1832 - Yes, date unknown
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Name |
Magdalene Craver [2] |
Birth |
1832 |
NY Or VA [2, 3] |
Gender |
Female |
Death |
Yes, date unknown |
Person ID |
I23733 |
My Genealogy |
Last Modified |
17 Nov 2020 |
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Notes |
- [Johannes Becker Desc.FTW]
Magdalene's brother, Jefferson Lawrence CRAVER, gave her a bone-like button which had been ca rved with an inscription or initials (one for each of his sisters) while he was in a Union pr ison during the Civil War. He also gave her a book of Polish History in which she wrote tw o original poems the year before her marriage. The book which still survives (1999), is in scribed "the property of Mary Magdalene Craver, given to her by her brother, Jefferson Lawren ce Craver, July 2nd 1848"(?). The poems are as follows:
REFLECTION
See how beneath the moon beam's smile;
Yon little billow heaves its breast.
And foams and sparkles for a while;
And morning then subsides to rest.
Thus man the sport of bliss and care;
Rises on time's eventful sea.
And having swelled a moment there;
Then melts into eternity.
SABBATH
Sweetly blow the gentle breezes;
On the Sabbath morn.
Religious pleasure calmly seizes;
On the sinner, poor, forlorn.
Tis now while barefoot mid the flowers;
Humming hymns of praise.
Earth refreshed by gentle showers;
Tis the happiest of all days.
Raise your thought to God above;
Frankly to Him pray.
Full of faith and full of love;
How blest the Sabbath day . (Gregory Blann's info)
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Sources |
- [S540] Jon Todd Gibson Case, jontoddgibsoncase.
- [S3064] Johannes Becker Desc.FTW.
- [S1443] Gregory Blann.
- [S3068] Barbara Jeffries, Barbara's Genealogy Page, (http://members.tripod.com/~JeffriesB/
ABBR Barbara's Genealogy Page).
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