Randolph R. Crecraft (1847-1869) was born in the state of Ohio during the year 1847 to Albert J. Crecraft (1814- 1875) and Evelina Crecraft (1825-1878). During the American Civil War, PVT Randolph R. Crecraft served consecutively in Company "F" and in Company "H" of the 83rd Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry from February 6, 1864, to July 24, 1865. On December 23, 1867, in Butler County, Ohio, Randolph R. Crecraft wed Mary Wright (Crecraft, DATES of birth & death are yet to be ascertained). Randolph and Mary (Wright) Crecraft are known to have raised at least one son, Randolph Crecraft, Jr., who became the recipient of his father's Civil War Pension (See document # 3 below). Father Randolph R. Crecraft died on November 9, 1869, in Butler County, Ohio, where he was interred at Oxford, Ohio, in Oxford Cemetery. It is not yet known whether or not widow Mary Wright Crecraft ever remarried or exactly where she and her and Randolph's son, Randolph Crecraft, Jr., are interred. Before writing the above "bio" of PVT Randolph R. Crecraft , Bruce Morton Garver attached the following three documents to PVT Crecraft's Find a Grace Memorial:
(1) From the " U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865":
Name: Randolph Crecraft
Enlistment Age: 18
Birth Date: (1847 from other sources)
Enlistment Date: 6 Feb 1864
Enlistment Rank: Private
Muster Date: 6 Feb 1864 / Muster Place: Ohio
Muster Company: H
Muster Regiment: 83rd Infantry / Muster Regiment Type: Infantry
Muster Information: Enlisted
Transfer Date from Co. "F" to Co. "H": 17 Jan 1865
Muster Out Date: 24 Jul 1865 / Muster Out Information: Transferred
Survived War?: Yes / Side of War: Union
Notes 2: Muster 2 Date: 24 Jul 1865; Muster 2 Place: Ohio; Muster 2 Company: A; Muster 2 Regiment: 48th Infantry; Muster 2 Regiment Type: Infantry; Muster 2 Information: Transferred;
Title: "Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio"
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(2) From the "Ohio, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1774-1993", Film No. 000355779:
Name: Randolph Crecraft / Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 23 Dec 1867
Marriage Place: Butler County, Ohio, USA
Spouse: Mary Wright
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(3) From the "U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934":
Name: Randolph Crecraft / Film roll number: 103
Unit: A48. Ohio. Inf; F; H 83 Ohio.inf
Place Filed: Ohio, USA
Relation to Head: Soldier
Child: Randolph Crecraft