Charles Sanborn Cram, Sr

1823 - 1904  (81 år)    Has ingen forfædre men 26 efterkommere i dette stamtræ.

• Navn	Charles Sanborn Cram
  Suffiks	Sr
  Fødsel	10 sep. 1823	Meredith, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA
  Køn	Mand
  Dåb	jan. 1843
  FSID	KWNK-LS3
  Indvandring	1861	Utah, USA
  Beskæftigelse	CARPENTER@ST LOUIS,MO
  Bopæl	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
  Død	10 nov. 1904	Kanab, Kane, Utah, USA
  Begravelse	12 nov. 1904	Kanab Cemetery, Kanab, Kane, Utah, USA
  Person-ID	I132572	AALT
  Sidst ændret	6 jan. 2021

  
  

  Familie	Eliza Jane Prescott,   f. 16 maj 1826, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA d. 10 aug. 1881, Kanab, Kane, Utah, USA (Alder 55 år)
  Børn	1. Charlesetta Prescott Cram,   f. 10 feb. 1861, Carondelet, St Louis, Missouri, USA d. 14 feb. 1917, Columbus, Luna, New Mexico, USA (Alder 56 år)  [Far: natural]  [Mor: natural] g. William Derby Johnson, Jr. (1879)
  Familie-ID	F29601	Gruppeskema  |  Familietavle
  Sidst ændret	6 jan. 2021

  
  

• Begivenhedskort

  Fødsel - 10 sep. 1823 - Meredith, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA Indvandring - 1861 - Utah, USA Bopæl - - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA Død - 10 nov. 1904 - Kanab, Kane, Utah, USA  = Link til Google Earth

  
  

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  Charles Sanborn Cram was born Sept. 10, 1823 at Meredith, New Hampshire. Part of his boyhood was spent in Boston and vicinity with which he became very familiar. In later life he took great delight narrating instances and describing places of note and interest. The woods of New England where wild game, nuts and berries were plentiful were his favorite haunts. He belonged to a large family one brother being killed while in service during the Civil War. While yet a young man he heard the Gospel preached in his own home. His father and he accepted the same and were baptized. [sic] About 1850 he married Eliza Prescott in New York to whom eight children were born. After making their home in the south for a number of years they came to Utah in 1861. Being a successful contractor and builder he soon established himself in business after his arrival in Salt Lake City. The family was soon provided with what was considered in those days a very comfortable home. He also built several homes for prominent business men and other important buildings while here. He was a close friend of President Brigham Young and the authorities of the church, often entertaining them in his own home. Here he met Miss Margaret Smith who later became his plural wife. Four children blessed this union. In 1873 having been called by President Young, he left to go to Arizona. The expedition was abandoned however on account of the Indian trouble and he met those returning at Johnson, Utah. Here the family remained for a short time locating in Stewart Canyon. Having brought a number of cows and horses along dairying [sic] proved very successful, due to the excellent meadow land which was plentiful. In 1875 he moved to Kanab where he took an active part in helping to build up this southern country. Not only in Kanab but also in Long Valley many may be seen yet. He was one of the presidents of the eighty fifth quorum of Seventy organized in Kanab in 1885 being one of the most faithful in his labors. About 1889 he moved to Provo, Utah in order to give his children the advantage of higher education and while there built an addition to the state mental hospital. After returning to Kanab the family engaged in the dairy business as they had for many years at the ranch called Crocodile, deriving the name from an underground lake, the opening of which resembled a Crocodile's mouth. He built a small boat which was lit by a pitch torch, where the young folks found entertainment by boat riding on the lake, picnicing etc. Many names and dates engraven [sic] on the walls of the cave may still be seen as souvenineers [sic] of the good old days. He was a strict observer of the Word of Wisdom. As the following extract from a letter written by him to Geo. Cannon then editor of the Juvenile Instructor shows. Suggestions as to the best method of teaching observence [sic] to the Word of Wisdom to the Sunday School children were asked for in the Topic of the Times, an article in the Juvenile Instructor. He says: "Being desireous [sic] of aiding in so worthy a cause I will give you my experience: After joining the church and before emigrating to Utah my wife and I decided to leave all behind that had been forbidden for the use of man of the Lord. I am now seventy five years old and have been in Utah forty years. I have never been layed [sic] up a day with sickness, am in good health and expect to live to a good old age if I continue to keep the Word of Wisdom. I believe and suggest that if Presidents of Stakes, bishops of wards presidents of quorums, high council men and leading elders of the church would stop using and selling those things which have been forbidden it would help in the good cause by setting worthy examples for the youth to follow." Years later a similar suggestion was made by the church arthorities [sic] with special requests for those holding the priesthood to comply with the same. Temple work received especial attention much time and means being spent therein. He having obtained many names (from a Mr. John G. Cram of Boston, Mass. who tho not a member of the church was engaged in gathering geneolagy [sic] of the Cram family) was able to spend his last days in temple work. He died Nov. 10, 1904 of paralysis after but a few days illness, being stricken with the same after voting at the general election Nov. 8. He was 81 years and two months old at the time of his death and was buried in the Kanab cemetary [sic].