At 7:33 PM -0800 2/14/08, Eric Craig wrote: > 1. Did Daniel's first wife Catherine die in St. Joseph County, >Indiana and if so does anyone know her date of death and place of >burial? > 2. Does anyone know why Daniel may have moved to Wabash County, >Indiana and sold his holdings in St. Joseph County, Indiana? One >reason that I can surmise is there was a stronger Brethren presence >in Wabash County, Indiana in addition to Catherine's passing. > 3. Does anyone know where Daniel's second wife Susan died and also >if she remarried after Daniel's death? > > I don't have any direct ties to Daniel, but I am doing a >historical research of River Park a neighborhood in South Bend, >Indiana that covers much of the area that Daniel owned from the Land >Patents. Eriic, Daniel CRIPE Jr is my 6G Grandfather. According to "The Jacob Cripe Family" 1817-1900, published April 1970 by Gladys Royer: 1. Catherine died ca 1836 in St. Joseph Co, IN, and her burial was in "downtown Mishawaka," grave lost by 1929. 3. Susan Replogle CRIPE died 3 Dec 1878 in Cerro Gordo, IL and is buried there. 2. I don't know where one would find proof of why he moved, but your supposition that it was partly because of Catherine's death is a good one. His oldest son, David, had married in 1836 and settled a few miles south of North Manchester. Daniel still had several children in his home when Catherine died, including Susannah, b. 1823, John b. 1825, and Isaac b. 1833, so he would have needed to make some arrangements for their care. From marriage dates and locations, I would guess that his older children went to Clinton and Koskiusko Counties, probably into the homes of relatives or friends. -- _________________ James Shuman jshuman@telis.org _________________