CRANMER, Roxana ²²⁵

  Allgemeine Notizen:

The mother of our subject, Roxana (Cranmer) Phile, was born in 1811, in Northfield township, and was a daughter of Jeremiah and Hannah (Cole) Cranmer. Her father was a soldier in the Revolutionary War during which he was wounded, and he carried both British and Indian lead in his body to his grave; he was buried in Northfield township. His family consisted of ten children, namely: Jeremiah, David, Abram (who served in the Rebellion), Esther, Hannah, Eunice, Nancy, Roxana (mother of our subject), Sallie, and Joseph, who died young (his was the first grave made in what is now the cemetery at Northfield, and for seven years was the only one; wolves and wild beasts were plentiful in those days, and the family were obliged to build heaps of logs over his grave to prevent them from despoiling it). Mrs. Phile died in 1892, two years before her husband, having lived a useful and busy life, and leaving behind her only tender recollections of a mother's care and affection.

Roxana heiratete Henry PHILE (PFEIL), Sohn von Johann Henrich PFEIL und Maria Gertrud ALTHAUS. (Henry PHILE (PFEIL) wurde geboren am 30. Mai 1804 in Little York, York Co., PA und starb am 16. Jan. 1894 in Macedonia, Summit Co., OH.)