of O'Brien County, Iowa · documented from the public record
The family in the record
John C. Crain b. 1845
parentsWilliam H. Crain & Eliza
John C. Crain⚭ Elizabeth Clapp
childrenThomas Crain · Otis Crain · Charles Crain · Virgil Crain · Walter Crain · Arthur Crain
Source: Biographical data and army record of old soldiers of O'Brien County, Iowa
Their story
What the record says
Born March 1, 1845, Piatt County, Illinois.
Father William H. born in Kentucky, mother Eliza born in Indiana.
Enlisted Aug 13, 1862, Company H, 107th Illinois Infantry.
Wounded in right leg at Atlanta.
Settled near Hartley, O'Brien County, Iowa, October 1882.
Later resided at Atwood, Ill.
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