Abner B. CRAGIN^[1]

1806 - 1860  (54 years)

• Name	Abner B. CRAGIN
  Birth	16 Jan 1806	Temple, Hillsborough Co, NH   [1]
  Gender	Male
  move	1829	Pasquotank Co, NC
  	He moved to the Pasquotank County area of North Carolina, where his brother Samuel resided, by early 1829.
  resided	1829	Elizabeth City, Pasquotank Co, NC
  	It appears from his marriage date and the birth dates of his first two children, that Abner and his family resided in Elizabeth City, North Carolina from 1829 until at least the begining of 1833.
  resided	1840	Baldwin Co, GA   [2]
  resided	1844	Panola Co, MS   [3]
  Occupation	Before 1860  [3, 4]
  	Abner made his living as a farmer.
  Death	Dec 1860	Panola Co, MS   [4]
  	Abner died of "consumption" during December 1860 in Panola County, Mississippi.
  Person ID	I2887	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Capt John CRAGIN,   b. 18 Mar 1769, Acton, Middlesex Co, MA d. 21 Jun 1853 (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Ruth HEALD,   b. 23 Jul 1772, Temple, Hillsborough Co, Province of New Hampshire d. 17 Jan 1833 (Age 60 years)
  Marriage	1 Dec 1788  [5, 6, 7]
  Family ID	F170	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Martha SHEPHERD,   b. 30 Nov 1805, Elizabeth City, Pasquotank Co, NC d. After 9 Jul 1870 (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	17 Dec 1829	Elizabeth City, Pasquotank Co, NC   [8]
  	The couple was married in Elizabeth City, North Carolina on 17 December 1829.
  Children	1. Emma L. CRAGIN,   b. 28 Apr 1831, Elizabeth City, Pasquotank Co, NC   2. Mary C. CRAGIN,   b. 14 Nov 1832, Elizabeth City, Pasquotank Co, NC   3. John S. CRAGIN,   b. 3 Feb 1835, Georgia d. 21 Feb 1837, Georgia (Age 2 years)   4. Elleanor CRAGIN,   b. 23 Jan 1837, Georgia   5. Susan R. CRAGIN,   b. 1 Oct 1838, Georgia d. 24 Apr 1854, Mississippi (Age 15 years)   6. Martha J. CRAGIN,   b. 8 Nov 1840, Georgia d. 16 Jan 1852, Mississippi (Age 11 years)   7. James A. CRAGIN,   b. 11 Feb 1842, Georgia d. Apr 1860, Panola Co, MS (Age 18 years)   8. (male infant) CRAGIN,   b. 2 Oct 1844, Mississippi d. 2 Oct 1844, Mississippi (Age 0 years)   9. Henrietta Clay CRAGIN,   b. 27 Sep 1845, Mississippi   10. Endora CRAGIN,   b. 14 Aug 1847, Mississippi
  Family ID	F214	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Resided: October 1850, Panola Co, MS [S4241]

  
  

• Sources

  [S220] Charles H. Cragin, compiler, Cragin, The Genealogy Of The Cragin Family, ((Washington, DC: by the compiler, 1860)), pp. 10 & 12. [S4240] 1840 US Census / Cragin, Abner. [S4241] 1850 US Census / Cragin, Abner. [S3419] U.S., Federal Census Mortality Schedules Index, 1850 - 1880.. Abner Cragin (incorrectly spelled Craigin) entry, ID# 197_70656. [S105] L. June Cragin Godley, compiler, Godley, The Cragin Story 1634-1964: Descendants, Who Bore Family Name, of John Cragin of Scotland and Massachusetts, ((Little Falls, NJ: by the compiler, 1964)). p. 17. [S130] Ernest George Walker, Walker, Embden Town Of Yore, ((Skowhegan, ME: Independent-Reporter Company, 1929)). p. 55. [S2993] Samuel Cragin, Virginia certification of death no. 2097013 (1873). [S5304] Carrie L. Broughton, compiler, Broughton, Marriage and Death Notices in Raleigh Register and North Carolina State Gazette, 1826 - 1845., ((1947, Rpt. Baltimore: GPC, Inc, 1999)), ISBN 0-8063-0053-1. p. 69: Martha Shepherd - Abner Cragin entry.