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Henry McCracken
Henry McCracken, Muhlenberg County, was born May 28, 1838, in Marshall County, Tenn., and is the ninth of four boys and six girls born to John and Abigail (Pyles) McCracken, who were born and reared in North Carolina, or Irish descent.
Henry McCracken was reared on a farm, and lived with his parents until the war broke out, when he enlisted in October, 1861, in Company K, Eleventh Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, under Capt. Roark; was in the battle of Shiloh, and wounded in the right arm, which was afterward amputated; was discharged in 1862; returned home and was employed in a tobacco house as overseer; was engaged in various kinds of business until his marriage, which took place October 16, 1866, to Laura E. Green, of Muhlenberg County, Ky., daughter of W.J. and Selia (Vincent) Green, who were of the first settlers of Kentucky. To this union were born seven children, five living: Richard C., Alice V., Harry H., Iza M. and Albert E.
Mr. McCracken and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. After his marriage, Mr. McCracken engaged in farming on one hundred acres, one mile from where he now resides. In 1868, he located where he now resides on 175 acres, all timber, eighty acres of which he has cleared and improved. He supported his parents until their death. His father died in 1860, aged seventy-six; his mother in 1867, aged sixty-eight. He is one of the most industrious and well informed farmers in the county.
Source: Battle, J.H., W.H. Perrin, and G.C. Kniffen. Kentucky: A History of the State. Louisville, KY: F.A. Battey, 1885. Page 913.
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