Moving Forward On Patrick Cragun Research

ARE YOU A DECENDENT OF PATRICK CRAGUN'S CHILDREN THAT DID NOT JOIN THE MORMONS AND GO WEST?  IF SO, WE I WANT YOU! (See who went west at end of the article)

I have spent hours, even days in researching Ireland, looking for Patrick and his father, Caleb (we think that's his name). This has probably been wasted to a great degree as I don't know how he spelled his last name back then. Cragun is not  the way I am sure.

I also don't know what County he lived in. We are told, Dublin, and that is possible. But was it really? I spent all day yesterday on my research day looking at at Dublin records. I write that research in the previous article.

For quite some time I have felt that Patricks children that did not join the Mormons and move west would have clues and answers. The photo below my be wrong, but it shows Patrick and Rose Hannah Alley had 12 children. Only three went west. My Grandfather, Elisha, died on the plains in the trek west. Most of those pioneers lost almost everything and their heirs are relying on word of mouth stories for most of their facts. His son Simeon was my great grandfather. Simeon made it to Utah.

With that in mind, It seems to me if you are related to those that stayed in Indiana, Tennesse, even Virginia might hold the clues in your records. You might have stories passed on that confirm or change the stories we know.

Regarding Patricks children going to Utah:
Enoch started and diverted to Missouri.
Hiram did not go.
Rebecca Cragun Beemer made it to Council Bluffs and aborted, ending up in Inidana.
James, Simeon, Mary, Tyresha, and Tabitha made it.
His other children died.

Elishas Siblings Elizabeth and Syren joined the Mormons, I have not yet determined if they went west.