Daniel McCracken
5) DANIEL2 MCCRACKEN (James Sr.1) was born 1784, and died 1856. He married ELIZABETH ANN CORRIGAN 1807 in Clearfield county, PA, daughter of DAVID CORRIGAN and ? SMITH. She was born 1790 in Nittany Valley, Centre county, PA, and died 1864.
From A. Y. Straw - Some Genealogies and Family Records - 1931 pg. 215
A Near Tragedy becomes a Romance
"Elizabeth Ann Corrigan was brought into Clearfield county in 1801, at eleven years of age by the McClures, who settled a few miles south of Curwensville, Pa. Here she was given a home. A few years later she was sent in search of a cow and some sheep that had strayed away. While in search of the animals she wandered into the wilderness and became lost.
For three days and nights she wandered around. There were some wolves in the woods at that time, also Indians were passing through this section at times, Great anxiety was felt for her safty. The whole community turned out to search for her. She was found near where Hoyt's mill was later built on the Susquehanna river by her future husband, Daniel McCracken. She had wandered about ten miles away from her home through what was then very wild country."
From Thomas Lincoln Wall - Clearfield County Present and Past - 1925 pg. 35-36
The Story of Mary Corrigan
" When Thomas McClure came up from Cumberland County, he brought with him a bound girl about 11 years old, Mary Corrigan. In early times the woods were full of wild animals, especially wolves, and in order to keep the cattle and sheep from being killed or injured it was necessary to bring them in every night.
One evening, some years later Mary went out to bring in the oxen and, as they had strayed quite a ways, it was growing late when she found them. Now the oxen were determined to go what Mary thought was the wrong direction for home, and she tried to force them to go the other way. Finally they broke away from her and ran off, while she took the direction through the woods she felt sure was home.
However, the oxen came home, but Mary did not, so all the neighborhood was aroused and started out to hunt for her. They hunted all that night and the next day, but could find no trace of her. Neither did they find her that night, and by this time everybody was fearful that she may have been killed by a wolf or panther.
Then Mr. McClure said to Dan McCracken and others, that any worth while young man that found her might have her to marry. So the next morning Dan put up enough lunch to last him two or three days and started out to hunt her. He hunted through the woods and by the river and at last just opposite Goose Island, a mile or two above where Lumber City now is, he saw her foot prints in the mud, and crossing over found her on the island.
The first night she had lain down close to a log and had heard some animal nosing around, but it had gone away without molesting her. The next night coming to the river and seeing the island, she waded over to it and slept there, because she had often heard that wild animals did not like to wet their feet and so thought that would be a safe place to stay over night. McCracken gave her part of his lunch and took her home. Afterwards they were married."
Children of Daniel McCracken & Elizabeth Corrigan
i) GREENWOOD3 MCCRACKEN, (Daniel2, James Sr.1) b. 1809; d. 1864, Ferguson township, Clearfield county, PA; m. MARY HENRY; b. 1806, Ferguson township, Clearfield county, PA; d. 1867.
ii) SAMUEL3 MCCRACKEN, (Daniel2, James Sr.1) b. 1809.
iii) JAMES D.3 MCCRACKEN, (Daniel2, James Sr.1) b. 1813, Clearfield county, PA; m. SUSANNAH FRANTZ, November 29, 1851, Clearfield county, PA; b. 1833, Union county, PA; d. Clearfield county, PA.
Descendants of James D. McCracken>>>
iv) JOHN D.3 MCCRACKEN, (Daniel2, James Sr.1) b. 1815; d. 1892, Ferguson township, Clearfield county, PA; m. NANCY JANE BLOOM, July 22, 1840, Clearfield county, PA; b. 1816, Clearfield county, PA; d. 1899.
v) ROSS3 MCCRACKEN, (Daniel2, James Sr.1) b. 1818; d. 1880. He died unmarried.
vi) THOMAS3 MCCRACKEN, (Daniel2, James Sr.1) b. 1821, Ferguson township, Clearfield county, PA; d. April 09, 1862, Lumber City, Clearfield county, PA; m. ELIZABETH HENRY, after 1850; b. 1827; d. September 27, 1889. She was the daughter of Thomas Henry and Margaret Moore.
Ref: Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania; p.739
"He served as the first postmaster in Lumber City for a number of years, he was also an extensive lumberman and a prominent inn keeper and merchant of Lumber City in partnership with Benjamin Hartshorn. He died at the early age of 41 years. After her husbands death Elizabeth worked in the Johnson woolen-mill to support her family and was a member of the United Presbyterian Church."
Raftsman's Journal Volume 1 no. 18 (issued Wednesday November 1, 1854)
Benjamin Hartshorn and Thos. McCracken offer assorted goods at the old stand of D.W. Robbins & Co. in Lumber City.
Thomas and Elizabeth are both buried in the Lumber City cemetery.
Children of Thomas McCracken and Elizabeth Henry are:
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