Posted on: Mitchell Co. Ks Obituaries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ks/MitchellObits/10017 Surname: Carter, McCracken, Darrow, Fell, Smith, Buffington, Wright, Grout, Grecian, Reynard ------------------------- Beloit (Mitchell County, Kansas) Gazette, 13 February 1902 Perry McCracken, sr., died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Burns, in this city early Sunday morning, at the advanced age of 83 years. He was born June 16, 1819, at Chambersburg, Pa., came to Jewell county from Iowa in 1870, and homesteaded eight and a half miles north of Beloit. McCracken’s ranch, then on the main traveled road through this county, was known far and wide. His death was due to old age and a complication of diseases. The funeral was conducted Monday afternoon from his late home by Rev. S. W. Brown, and a large number of old friends assembled to pay their last respects. Russell Darrow and wife attended the funeral at Beloit of Perry McCracken, sr.; he was Mrs. Darrow's father.