the first and middle name of her husband, Joseph Robert Cravens, are from "Indiana Marriages, 1802-1892", available on microfilm number 1311944 at the Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Submitted by Mark McCrady, Cathea Curry and Lois Johnson