This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/JhB.2ACE/1085.1 Message Board Post: I AM NOT RELATED TO THESE FAMILIES 1880 Federal US Census record from the LDS website http://www.familysearch.org 1880 Precinct 7, Cass, Texas Family History Library Film 1255295 NA Film Number T9-1295 Page Number 222B Harrison CRAIN Self 46 SC Blacksmith SC SC Eliza A. CRAIN Wife 36 AL Keeping House GA GA William CRAIN Son 18 AR Grocer James CRAIN Son 16 AR Laborer John CRAIN Son 14 AR Laborer On Farm Jessee CRAIN Son 13 AR Works In House Metta CRAIN Dau 3 TX Frank CRAIN Son 1 TX 4 June 1900; Census Place: Justice Precinct 1, Cass, Texas; Roll: T623 1618; Page: 3B J D Crain, - -/1870, 30, married 10 yrs, born TX, parents AL, machinist Mrs. J D Crain, 2/1874, 26, 4 children born, 3 living, b. TX, parents GA Clinton, 8/1892, 7 Virda, 6/1895, 4 Gracey, 6/1898, 1 Jess and Emma could read/write. 1900 Precinct 1, Cass Harrison Crain, 5/1839, 62, married 10 yrs, SC SC SC Josie A Crain, wife, ?/1865, 2 children born, 1 living, TN TN TN Frank Crain, son, 4/1878, 21, single, TX SC AL Virgil Crain, son, 10/1882, 17, single, TX SC AL Vernon Crain, son, 10/1882, 17, single, TX SC AL Maud Crain, dtr, 6/1886, 13, TX SC AL Jim Dunmoore, stpson, ?/1882, 18, TN TN TN 1900 Precinct 7, Cass Elijah Perdue, 10/1840, 59, married 35 yrs, GA MD SC Mariatta? Perdue, 2/1842, 58, 5 children born, 4 living, GA GA GA Lenora Perdue, dtr, 12/1866, 34, single, TX 1900 Precinct 5, Cass Mary Perdue, 1875, 25, widow, LA GA GA Allen T Perdue, son, 1893, TX GA LA Clifford F Perdue, son, 1896, TX GA LA Annie E Turner, mother, 1838, 61, GA NC GA 1900 Precinct 6, Cass Henry Polk, 1860, NC Dixie Polk, 1868, TX GA GA Winnie Polk, 1899, TX James H Perdue, father in law, 1831, GA GA GA Lizzie T Perdue, mother in law, 1837, GA GA GA, 9 children born, 3 living 1900 Precinct 3, Cass Ed Perdue, 1869, TX GA GA Eleanor Perdue, 1872, TX GA GA Lora and Lona, twins, 1892; Ray, 1895 Ed Perdue appears to be brother of Dixie. This Perdue family was in Davis County in 1870. The only Perdue family that appears in the 1880 census in Cass County was a J K Perdue, age 47, b. GA, father MD, mother SC who seems to be related to Elijah Perdue from the 1900 census. ...this family listed by initials only. If Emma's parents were born in Georgia there must be a connection to the Perdue families in the 1900 record. The 1890 census was burned. 1850, Eastern Division, Pickens, South Carolina Page:473 Roll: M432_857 Jesse Crane, 37, blacksmith, SC Cynthia Crane, 37, SC William Crane, 17, SC Adaline Crane, 17, SC Harrison Crane, 13, SC Rodah Crane, 11, SC Millie Crane, 10, SC Catharine Crane, 8, SC Mary E Crane, 5, SC Arssy? Crane, female, 3 mos, SC Total of 32 Crane's in Pickens, Eastern Div in 1850 with Coleby Crane the oldest, born circa 1799, CS. H Crane, age 22, b. SC and wife Eliza Crane, 17, b. AL are in Cornie, Union Co, AR in 1860 along with his parents and siblings. It appears this family left SC shortly after the census was taken in 1850 as Jesse and Cynthia show additional sons; Joab, b. circa 1851 in AL and Jessee b. circa 1858 in AR. Did not find the Crain family in the 1870 record. Harrison Crain was still in Cass County, 1910. Elijah and James H Perdue families still in Cass County, 1910. Emma Crane is shown as widowed by 1910 and still shows her parents to be born in Georgia with 6 children shown to be born and living; Clinton, 17; Verda, 15; Grace, 12; Minnie, 9; Loraine, 7; Clayton, 5. Texas officially began recording deaths in 1903. The certificates are supposed to list the names of the parents and where they were from. I would suggest obtaining their records to get clarification on where Jess Crain was born. Here is a link to Cass County that may give further information. http://www.rootsweb.com/~txcass/