This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McCracken/Carberry Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Sh.2ADI/1793 Message Board Post: Lucy E. Carbery was born in Bucks County, Penn., Oct 15th, 1802, and died at the residence of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Grubbs, near Bright, Dearborn County, Ind., August 19th, 1887. She came with her parents to this county in 1805, where the greater part of her life was passed. She was married Aug 20, 1818 to Robert McCracken, who died May 18th, 1870. To them was born a large family, consisting of seven sons and four daughters of whom seven are still living. To these were added sixty-three grandchildren and forty-two great grandchildren. Deceased was one of the earlies pioneers of the Tanner's Creek Valley, and assisted in transforming what was then a dense wilderness, the abode of savages and wild beasts, to beautiful farms, the home of civilization and culture. Her's was a life of earnest, self-forgetting toil, and useful in a high degree. Her hands ceased their loving ministrations to the comfort of others only when folded in death. She united with the M.E. Church in early life, and was eminently faithful to all the duties and requirements of that relation. Shortly before death she said that she was waiting and willing to go where her Savior called. She lived a life of faith, and dying, bequeathed to children and friends a rich heritage-the inspiration afforded by a true and novle life. The funeral services were held at the M.E. Church at Bright, August 21st, conducted by Rev. Jesse Miller, and the remains were placed in the vault unti the following Tuesday when they were interred in the new cemetery. -Lawrenceburgh Register, Thursday, Sept. 1, 1887