Samantha Cram

1854 - 1932  (78 years)

• Name	Samantha Cram
  Born	11 Mar 1854	Indiana
  Gender	Female
  Died	16 Dec 1932	Norman, Cleveland County, Oklahoma
  Buried	Smith Cemetery, Cleveland County, Oklahoma
  Person ID	i7585	Treespot
  Last Modified	27 Apr 2013

  
  

  Father	John Cram, II,   b. 14 Oct 1833, Ohio ,   d. 23 Nov 1914, Waterville, Le Seuer County, Minnesota  (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Harriett Gard,   b. 1835-1837, Indiana ,   d. 1922  (Age 85 years)
  Married	May 1853
  Family ID	F2855	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	John Elliott Vardaman,   b. 9 Aug 1828, Shelby County, Indiana ,   d. 16 Jan 1913, Norman, Cleveland County, Oklahoma  (Age 84 years)
  Married	6 May 1880	Le Seur County, Minnesota
  Children	1. Harriet "Hattie" Rosetta Vardaman,   b. 25 Feb 1881, Le Seur County, Minnesota ,   d. 12 Mar 1969, Norman, Cleveland County, Oklahoma  (Age 88 years)   2. Mary Ellen Vardaman,   b. 5 Nov 1892, Waterville, Le Seuer County, Minnesota ,   bur. 24 Apr 1934, Smith Cemetery, Cleveland County, Oklahoma  (Age ~ 41 years)   3. John Vardaman, Jr,   b. 16 Nov 1884, Waterville, Le Seuer County, Minnesota ,   d. 28 Dec 1967  (Age 83 years)   4. George Washington Vardaman,   b. 1 Feb 1886, Le Sueur County, Minnesota ,   d. 17 Feb 1887, Le Sueur County, Minnesota  (Age 1 years)   5. Elsie Naomi Vardaman,   b. 24 Nov 1895, Oklahoma ,   bur. 21 Nov 1971, Corpus Christi, Texas  (Age ~ 75 years)
  Last Modified	14 Nov 2012
  Family ID	F2829	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Easom Harrison,   d. Abt 1878, Minnesota
  Married	25 Oct 1871	Le Sueur County, Minnesota
  Children	1. Albert E Harrison,   b. 1873, Minnesota ,   d. 26 Mar 1916, Nelson, B.C. Canada  (Age 43 years)
  Last Modified	14 Nov 2012
  Family ID	F2856	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  John Elliott and Samantha Vardeman Descendants of John II, the pioneer who blazed the Cumberland Gap trail with Daniel Boone.

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Family Bible Presentation Page To: John and Harriet Cram From: John and Samantha Vardaman 1933 To: Sol and Hattie Jones Then: Brother John Vardaman to Ethel Wilson Vinson
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  		Obituary 1932 12/16 Samantha Cram Vardaman, 78 years - Cleveland County, Oklahoma

  
  

  Headstones

  Headstone in Smith Cemetery Moore, OK Samantha Cram Vardaman

  
  

  Histories		Romance and Marriage of John Elliott Vardaman and Samantha Cram Harrison Childhood stories, marriage to Easom Harrison, birth of son, Albert Harrison and marriage to John Elliott Vardaman
  		Vardaman Cram Story as told by Fred Cram, Samantha Cram Vardaman's nephew. Samantha Cram Vardaman's parents, John and Harriet Gard Cram, moved to Oklahoma with John and Samantha Vardaman. They lived their 20 years on a farm where they grew peanuts and had a wonderful fruit orchard. They moved back to Waterville, Minnesota near their younger son, George Cram and his family in their later years.

  
  

  Archives » Slide Show		1870 Census Record Minnesota, La Sueur County Head of Household - John Cram, age 37, farmer, born in Ohio Wife - Harriett, age 35, keeping house, born in Indiana Daughter - Samantha, age 16, born in Indiana Son - George, age 14, born in Iowa Son - William, age 11, born in Iowa Daughter - Mary, age 9, born in Illinois Son - John, age 3, born in Iowa Domestic Servant (John's sister) - Lydia, age 19, born in Indiana
  		1871 Marriage Record Minnesota, Le Seueur County Groom: Easom Harrison Bride: Samantha Cram m. 25 Oct 1871
  		1880 Census Record Minnesota, Le Sueur County, Kilkenny Head of Household - J E Vardaman, age 52 Wife - Samantha, age 26 Son - Albert E, age 7
  		1885 Minnesota State Census Record Le Sueur County, Waterville J E Vardaman, age 56, born in Indiana Samantha, age 30, born in Minnesota Harriet, age 4, born in Minnesota Mary, age 2, born in Minnesota John, age 4 months, born in Minnesota Albert Harrison, age 13
  		1900 Census Record Oklahoma, Cleveland County, Liberty Township Head of Household - John E Vardaman, born Aug 1828, age 71, married 20 years, born in Indiana, both parents born in Kentucky, farmer, owns farm free and clear Wife - Samantha, born March 1854, age 46, married 20 years, 7 children, 5 alive, born in Indiana, Father born in Ohio, Mother born in Indiana Son - John, born Nov 1883, age 15, born in Minnesota, farm laborer Daughter - Elsie N, born Nov 1895, age 4
  		1910 Census Record Oklahoma, Cleveland County, Liberty, Head of Household - John E Vardaman, age 81, born in Indiana, parents born in Kentucky, farmer, owns farm Wife - Samantha, age 56, 2nd marriage, married 29 years in present marriage, 7 children, 5 alive, born in Indiana,father born in Ohio, mother born in Indiana Son - John, single, age 25,born in Minnesota Daughter - Elsie N, single, age 14, born in Oklahoma
  		1920 Census Record Oklahoma, Cleveland County, Liberty Head of Household - John Vardaman Jr, age 35, single, owns home, born in Minnesota, both parents born in Indiana, farmer Mother - Samantha, age 55, born in Indiana, father born in Ohio, mother born in Indiana
  		1930 Census Record Oklahoma, Cleveland County, Liberty Head of Household - John Vardaman Jr, owns home, age 45, married at age 39, born in Minnesota, both parents born in Indiana, farmer Wife - Hellen L., age 39, married at age 35, born in Kansas, both parents from Germany Son - John E, age 1, born in Oklahoma, father born in Minnesota, mother born in Kansas Mother - Samantha, age 76, widowed, born in Indiana, father born in Ohio, mother born in Indiana brother-in-law - Robert Hobschu, age 51, widowed, born in Kansas, both parents born in Germany
  		1932 Death Record Oklahoma, Cleveland County, Norman (pneumonia) Samantha Cram Vardaman (age 78) d. 16 Dec 1932